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by John Ressler
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Even in winter, fog is rare in the desert. One morning in early February I set out to paint on location at the Coachella Valley Palm Preserve and... more
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Even in winter, fog is rare in the desert. One morning in early February I set out to paint on location at the Coachella Valley Palm Preserve and found it shrouded in a light ground fog. Shadows were weak and I thought about bailing to go somewhere else. But, given the rarity of fog hereabouts, I thought I'd just give it a shot. Hence this painting...
"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is." --Sir Francis Bacon * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * My basic premise about art is: Every painting should imply a story. For as long as humans have had language, they have enjoyed stories. Scratchings on cave walls and peckings on rock faces are almost certainly story-related. Art, in whatever form, comprises a framework upon which hangs a story of some sort. Sometimes the framework IS the story, as is often the case with depictions of landscape or figure studies. Depictions of people doing things--even...
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Maria Hunt
Oh I am so glad you stayed to paint in the fog... you captured it so perfectly.. I entered my painting of the same scene in the Artist's view of California contest. John.. this is magnificent. f/l/v
John Ressler replied:
I recognized your view immediately. I paint at the Preserve several times a season, and always at this same grove. I actually had to "save" the fog because it burned off while I was working! My conceptual model is Hokusai's 100 Views of Mt. Fuji...but I'll never get to 100 views of this grove. So far, I've got 8, not including the one I tore up because it was beyond salvaging. I really like your take on it--very dramatic!