Moonrise, Marsh

 

© Robin Edmundson, 'Moonrise, Marsh', watercolor, 9 x 12 inches.   Framed, $300.

I've been studying a lot of  minimalist landscape artists.  I find myself asking just how much can you edit down a landscape to get your point across?  

It's a good question.  An interesting question.  The kind that you can explore for a long time and come up with several different answers. 

I like the idea of editing way down because I need to learn how to not fuss and overwork things.  There's a place for fussing, and most of the time I live there.  It's time to learn how to do things a different way.   

Watch for more pieces like this one to come. 

Spray over the Dunes

 I grew up in northern Indiana, not far from Lake Michigan.   I spent delicious summers with my grandparents right off the lake and we walked there often.  The lake was a big part of my childhood.   

©Robin Edmundson, 'Spray over the Dunes', watercolor, 10 x 14 inches.  

Framed to 16 x 20 inches.  $375.

On stormy days, it was impossible to tell where the sky ended and the lake began.  The waves would crash into the dunes or the breakwater and spray would fly high enough to see from a safe distance away.  To a little girl, all that water power was magical. I think this is where I learned to love the power of big water and weather.