Fishies Got The Blues
by Conni Schaftenaar
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Dimensions
12.000 x 18.000 inches
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Title
Fishies Got The Blues
Artist
Conni Schaftenaar
Medium
Painting - Watercolor On Paper
Description
Triptych of three watercolor paintings of fishes done in blues and blacks, by Conni Schaftenaar.
Several years ago, when working on the Something Fishy painting (also on my gallery), I had printed a reference photo to see goldfish. My inkjet had jammed color guns and only printed the Cyan and Black. The image really struck me, so after finishing the regular "fishy" goldfish painting for the class work, I painted the first one you see here to try to match the reference photo.
For a variety of reasons known only to my OCD brain at the time, I then painted the 2nd one. Once I had two of them, I've had it in the back of my mind for three years to paint a third one and have a triptych. So finally here it is. The third one, with the black background and blue seaweed, is just about dead-on to the printed reference photo in Cyan and Black in terms of colors – I used Pthalo Blue and Payne's Gray on the third one. The others went off in their own directions at the time I was painting them, as paintings can tend to do. They are unruly and will often not mind at all what I had intended for them to be. So now I have my fishy triptych and hopefully my OCD brain can let this one go!
This image is also available on my gallery with a black background.
If anyone wants something done with any one of the three in this image, I can upload the individual one(s) on request.
Featured on:
Created By My Hands, June, 2018
Images That Excite You, June, 2018
Painting The Old Way, June, 2018
Midwest America Artists, June 2018
Exclusively Drawings & Paintings, June 2018
Admin's Pick Midwest America Artists, July 9, 2018
Uploaded
June 2nd, 2018
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Comments (11)
Sonja Jones
Late congratulations on being chosen as an Administrator's Pick for the Midwest America Artists group, Connie! I love the creativity and ingenuity in your artwork, as evidenced in this terrific piece. L/f
Conni Schaftenaar
Thanks to the group Exclusively Drawings & Paintings for the feature on 6/23/2018!
John Malone
Congratulations! Your skillful and interesting painting has been FEATURED on our homepage. Well done!