Archive for January 2020

More Clouds Cardnell: Please note that I have only worked on the clouds. I’m quite happy with the result so far.  So much so that I expect Stage 04 to see this part of the composition complete.  At the moment it is not my intention to add any more significant cloud-clusters but just to adjust…

The element of reality is as fundamental to Cardnell as the canvas is to the existence of a painting. That which would be seen in reality, especially in terms of linear perspective, is one of the many elements of a work over which the artist may study and deliberate for hours on end. This is…

Cardnell: After what must have been 20,000 brush strokes, I believe I’ve taken Stage 02 as far as I can and now will move on to Stage 03. As you can see in this Stage, I have taken the paint almost to the bottom of the left hand corner.  This I have left un-overpainted while…

Cardnell’s words well illustrate the process through which he endures on every canvas – his road map, so to speak. Where he starts and where he finishes can be as much a discovery process to him as to any. Keith starts with an idea in his head, a vision in his mind of how the…

Land, Sky, & Color Cardnell: This Stage includes work on the clouds, the application of colour to the vegetation, a repositioning of the skiff, the indication of a landmass on the horizon, and a rough introduction of a beach peninsula to the right of the canvas. It is my intention to begin establishing the appearance…

Firstly, Cardnell’s unyielding discipline to his approach and pursuit of excellence in every work may not be better illustrated than the time he puts into thinking about each stage of a given work vs. actual work executed – his patience is limitless, as is evidenced in the narration to come. Cardnell may well sit before…

Most often, when one views a work of art, whether at a gallery, online, or in one’s own home, he or she sees a finished work – The culmination of work that requires weeks, months and sometimes the better part of a year for an artist to complete. The latter is especially true in the…