"View before the Bridge" Celebration Series #15/25 IN PROGRESS
IN PROGRESS - This 8" x 6" x 1/8" oil on fine Italian linen is inspired by the view to the west from my car window on the ride home, driving south along Delaware's Coastal Highway just before the Indian River Inlet bridge.
This is the third, early "blocking in" stage of View before the Bridge. It still needs a lot of refining, softening and highlight clouds, detailing grasses and wind blown shrub, but must dry a couple days before more work can be done. Stay tuned.
For those familiar with the area, if you could see a little farther to the south (left) of where this painting ends you'd see a large, old, white, square building across the water, and if you veered west off the highway here you'd be taken to the Delaware Seashore State Park north inlet campground, the current US Coast Guard Station, the DSP Indian River Cottages, the Indian River Marina and Burton Island trail head.
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We're now well into our 26th year, so I missed finishing the series during the anniversary year. I think this year I painted more commissions than any year in my lifetime, and that's kept me from painting these small paintings that often take as long as their much larger counterparts.
I hope you enjoy these special Celebration pieces no matter when the series is completed!
Check back on this page to see how "View Before The Bridge" progresses.
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All of these rare small Celebration Series paintings are signed on the front and also titled and numbered with the words Ellen Rice Celebration Series on the back of the painting's stretcher bars or panels.
They can be picked up in my studio or shipping via fully insured FedEx.
Please note: these digital images are lower resolution and only approximate the colors of the actual painting. The colors and natural glow of original paintings are always best seen in person.
