Above, Pierre Bonnard rendered a landscape near the Mediterranean....it caught my eye because of the lime (yellow green) and wonderful blues...indigo, turquoise, aqua, cobalt...
notice too how his sky is yellow and lavender, we'll get back to that later...
Recently, my friend and fellow quilt artist, Paula gave me two photos. The first (underneath in the scan) is of an "ocean waves" quilt which she is working on. [I had given her the tote bag from old blue jeans]. It had wonderful blues, limes and a little bright yellow to "pop" and excite the eye.
Then, last month, I received the second, a post card from her trip to Colorado.
They were lying together on a table top and I realized that the colors were repeating again! She had selected a postcard true to the month of her visit to the area, and the colors were right there! I think this shows how an artist is subconsciously organizing and reacting to colors most of the time!
Now back to the yellow sky and lavender, here is a landscape art quilt which I made last spring. It is of our Ozark mountains on a misty morning.....(donated to a silent auction last week. )
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I was so happy to stumble across two recent books in the Maise Dobbs mystery series....
I just read "The Mapping of Love and Death" last week, and have the next in the series on reserve for me at our library...
I recommend this series ( which I was introduced to by my friend, Paula, LOL!) for anyone interested in an accurate portrayal of English life from the early 1900's as Maisie grows up...and especially the period between the two World Wars. The first book of the series, by Jacqueline Winspear, is simply titled "Maisie Dobbs".
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This is such a colorful post. Everything is color coordinated! Love the purple and yellow combination.
Thanks for the book recommendations. I like reading English stories and especially that time period.
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