David Langmead
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Title:
RAPTURE
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Medium:
Oil on canvas
Category:
Original paintings
Category:
Oil
Size:
36 X 24
INV. #:
DL31251
RAPTURE
I think that the Great Egret is the grand monarch of the Florida wetlands. It is the epitome of style and elegance. It has a superb S-shaped neck and a gown of delicate feathers. The bird is large and lithe, and moves with a studied grace.
When the egret preens it flares out layers of latticed feathers. Caught in warm afternoon sunlight the bird transforms in a rapture of pure beauty.
I loved the painterly pursuit of the sinuous elegance, the radiance of the light, and the subtle play of blue shadows and the intense richness of the eye and beak area.
I made the painting larger than life so that the viewer gets lost in sumptuousness of all these exquisite elements colliding on the canvas.
This image has a timeless presence; both classical and contemporary in chorus.
I think that the Great Egret is the grand monarch of the Florida wetlands. It is the epitome of style and elegance. It has a superb S-shaped neck and a gown of delicate feathers. The bird is large and lithe, and moves with a studied grace.
When the egret preens it flares out layers of latticed feathers. Caught in warm afternoon sunlight the bird transforms in a rapture of pure beauty.
I loved the painterly pursuit of the sinuous elegance, the radiance of the light, and the subtle play of blue shadows and the intense richness of the eye and beak area.
I made the painting larger than life so that the viewer gets lost in sumptuousness of all these exquisite elements colliding on the canvas.
This image has a timeless presence; both classical and contemporary in chorus.