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THE MIGHTY MAC , THE MACKINAC BRIDGE LABOR DAY
The Mackinac Bridge, the "Mighty Mac", is Michigan's most famous bridge connecting the Upper and Lower Pennisulas. It's location nestles between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. The entire area surrounding it is beautiful and loaded with British and French history.
In this painting, it was sunset and the colorful sky added a wonderful backdrop to the bridge itself. The yellows backlit the bridge and helped me to paint one of it's many moods. This week I shall post the other Mackinac Bridge painting I have done which shows the bridge in completely different configuration and sky. With so many weather changes, there are inumerable beautiful, moody, bright, soft, misty paintings to be created.
Over 50 years old the Mackinac Bridge is the third longest suspension bridge in the world. The Famous Bridge Walk on Labor Day is an amazing 5 mile trek between the Mackinaw City on the south..across the bridge to St. Ignace on the north isde of the bridge. From the air it looks like the Moses leading the Hebrews through the Red Sea!!
the Mackinac Bridge website is an interesting spot to check out.
In this painting, it was sunset and the colorful sky added a wonderful backdrop to the bridge itself. The yellows backlit the bridge and helped me to paint one of it's many moods. This week I shall post the other Mackinac Bridge painting I have done which shows the bridge in completely different configuration and sky. With so many weather changes, there are inumerable beautiful, moody, bright, soft, misty paintings to be created.
Over 50 years old the Mackinac Bridge is the third longest suspension bridge in the world. The Famous Bridge Walk on Labor Day is an amazing 5 mile trek between the Mackinaw City on the south..across the bridge to St. Ignace on the north isde of the bridge. From the air it looks like the Moses leading the Hebrews through the Red Sea!!
the Mackinac Bridge website is an interesting spot to check out.
This painting: The Mighty Mac (c) Diane Tasselmyer 10" x 10" x 1 1/2" oil on canvas $200
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Any painting done at any time of the day seems
to always come out right at this spot. Michigan
is fortunate to be the home of the fabulous
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore,
the city of Empire, on Lake Michigan. Otter
lake is one inland lake in this area that sports
hiking, fishing, swimming, and being lazy.
This oil painting was part of a series of larger of
works done solely in this park. At the time I
was in my first year of using the new "water
base" oil paints. They are now very popular.
Clean up with water and No turpentine needed
was what drew me to them.
The landscape is sandy pines, sand bottom lake,
gentle breezes, dappled shade and a couple
vintage cottages. Painting here seems as natural
as breathing. Open your easel or paint box,
smell the pine breeze, lay out your paints, smell
the pine breeze, select your scene and the mood
of this spot will put your paintbrush flying.