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Honu At Rest Art Print
by Darice Machel McGuire
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Honu At Rest art print by Darice Machel McGuire. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
Design Details
This honu, sea turtle, is taking a nap on the beach. Here in Maui Hawaii there are lots of beaches where these gentle creatures come to rest. On land... more
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This honu, sea turtle, is taking a nap on the beach. Here in Maui Hawaii there are lots of beaches where these gentle creatures come to rest. On land they may be slow but in the ocean they are graceful and powerful.
My acrylic painting has a 3D look, created by the strong values of dark and light colors I used. I began with the background. Covering the entire canvas with burnt sienna. Then I used varying shades of dark and light paint to spatter all over the canvas. Since I wanted the feeling of a sunny beach I used more light spatters then the dark. After the background dried I sketched in the turtle then went over my sketch with a dark paint mix of phthalo blue and burnt umber. My focus for this painting was to show the sunlight on the turtles head. The contrast between the light of his head and the shadows under him really helped to achieve this goal.
"Honu At Rest" was selected as a winning entry in the "AcrylicWorks 5, Bold Values" competition. This image will b...
About Darice Machel McGuire
Darice Machel McGuire lived on the beautiful Island of Maui from 2012 until the Lahaina fire on August 8th, 2023, destroyed her art studio. She and her husband have relocated to Grass Valley, California. They purchased a commercial building to reestablish their art studios. McGuire's Hawaii and California landscape oil and acrylic paintings are gracing the homes and offices of collectors nationally and internationally. McGuire's choice of subject matter comes from her love of nature and all that surrounds her on a daily basis. She paints in large and small formats. Three of the five galleries that represented her work were destroyed by the Lahaina fire. The two remaining galleries are Karen Lei's Gallery in Kahakuloa and Karen Lei's...
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