While I’m a much bigger fan of the work of his father and grandfather, Andrew and N.C. Wyeth respectively, I do like many paintings by Jamie Wyeth. I came across a video that shows him at work in his Monhegan Island studio on a painting titled Inferno which depicts gulls swarming around a boy as he stokes a trash fire that blazes in a burner made from an old fuel tank.
I was surprised, for instance, by his use of a large sheet of corrugated cardboard as his surface as well as by the way he uses watercolor paint in the same manner as an oil paint. Even if you don’t paint, the video is an interesting insight into the physicality of his process. And if you do paint, it may make you want to consider a different way of approaching your next piece. Give it a look.
Redtree Times 
Thank you for sharing this…..gives me even more respect what you and other painters do to create that special moment to share with the viewer.
Thank you, Sheila.
It’s interesting to me to see his actual physical engagement with the paint and the surface he’s applying it to and to note that he makes noises when he paints. I am reminded of the Biblical story of Jacob and the angel — I will not let you go until you bless me.
Yeah, I liked that as well. The physical nature of his painting– the scraping, his movement and the jabs with the paint– all add to my perceived feeling of the piece.
On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 12:53 AM, Redtree Times wrote:
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