Another Smitswinkelsbaai fishermen painting

Posted by Stephen Quirke on January 2, 2011 under Art, figure, painting, seascape, watercolor, watercolour | 8 Comments to Read

I don’t know so much about these big epic pieces.  It is quite a mission to keep it together for the duration.  But I was so keen to do this painting with BIG rocks in the foreground.  I planned this carefully and still had to redraw quite a bit – but I am quite pleased with how this is going.  I have to put it aside for now but will come back to finish it off.

I wanted to make the foreground rocks lighter but then had to anchor them in the shadow so they got a bit heavier.  I quite like the rocks behind the standing rasta-man dude.

This is on a full sheet of Arches 300gm cold pressed (560x760mm)

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  • Carol King said,

    Hi Stephen, Are those rocks really that big? Wow. They look like jewels. I like the rasta-man and the rocks behind him as well.

  • Stephen Quirke said,

    Hey cheers Carol – it is still not right – but I have started something new this evening.
    Have a great week – I hope you are not going out in any more blizzards or anything

  • Leslie White said,

    Oh, I think the rocks and the man’s turned head direct me right to the boat! Lovely composition and beautiful colors. I can’t wait to see how you finish this!

  • Stephen Quirke said,

    Hey thanks Leslie – this is great feedback – yes I want to get to it this evening. I have my first meeting of the year tomorrow so I need to manage my time. Fortunately I have really nice clients so this is a good start to the year.

  • Carolyn said,

    Hey Stephen !
    I can’t seem to open your posts, and I really want to read them.
    So, having sailed past Smits several tims on the hobie as part of the annual Cape Point Challenge from Fishhoek to Cape Point and back, I have this romantic notion that it could be a nice venue for a wedding ? Not sure tho, and would appreciate some comments from someone who has been a little closer than on a boat about 1 km out to sea. (And after several hours I suppose that any piece of land looks appealing !)
    My Beloved is a pilot and I accompanied him to work during December so got to do a fair bit of jetsetting recently.
    The Hobie is unfortunately on a container somewhere between Cape Town and Dar es Salaam so am missing the sailing.
    Hope all is well with you, it would be great to do coffee and catchup sometime :-)
    Cxx

  • Stephen Quirke said,

    Hey Carolyn
    Smits is a beautiful place – I am certain there is somewhere you can rent as a base for a wedding ceremony – I will poll my contacts (o:
    Gotto be prepared for baboon interest though.
    I could read the comment easily.
    It must be beaut sailing around there if you know where the reefs are.

    Yeah coffee would be good – I will bz you next time I come through town.
    Nice to see you here

    S

  • sonya chasey said,

    I like the rocks too – beautiful rich colours. Unfortunately I also am unable to read all your posts as they are covered by the window with categories archives etc.

  • Stephen Quirke said,

    Hi Sonya
    Thanks for this note.
    It troubles me when people run into technical issues like this.
    Sometimes it is because the version of WP I am using here is designed to run on the latest versions of the browsers out there.
    Though I know it is not always possible to upgrade.

    It is so good to hear from you again though.

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