#19 / White Canary
One of my favourite paintings
is this little study of a Goldfinch by the Dutch artist, Carel Fabritius. The
economy of brushstroke, the colour and light are so beautifully represented in
this little gem of a painting.
Having this image filed in
the gallery in my brain, I thought I’d go down to our local Bricomarché in
Cavaillon to look at the birds they have there in the Animal section of the
shop. None of the birds would pose for me other than this White Canary who was
quite reasonable and calm while all the others flapped about from one perch to
the other.
I
painted over a yellow ochre coloured ground. Some years ago we bought some pigment from a
shop in Roussillon and for the first time I have been mixing some of it in with
white Acrylic Primer, partly fight off the oil-sucking tendencies of the
pre-primed canvas but also to knock back the white and start my paintings with
a mid-tone. This is a nice warm tint which I will use again
when I go out and about in the many and varied villages around and about us.
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