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I have been working on a series of these paintings from some photos I
took a few years ago, trying to squeeze all the goodness out of the
subject. I have always loved the Light vs. Dark combinations and have
done many paintings with this as a driving element. This pond once existed on Pioneer crossing in the heart of Utah county. I drove past it every morning on my way to a job I hated and wished I could paint those reflections. I think the hard part of painting reflections is getting the image to really feel like it is a reflection. Most people can see that the upside down image represents the mirrored image of the object above, but a reflection is more than that. The water reflects most of the light from the subject back... but not all so the reflection should be darker. I try to make the reflection less detailed and even slightly blurry to exaggerate the effect of the image in the water.