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New Painting: The Woobie Offers Up Advice

"The Woobie Offers Up Advice" Oil on Canvas 16" x 12" © 2011 Marilyn Fenn
“The Woobie Offers Up Advice” Oil on Canvas 16″ x 12″ © 2011 Marilyn Fenn

I did this painting a few weeks ago, right after my first white rabbit painting, “The Woobie Contemplates Revenge.”  From a strictly artistic point of view, I was interested in continuing painting white on white and seeing what I could do with that.  I particularly like how fuzzy his fuzzy legs appear in the final work.  There’s more to this painting than just that, though.  I hope you can appreciate it.  We live in interesting times…

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New Painting: The Woobie Contemplates Revenge

"The Woobie Contemplates Revenge" Oil on canvas 10" x 10" © 2011 Marilyn Fenn
“The Woobie Contemplates Revenge” Oil on canvas 10″ x 10″ © 2011 Marilyn Fenn

Painting white things is really fun and challenging.  For this painting, I placed a white rabbit stuffed animal in a white box and lit it from two sides: one a warm light, which casts a cool shadow, and one a cool light, which casts a warm shadow.  So in this white on white painting, the colors come mostly from the shadows cast by the lights.

I enjoyed this challenge so much, that I’m planning more work featuring “The Woobie,” as well as more white on white paintings.  Luckily, the Woobie has a little family, so they could keep me busy for a while.