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where the Harvey meets the Mississippi

Posted on by Wess Foreman

This mural-size painting (anything that can't fit in my van without rolling up, I'd consider mural-size) was done as a commission for an office in Covington, Louisiana. The title I've given it is the subject matter, as is often the case, and this view can be seen from the interstate traveling through New Orleans. It's not an accurate depiction of the location---I mean, it's generally accurate but the specific details have been rearranged and reinterpreted and re-imagined (for no other reason than as a shortcut, I suppose).

I'm happy with the results and looking forward to doing more large paintings in the future---want to commission one for yourself? My email address is wess@wessforeman.com or you can use my contact page. Let me know what you have in mind!

Where the Harvey Meets the Mississippi, 5'x7.5', N/A

Louisiana artist, Wess Foreman, paints a mural-size canvas of the Harvey Canal in New Orleans. website: wessf.com instagram: instagram.com/wessforeman twitter: @wessf facebook: search for Wess Foreman Artist *music by my brother, Matt Foreman

paysage energique

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These four imagined landscapes were born of an energetic series of painting sessions wherein I had the idea to make these four canvases work as individual paintings and as a group. Together they form a rather fantastical, fiery copse of trees, an arrangement I could only call an energetic landscape (or "Paysage Energique" in french).

Paysage Energique #1 through #4

Paysage Energique #1, 36x24", $500

Paysage Energique #2, 36x24", $500

Paysage Energique #3, 36x24", $500

Paysage Energique #4, 36x24", $500

fishing trawler

Posted on by Wess Foreman

Dear blog,

Yes, it's been awhile. Ever since the new year I've been down with a cold and a lingering cough---and, as far as I'm concerned, incapacitated beyond all possibility of creative thought . . . I'm useless when I'm sick.

But it's a new month now and the cough has diminished somewhat. I just finished this Fishing Trawler painting. The reference photo has been sitting on my hard drive for a year or two now; I took the shot on the Tchefuncta River in Madisonville. I kept the style loose and I'm pleased with the final painting.

Fishing Trawler, 18x32", $400 (no. 1007)

Bailey Commission

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I started this one at the December New Orleans Arts Market. The background changed a few times---from dark to light, from busy to sparse to a combination of the two. I was happy with the four dogs from the beginning, outlining everything in black gave it an immediate abstract quality and adding blocks of color only added to that effect.

Bailey Commission, 48x30", N/A

early frost

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I went crazy with the complimentary colors here, but I managed to reach a good balance, I think. I especially like the upper half of the painting (the bottom half is acceptable---maybe one too many colors in the mix).

Early Frost, 30x48", NA

slow river #5

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Returning again to this image which I originally captured via snapshot of a paused TV screen---think it was an interstitial shot in the show Treme. I've been told this is Algiers Point in New Orleans. At any rate, I like it.

Slow River #5, 30x48", $800 (no. 1001)

dog portrait, the process

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Another dog commission. This time I took snapshots along the way. Enjoy (and forgive all the "thens").

I started off with a pencil sketch, something which I don't typically bother with. Then I traced over the soft graphite with black paint. Then began filling in with color, starting with mid-tones, then with the lighter, highlighted areas. The second to last shot is nearly to a finished state but does not look close enough to the subject in the reference photo---all that's left is details. Final shot is the finished painting.