Kolene Spicher

A blog about my thoughts and my love of artwork as it develops. It reflects some of the basic steps that I go through to achieve the artwork which is eventually presented to Spicher and Co, an innovative design firm that manufactures artwork for the trade. The why, what, how, and where are a few of the questions that I attempt to answer as I blog away! This is a tiny window into the life of a painter, and my hope is that my love for life shines through in the objects that I work to create.

Friday, December 7, 2012

Whaling School

A School of Whales

I don't know about all of you, but I have yet to go on a whale watch that ever looked like this. Recently, while in Alaska, I went on my first whale watch. Can you believe it? Twenty plus years of painting whales and nautical scenes, and I have NEVER seen an actual sperm whale in person. The whales in Alaska were different. We couldn't get up and close...something about protecting the whales, as if they wouldn't swim out of the way. I was disappointed.

In my painting, I show a large grouping of them with the water very softly painted over each whale and just the tip of them exposed. This was a long a narrow painting in an antique frame and it was shipped to Nantucket Country!

Hope you all get to go on a whale watch where you can actually see the whales! I fell asleep on mine, I am serious.

1 comment:

Kolenespicher said...: Sold; September 26, 2013 at 9:08 AM