Green House, Barbados

What else could I call this painting besides Green House? The variety of greens drew me to this scene, the roof was a moldy orangy-green, the walls cool mint, the trees a brown-green an the bushes in the front were a warm yellow-green. Right in the middle of the painting there is a small eave, which had a bright 'x-mas' green as well, which really stands out.

Green in nature is never pure, it is always filled with reds, browns and yellows. Some manufactured greens come already pre mixed...sap green has a warm brown tonw similar to the colour you see in the roof of the house or the pine tree in the background. Viridian green (or windsor ) greens are nearly as pure as it gets although they tend to have some deep blue tinting. Emerald green is an opaque (cloudy) cool mint, I used it for the walls of the house. You can try using the green from the tube without mixing, but it will likely look kind of artificial. I like to mix in some orange (rose madder with lemon yellow) or brown (burnt sienna) to keep it looking real.

7x11" cold press, 2002