This is a painting of Whitby, North Yorkshire, England. I love boats and I love the U.K. I’ve used atmospheric perspective. The boats I want to be closer are painted larger and further down on the canvas than the other ones.
My ancestors settled in Toquerville, Utah, just miles from what is now Zion National Park. I’ve always felt a special closeness to that place since it’s a part of my heritage.
This painting has atmospheric perspective — the greens are warmer up close, but fade and go more blue as they recede to the back of the picture. The silhouetted cliffs and trees with the lighter background give drama to the scene.
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I had just started taking my upper-division art classes in college. I’d mastered acrylic painting and thought I was pretty hot stuff. I went into my painting class, feeling like I was an expert. The instructor told us we were no longer going to be working with acrylics, that to continue with our path to receiving art degrees we would be moving on to the higher methods of painting, meaning oils. I was offended. I thought it was stupid. Then she put a mask up on the wall, draped it with some cloth, lit it with a lamp and told us to get painting.
Acrylic was so simple. You’d just get it on your brush, paint it, it would dry fast and then you’d move on. I was really upset and confused with oil painting. It felt like I was pushing vaseline around on the canvas with a stick! It didn’t dry, either. Such a frustration! This picture is of that same painting. I eventually swallowed my pride. I realized acrylic painting looked flat and when it dried it went darker than when it was applied. Oil painting, however, has a beautiful luminosity and keeps it’s color. There is such a beauty that oil painting has and acrylic does not. I’m strictly an oil painter now.
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Go to http://currentinfishers.com/art-city/ to read the article online about my current art exhibit in Fishers Town Hall. The show has become so popular that the hours have been extended to Saturdays from 10-2 for the next three weeks.
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My wife has wanted me to be like Rembrandt or Frida Kahlo and do an annual self-portrait. My first one can be seen on my January 2, 2012 post. The second is January 20, 2013. The third would be January 9, 2014. Here is my 2015 portrait.
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My one-man art show in Fishers City Hall opens on Friday, January 9. This past Saturday, my wife and I helped the arts council hang 45 of my paintings. Here is the invitation to the event.
The Fishers Arts Council presents
the 2015 season of
Art in City Hall
Featuring a solo exhibition of Greenwood artist
Tom Slack
“Reflections”
Opening Reception
Friday, January 9, 2015, 6:00 pm
Fishers Town Hall in Fishers, Indiana
No admission charge – Open to the public
About “Reflections”
“The shiny reflections in wet roads, sunlight through flower petals, the highlighted colors that are more easily seen, and the halo on an edge of a silhouette are all examples of “glow.” Rather than concentrate on the actual objects, I create a feeling or atmosphere and then work the representation of the items in afterwards. I have attempted to portray this “glow” in my paintings.” – Tom Slack
Here we are hanging the paintings on Saturday:
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This will be my final painting for 2014. I am very intrigued by Venice. Here is a portrayal of a gondola in the shade and the city in the sunshine. The shade is portrayed by a blueish color, the sunlight more towards yellow. The boat is big and at the bottom, the city is small and in the back. This is atmospheric perspective which gives depth to the painting.
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I like to do rainy scenes. This shows the reflections of cars and buildings along the road to the Indiana State Capitol Building.
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