I once told my wife I tend toward realistic impressionism which elicited much laughter. She remarked that she didn’t think there was such a thing... probably not actually 🙂 I said.
To be honest I love various mediums from watercolour to acrylic and lately oils. I often use acrylics to lay an underpainting since it dries quickly and allows me to layer the oils sooner rather than later, well at least the first layer of oil 🙂.
I tend toward Impressionism and have appreciated Roy Tabora’s Romanticism and his masterful use of chroma in his seascapes of Hawaii and that has certainly influenced me greatly. But I love realism as well as seen in my painting entitled Tranquility as I strive to relate the beauty of the moment in nature’s light and colours. Otherwise, whether a looser or tighter realistic approach I love using layers to bring a painting to life while trying to accentuate the centre of focus using pure chroma while greying down the scene further away from that centre regardless if it’s realism or impressionist. I think I’ll honestly be learning Roy’s approach for the remainder of my artistic journey and that okay! There’s a never ending world out there of discovery that I look forward to exploring!
