Glacier Waters of Morain Lake by Gena Destri in Kyle
Glacier Waters of Morain Lake
A commissioned painting of the glacier waters and big sky clouds from Morain Lake in Canada. Client wanted a large colorful piece to serve as a focal point in their large living room with high ceilings. Photos from the client's family vacations to the area over the years were used to compile the final image. Oil on stretched canvas.
An award winning contemporary impressionist landscape painter, I create paintings that have roots in realism, energy and feeling. Using different materials depending on the effect I see most desirable (oils, watercolor, and/or acrylic with possible additions of drawing materials), I work from life, en plein air, or compiled photographs and then finish up from memory in my home studio. I gravitate toward producing figurative, abstract and landscape work equally, however, my current work has been almost exclusively landscape based. I feel there is an ancestral quality to the land, water and sky, and I am seeking to connect us, the viewer, to it’s memories, wisdom and unique beauty that changes with every season and every passing year.
I display versatile talents in my varied media usage, however most of my work is either completed in oil or watercolor. In oil, I use large brush strokes, vascilating between additive and subtractive methods, and I try to simplify the image as much as possible to keep the movement and energy I’ve seen in a specific place. In watercolor, I lay down large washes of color, letting the science of pigment and water create it’s magic whenever I can, whilst keeping my intentions with the piece moving in the right direction. Painting on Aquabord with watercolors, I draw, scratch and create texture with water soluble drawing mediums like ink blocks and soft pastels. These methods allow me to remain experimental and playful while creating each piece, which lends a lovely, “good energy” to my pieces.
As additional undercurrents to my work, I’m an outdoor enthusiast, and a lover of regenerative living. I reside in Kyle, Texas, and am active in my local art community with shows, teaching, live painting, mural work, markets, and I’m expanding into the world of leading local & remote workshops and art retreats. I also create quality prints on a variety of surfaces to bring beauty to ALL spaces, and again, to remind us all that there is peace and goodness in the world.
More artwork by Gena
Mane Trendz Hair Salon & Boutique Mural
Rising of the sun, setting on the moon Indoor mural
St. Paul Lutheran School Entry Foyer Mural
Winter Window Art @ Little Bluebird Boutique
Ridgway Full Moon Rise
Full Moon Partial Eclipse
Poppies and Bluebonnets
Boy with Curls
Portrait of a Joyous Woman
Lady the Dog
Young Love
A family in flowers
Pet Portrait
Pet Portrait - Cat
Cyan in Bluebonnets
Dad's Doodle
Maya the Cat Portrait
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