Is a Painting Ever Finished?

By lucindahowe | Published February 18, 2014
Autumn on the Rio Grande 24x18" Acrylic on board ©2014 Lucinda Howe

Autumn on the Rio Grande
24×18″
Acrylic on board
©2014 Lucinda Howe

This painting was completed several years ago after a trip to New Mexico.  It was framed and displayed for sale.   This weekend I was taking inventory and evaluating old paintings.  Several were bad enough that I just gessoed over them.  This one had possibilities, so I took it out of the frame and repainted parts of it using some techniques from Carolina Jasper‘s workshop.   I added more value contrast in the foreground and decreased value and color contrast in the distant mountains to add depth.   I also changed an overbearing orange sky to blue.  Now I like it much better.

Do you ever do take a painting out of the frame and rework it?   How do you know when it is finished?

 

 

 

 

 

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2 Comments

  1. Rich February 18, 2014 at 5:48 pm #

    A painting is finished when somebody buys it.

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  2. Barbara Howe February 21, 2014 at 10:03 pm #

    I’ve been wondering if a book is ever finished. Rich’s comment applies to many creative works.

    Reply

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