Dan

by Jim Gerkin

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$600

Dimensions

13.500 x 19.500 inches

Title

Dan

Artist

Jim Gerkin

Medium

Painting - Watercolor

Description

This is a portrait of a friend of mine~a friend of almost fifty years. Most of us don't have too many friends for fifty years and it is one of life's great blessings! Dan is quite a guy. I could have painted him as an idealistic adventurer traveling through Central America on a mission for peace. I could have painted him as a highly respected university professor. Or, I could have painted him as a successful business management consultant. I even could have painted him as a senior Olympian. He has been all of these things.
But here, I caught him as a blueberry picker! A simple blueberry picker. He and his lovely wife have a great place where they have a house, a barn, a lake, a garden and, of course a blueberry patch. I think, even with all he has done, and all he has accomplished, picking blueberries might be one of his favorite things!
I love the straw hat on Dan! Old straw hats almost always make for a great painting (the older, more beat up the better!) The sunlight streaming through never fails to create interesting light effects while the wide brim makes for a beautiful shadow. The painting has a great warm (almost hot), cool (almost cold) contrast created by the hot sun and the great shadow on Dan's blue shirt. I like this painting a lot.

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July 21st, 2019

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