Clear Information in Painting
Robert Moore, 2015
 

WINTER'S VOICE
oil on canvas
36 x 48 in
(91.4h x 121.9w cm)
 

"I want to clearly communicate a sense of space and order on my canvas. The snow will clearly be a separate mass, the water will be a separate mass, along with the foreground trees and background trees. I want the viewer to know what he is looking at. For it not to look 'cut-out' there has to be lost and found transition areas between those masses and variation of value, hue, and intensity within. The challenge is to keep clarity and separation without it being monotonous. There is a tendency to focus on the differences within the masses and reach for a value that belongs to the range of the neighboring mass. For example, if I see a darker value in the snow and reach for a value that belongs to the  tree mass without remembering the overall relationships I will lose the order and the clarity that is reflective of nature. Once in control of the masses and their values it is time to apply ordered color."   Robert Moore, 2015