Dwight V. Strong
* The quotes are Dwight's descriptions.
Paintings: California - Mexico - Europe - - Purchases - - About Dwight
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| “This Italian hilltown is superbly situated on its rocky spine; we came on an overcast day which softened the usually bold colors and strongly blocked shadows.” | "Chamaret is as self-concentrated and defensive as an Italian town. It's in stony country and built of stone. The older buildings are defensive, the walls formidable. We had extra time this day, so I could make a second painting, a closeup of those stone walls, pressed by the sun." | ||
| "This tiny hilltop town has special attractions: a well, a ruined castle where great storks can nest and a fine restaurant. There is little else, it must feed on tourists. The castle walls are nearly white with age, grown pale like an old person nodding in the sun. Tourist are around. Nobody else." | "Elba is forever connected with Napoleon, his kingdom that he spurned. It's a pretty Italian place, but everything is almost in miniature. His palace? dinky; his garden? a few hundred square feet; his palace view? cramped. All dominated by the military element using the highest spot and overwhelmed by more modern buildings that cluster there. If the view from his garden was confined, like Napolean, it shows in the painting." | ||
| "Today, heavy rain. Still life? Imaginary landscapes? I chose the second one. The bridge is Roman. Bulky and useful, poised high enough to avoid the floods. If it keeps on raining as it is now, they'll need a big bridge to dominate the usually lovely, now muted, landscape and dwarf the French town and fields. I've painted one they can have." | "We couldn’t reach our planned painting spot, so we were floundering. No motif! But tucked away in a fold of the hills we found this little town, totally charming. There is no place that offers these surprises like Italy. Painting is hard to begin. Stare at the white paper. Look at the scene. The small town was a surprise, maybe the painting will also be one. I put a colored brush mark on the paper. Then what is already painted tells me what to do next. Painting is done in “two by two”, shape by shape, dark versus light, color versus color--usually a complement." | ||
| “This view is from the perimeter of the outside wall in Assisi.” | * The quotes are Dwight's descriptions. |
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Paintings: California - Mexico - Europe - - Purchases - - About Dwight |
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