Shoal Water

January 26, 2008 · 10 comments

 

Next up in the Coral Seas series…

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Shoal Water

oil on 6″ x 6″ gallery wrapped canvas

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Copyright Jean Burman 2008

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1 Elinor McCartney January 26, 2008 at 10:11 pm

S’cuse me Jean but is this painting not just a mirror reflection of the other earlier one …….The shoals ? Explain please to a fuddled old body .
When the mackerel are out there in the Kyles we can tell from the disturbance on the surface ie apart from the gannetts diving

2 Garden Jools January 27, 2008 at 5:23 am

Hi Jean! the colours you have used for this are wonderful, however…I am feeling like there could be more (OIMHO) depth of colour in the water and perhaps more on the atoll. But ofcourse this is how YOU have seen your painting in your mind. It is a peaceful and warm depiction…I just feel a little lonely with it.

3 Jean Burman January 27, 2008 at 6:10 pm

Elinor… a shoal is a linear landform extending into a body of water… typically composed of sand, silt or small pebbles. They are sometimes called sandbanks or sandbars… but I rather prefer the more romantic word “shoal”.

Both paintings share the same palette and mood… but there the similarities pretty much end. If you sneak back and take another look at Castaway you’ll instantly notice the differing perspective… there it’s a bird’s eye view… and here it’s probably more of a boat’s eye view!

4 Jean Burman January 27, 2008 at 8:54 pm

Jools… which proves up the old adage… “you can’t please all of the people all of the time” LOL

5 Elinor McCartney January 28, 2008 at 2:46 am

Haha and I thought fish ….here we have an oitter ,stran, as in Stranmore the big strand People think otter ferry is where the otters live (or even cross the water)
Very educational for me …….sorry I should have compared before I opened the big mouth

6 Jean Burman January 28, 2008 at 7:59 am

Sorry Elinor… me and my “romantic” names… should have realised it might not have universal meaning! So an otter is like a man-made groyne or seawall right? And not that cute little creature that maneuvers around in bright water? ~grin~

7 Mary January 28, 2008 at 12:03 pm

I think you need to do a series of these Jean, (you’ve already got a good start) and place them side by side on a wall. It would be like looking through a perfectly placed set of windows out into paradise! (Did you happen to read that book “Ring of Bright Water”…about the otters…it was published years ago…but such a sweet story…)

8 Jean Burman January 28, 2008 at 1:09 pm

I saw the movie Mary… and needless to say… I cried! LOL It was beautiful.

Yes… the plan is to work in series of 6 with these little paintings… that way any number between 1 and 6 could be hung together and the same story (or variations of it) would be told. I have four done for the Coral Sea series… so only 2 to go! Then I will do more in the Time Flies series. If I work all over the place… from one theme to the other… (theoretically) I shouldn’t get bored with any one series. So now you have my game plan from woe to go! LOL

9 Garden Jools January 29, 2008 at 6:06 am

Sounds like a good plan Jean!! Series of paintings work well…kind of tells the story in a bit more “space” (thumbs up!)

10 Jean Burman January 29, 2008 at 7:26 am

Yes jools… 6″ x 6″ is a very small space… and as Mary suggests these little guys do look great together as a window into another world. But (as a lover of “large” art) what surprises me most is how much punch just one of these has standing alone. As John would say… “who’d have thunk it?” LOL

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