With the theme of flying leaves still on my mind since my last painting, while also remembering a few previous paintings in which I depicted the silhouettes of flocks of birds, I wanted to paint a dramatic image of both leaves AND birds, seeming to fly towards and around the viewer in a big “whoosh!”
Whoosh. 18″ x 24″, Oil on Canvas, © Cedar Lee 2015
Besides the beautiful movements of all those fluttering little objects filling the canvas, my other focus was to create glowing light and shadows created by a row of back lit trees, with columns of light shining through between the trees onto the red and orange foreground.
Detail: Whoosh. 18″ x 24″, Oil on Canvas, © Cedar Lee 2015
One of my favorite parts are the spots where the distant, fuzzy outlines of the birds fly right alongside the colorful shapes of the leaves, sort of blending together against the blue sky like multi-colored confetti.
Detail: Whoosh. 18″ x 24″, Oil on Canvas, © Cedar Lee 2015
The red/yellow/blue color palette is striking. I love this painting so much!
Detail: Whoosh. 18″ x 24″, Oil on Canvas, © Cedar Lee 2015
