Glow of Yellow
Yellow, 28 x 24 oil painting by Melody Phaneuf
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Yellow, color of sunshine, has a stimulating, lightening and gladdening effect on the soul. In Greek mythology, Helios the Sun God donned a yellow robe while driving his golden chariot drawn by fiery horses across the sky. The Sun’s radiant yellow light came to symbolize divine wisdom.
Yellow was Van Gogh’s favorite color. He used it liberally in his landscapes to describe the scintillating light of southern France and express his idea of love. His paintings from the Yellow House in Arles were a tribute to his affection for his painting companion, Paul Gauguin.
The vibrant spirit of yellow beckoned me to employ it as the theme for an arrangement of glowing, sunny delight. A radiant composition echoes the sunflowers, center of interest and hub of an invisible wheel on which pears, book, and sweet treats mark the spokes.
As diminishing light hurls us toward winter months, the warmth from this painting is a cozy memory of summer. Yellow is homage to the sun’s warming glow.
Yellow, 28 x 24 oil painting by Melody Phaneuf
Yellow is also available in open edition print and handmade note cards
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Boston Artist, Melody Phaneuf is well known for her evocative still life, landscape, and portrait paintings. Her paintings are regularly on view at The Guild of Boston Artists, 162 Newbury Street; at Fenway Studios, Boston by appointment; and North Shore Art in Gloucester from May through October. Phaneuf ‘s paintings have been exhibited at The National Arts Club in New York City, Galerie Herouet in Paris, and with Art du Monde, in Japan.
Melody The Artist Home, founded with photographer and color specialist, Martha DiMeo, features Phaneuf’s original oil paintings on tumbled marble tile murals and beverage coasters, fine art prints, and handmade note cards.
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