Life Under Cover
DEBBIE LOYD - # 11
1140 Harrison Ave
watercolor
www.watercolorsbydebbie.com
It has been said that the artist's job is to find order in life and leave a record of what interested him--not what he thinks he ought to be interested in (John Sloan). What you will see in my studio is a way for me to share what interests me, what I find beauty in, and what speaks to me.
I am passionate about painting portraits, and I love the process of looking back and forth from photograph to painting to determine what makes that person look like that person. I think this comes from my work as a counselor and trying to understand people at a deep level. Sometimes when painting, I become aware of dynamics I had never understood before. A lot seems to be said in a face. As I'm painting, I am enjoying the person and I am trying to help the viewer see the qualities and personality that I see. I want the viewer to feel something!
I get excited by light and the patterns that light and shadows form. It is often the quality of light that attracts me to a particular portrait or scene. The more I paint, the more I focus on this. I also love color, and I strive to use as many colors as possible in my portraits and in shadows.
1140 Harrison Ave
watercolor
www.watercolorsbydebbie.com
It has been said that the artist's job is to find order in life and leave a record of what interested him--not what he thinks he ought to be interested in (John Sloan). What you will see in my studio is a way for me to share what interests me, what I find beauty in, and what speaks to me.
I am passionate about painting portraits, and I love the process of looking back and forth from photograph to painting to determine what makes that person look like that person. I think this comes from my work as a counselor and trying to understand people at a deep level. Sometimes when painting, I become aware of dynamics I had never understood before. A lot seems to be said in a face. As I'm painting, I am enjoying the person and I am trying to help the viewer see the qualities and personality that I see. I want the viewer to feel something!
I get excited by light and the patterns that light and shadows form. It is often the quality of light that attracts me to a particular portrait or scene. The more I paint, the more I focus on this. I also love color, and I strive to use as many colors as possible in my portraits and in shadows.
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