Location: Kona Village Resort
Size: 18" x 14"
Medium: Oil on stretched canvas
Artist's Comments: With the Kona Village Resort now closed
for over a year, I was going thru some serious Kona Village withdrawals. I really
was missing spending time under the shade of the lush foliage and capturing the
wonderful reflective ponds. I unfortunately had run out of photos in my library
to paint and with the Resort closed to the public, I was unable to get new
imagery. So, I decided that although I had painting some of the photos already
over the years, I wanted to try my hand at them again and practice the new
techniques I had learned from plein air artist, John Cosby. When I reviewed my
digital library I found a scene that I had not painted before because I didn't
feel it was a fun composition. Armed with my newfound skills, I decided this
would be a fabulous scene to capture. I knew that my challenge would be to
focus the light in the area surrounding the thatched hales. So, I started
pre-mixing value piles just as I had learned from my workshop and got started.
As I progressed, I realized that I had been so focused on painting everything
surrounding the hales in dark shades that I lost some of the vibrancy in the
shadow trees. So I came back with more color on my brush and returned the
shadows to their vibrancy. I purposefully painting the ponds with a bright viridian
blue to bring that sense of coolness to the painting and to pop that color! You eye reaches that small old stone bridge as it captures the warmth of the sunlight and takes you across the pond to the small shaded footpath leading to more thatched hales.
To view other paintings in my collection, click on the section labeled "View all SitaScapes" located at the top right of my blog. I have categorized my paintings by the month as I complete them.
