Snohomish Sunset
3.5x4.25 inches
oil on linen on panel
John W. Stinson ©2011
Many of my paintings are not much to write home about. The subject is flattened out, simplified to the extreme, and done with only three or four colors on my palette. I also practice that endlessly in order to get to what I’m after in a painting and I have long way to go but I think I’m getting there. This painting of the Snohomish River in Washington State was sold to a collector who in the frenzy the moment bought two other paintings and red dots went on all three. Some time later during the gallery show she said she had to pull the red dot of the info card for this painting. “Overbought" I asked? “Yes,” she replied. "Not a problem” I said. As I pulled the dot off the card someone else asked if that is sold or available. When I said it’s available they said "Not any more, It’s mine."
