" Snag"

Snag , is another scene  I had painted many years ago as a water color of a gentleman fishing in 90 degree summer weather. It intrigued me  how he could wear that heavy coat  in such heat and humidity while I stood sweating in my t-shirt and shorts. As I wiped the sweat from my brow he went about his task oblivious to anything and everything around him. I admired him for his focus !

    I had the pleasure of seeing the original water color after many years just a few weeks ago. It's fun to see your work  again like meeting an old friend you had forgotten and to observe that perhaps you were not as bad as you thought you might have been.

   In the original painting titled : " Stalking His Prey" he carries a net with him in the right hand. In this painting I changed the image to just a small piece of filament  snagged in the rocks, hence the title, " Snag". This is another image I used for my students in class this last spring and it gave me the opportunity to re-evaluate  the composition. It became as much a leaning tool for my students as  myself and I am glad I went back down this road. The study to left painted for the first time  in oils was something I had always intended  but never got around to. I suppose I lost interest in the subject I am not really sure, but one thing is always certain my students take me to places I never thought I might go.

 "Snag" Oil on Panel 14 inches x 11 inches 

Philip J. Carroll Artist: Long Gone

Philip J. Carroll Artist: Long Gone:                                                         Here's an landscape I have done before and one I used this spring for my stud...

Long Gone

                                                       

Here's an landscape I have done before and one I used this spring for my students to paint as a fresh challenge  . I often have them paint from images that  I am working on in the studio, I find it helps to be personally involved with  a subject  before I one can truly teach others how to paint the scene. The image is one of a couple of  abandoned fishing shacks on a very secluded road near Tuckahoe NJ.

             

                                                                      " Long Gone" Oil on Panel 10 inches x 20 inches

 It no longer exists and was torn down years ago hence the name "Long Gone". I never had any photos of the scene just a small thumbnail water color study which gave me all the information I needed to create the painting. I will probably do this scene over and over again in my lifetime for the simple reason that every time I look at it I see something new .