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. 

Twilight Moonrise

© Robin Edmundson, 'Twilight Moonrise', watercolor, 14 x 10 inches.
Framed & matted to 16 x 20 inches.  $375

We've been doing a lot of work on the house and the work doesn't stop just because the sun goes down.   One evening, as the twilight was gathering, I looked up out of the hole where I was helping dig a crawlspace and saw the Beaver moon rising - the sky still light enough to show a bit of color where the field grasses and brush were silhouetted against the moon.

It was a nice way to take a break from the work and I spent some quiet time just watching.

And then I spent a few weeks playing with color and texture trying to capture the moment.  It is likely I will revisit this composition a few times, but I love the leaves and twigs over the face of the moon in this one.