"Chicago Lifeguard" by Lesley Spanos. Acrylic on paper, 8 x 12". Copyright ©2009, all rights reserved.
Here’s the latest challenge from Karin Jurick’s Different Strokes From Different Folks. This time we’re painting a floating lifeguard on Lake Michigan. I wonder what it’s like out there, isolated on that little boat for hours at a time? Is it a fun way to spend the summer, or the world’s more boring job?
Here are some images taken along the way. I spent too much time watching the Michael Jackson memorial on TV, so no time left for commentary today:
Lesley Spanos
Lesley Spanos is a painter working in Indiana, USA.Translator
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Wow…. Lesley…. this is so lovely. You truly are a seasoned professional to be able to fill in all that sky and lake with your imagination. Wow…
Thanks, Sheila, but I have no imagination, just Photoshop! I have tons of photos of Lake Michigan, so I superimposed Karin’s boat on one of my own photos:
I like your style both in painting and in photoshop. Great imagination and photography!
Your final result has such a great vastness to it, and the colors are superbly done!
great expanse feeling . Lovely entry for DSFDF
This has great movement, both in the sky and the water. I also love the vertical crop, there’s a tension between the horizontal boat and vertical format that works beautifully. Lovely!
Awesome! Love the blues all over, and the vertical format works beautifully in this. Absolutely love your rendition!
Very beautiful, Lesley. Wonderful job with the sky and ocean.
I love your use of a vertical format, and the blues in the sky and water are gorgeous.
What a wonderful atmosphere you created with this piece. I had thought briefly of trying a vertical composition, but then got nervous about all of that sky and water. Clever use of Photoshop to take that head on. Really nice, Leslie.
Ingenious use of Photoshop! Great color and movement in the water, nice entry!
I really like this painting! I like how you turned this and, I find it cool how you use photoshop to aid you in your work!
A great look! She really looks alone and isolated. Well done.