Always Greener
BC locals might recognize this as the view of DeBoville Slough in Coquitlam from Cedar Drive.
It’s quite nerve-wracking to paint reflections! But you have to embrace it at some point if you want to depict British Columbia landscapes.
I painted the sky and the water first. Then I did some of the machine sewing. Then, alarmed at the oomph of the embroidery compared to the water, I went back and painted the water a stronger colour.
The furthest-away of the foreground grasses are hand-sewn, some in 1-ply thread. Then I machine-sewed grassy strokes and loops across those in thicker thread, to make the closer grasses look closer.
This scene reminds me of the happy weekend I once spent doing the Minnekhada Art in the Park Festival, as you pass it on the way.