{"product_id":"finding-the-light-small-p05442-p00419","title":"Finding the Light - Small","description":"As the artist was painting this oil, his mind would often go to a couple of artists that lived in the same town, Monet and Bonnard. They were both \"dabbers\" with Monet saying he never finished a painting and Bonnard with this story, \"When he had mixed a new color that was just right, he would revisit and retouch old work. Once, he persuaded his friend and fellow Symbolist Edouard Vuillard to distract a museum guard whilst he added his latest color to a hung painting.\" Quoted from the Port Magazine.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTo begin this piece, Elliott pulled out an older canvas that was at a dead end. He had struggled mightily with it, resulting in a very thick veneer of paint. Perfect! For this new composition, he welcomed the ready-made texture and began to lay in the general outlines of this work.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe plan was to create a fully impressionist work with hundreds of marks to create the effect of tightly packed vegetation, but with the illusion of light and space. The arrangement was a simple one and open to colors of all kinds.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWith these open brushstrokes, it quickly became apparent that each mark had a meaning. Some colors became backgrounds and others moved forward in the space differently. It was a bit like 3-D chess and a real delight to participate in a work that was essentially painting itself and bringing the artist along for the ride.","brand":"Ken Elliott","offers":[{"title":"Small","offer_id":46618940965099,"sku":"P05442-P00419","price":240.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0765\/5453\/5147\/files\/c4ca6669-199b-4a21-a0e8-baeb7c3fa763_199590_l.jpg?v=1753128016","url":"https:\/\/www.artfulhome.com\/products\/finding-the-light-small-p05442-p00419","provider":"Artful Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}