Friday, May 02, 2008

IF : From Seed To Harvest


The word this week for Illustration Friday is seed. This is one of three 4' x 4' mural panels I did for an agricultural company in Salinas, CA., depicting their melon fields. Most people don't have this scene in mind when picking out produce from the supermarkets. Sometimes we forget the migrant workers and locals who work so hard planting the seeds so that we may enjoy the fruits of their labor.
Please see my other entry here.
Click to enlarge the harvest! Acrylic on canvas for Colorful Harvest.

44 comments:

  1. Great work (quite large!!) love the sky colors!

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  2. Agreed...really like the handling of the sky...as well as the field...

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  3. I agree. Growing things is definitely hard work. Very nice feeling in your piece.

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  4. I love this depiction of the melon fields...wonderful work and the detail and colours are perfect!

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  5. Beautiful!

    Having lived in the Ventura/Oxnard area, (a wonderfully fertile ag land,) this is a familiar scene for me. Living there, smelling the good and awful ag smells, driving past fields and buying produce from roadside stands, you get more of a connected feeling to the whole process. This includes becoming aware of the the worker's sweat and toil. I miss that connectedness now, living in a much less ag-related community. Thanks for reminding me with your gorgeous, Maxfield Parrish sky.

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  6. It is a beautiful soft and hopeful image.

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  7. Seeds of wisdom!
    Your posts always make me think beyond pictures!
    Well done Laurel.

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  8. Beautiful. I would love to see the original, proper scale.

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  9. that is so awesomely beautiful - I hope they payed you a million dollars because that's what it's worth!
    xx00

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  10. You are so right and this is a beautiful image and reminder! Great work!!!

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  11. very peaceful feel to the composition. :) I love my melons in my garden.

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  12. Sl this is lovely! I just love how you emphasized the watermelons and have the patch as a background.

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  13. Wow. Love that sunset color. Makes me yearn for summer gardening! Nice!

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  14. Lovely work, I bet they were pleased with their commission.

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  15. Great!!! So peaceful and wonderful composition!

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  16. Oh how beautiful and peaceful! And kudos to all the farmers!

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  17. Beautiful artwork! Clever way to express the title: "From Seed to Harvest"!

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  18. As usual your concept and illustration are brilliant!

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  19. I love that part of California and have driven through the area many, many times over the years. Thanks for rekindling the memory, Laurel.

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  20. beautiful! The colors melt together and i love your music choice as well.

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  21. Oooh, very cool mural! I love the colors and the inset. Lovely!

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  22. I loved the image "framed" on the large green area...
    It is like a little poet note in a green statement.
    Thanks for leaving me a comment too!
    You are really nice and your work too!
    multicolor kisses,
    marina.

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  23. Beautiful landscape image and an important acknowledgment.

    You have three of my favorite Van Morrison recordings on your play list. When I visit studio lolo, I tune in to 'Someone Like You' and smile.

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  24. Beautiful work... I would love to see your original piece, too! Regards, Carla

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  25. oh lolo i absolutely adore your pressie....(see my blog for the scoop). they are adorable! hugs and wfs.

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  26. i'm sure you can guess what my monday drawing will be about! (oh and a new giggle too!)

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  27. Cheers!...like your work...its very peaceful!!

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  28. very nice work! it's look like your emerald eyes! ;]

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  29. Very nice and so appropros. Love the coloring.

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  30. Indeed Laurel, and what a fine work you've made once again!

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  31. brilliant and thought provoking ~ Jx

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  32. Both your "Seed" illustrations are wonderful! I especially like the one of woman as seed, a very appropriate image I think.

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  33. gorgeous, lolo! something about you and larger pieces, murals makes a heck of a lot of sense to me...like, your brushes would just take over such space. the colors are just perfect. :)))

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  34. Haven't commented in a while because, well, everyone says it all in the end. And, as you know dear sister, I have always loved your skies.

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  35. Nice color in this piece! Cool concept.

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  36. What a fun project, this is beautiful!

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  37. Wow! This is Grand! Super painting!- John

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  38. Lovely painting, Ive been appreciating skys in paintings and this is a beautiful one. =)

    Jennifer

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  39. Beautiful!!! I love farmland and often have an urge to farm the land- maybe it's that past life or genetic memory stuff. Maybe I just love the view; your painting captures so well what's to love.

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  40. Oh, this makes me a little homesick... I can smell the faint scent of the salty air. I like your comment about the workers, people don't realize how hard field work is, those are the people that have to work long hours with little breaks, and often around dangerous chemicals and pesticides just to scrape by.

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  41. this is very nice. i like the use of white (green) space and how it works within the piece. looking forward to seeing it in person

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