Turning over the Leaves

Perspectives from The Artist's Road

Torn and Tattered II 20 x 20” Oil A. Trusty

“A room with pictures and a room without pictures differ nearly as much as a room with windows and a room without windows; for pictures are loopholes of escape to the soul, leading it to other scenes and spheres, where the fancy for a moment may revel, refreshed and delighted. Pictures are consolers of loneliness, and a relief to the jaded mind, and windows to the imprisoned thought; they are books, histories and sermons—which we can read without the trouble of turning over the leaves.” - Sir John Gilbert

As the temperatures have cooled and the leaves have begun to change color, we have moved our weekly oil painting classes back outdoors to study nature and the effects of sunlight. Perhaps we can capture the colorful beauty of this fleeting season on canvas to provide us “refreshment and delight” throughout the months ahead of winter blues.

The study of light, to be sure, is a potentially life-long pursuit. A…