"Bregentved House and GArden-Denmark"-10x8, oil on linen
It's been almost ten years since I visited Denmark, where we met my husband's relatives and had a really amazing vacation. We were given the grand tour of Jacobsen family sites and learned a lot of history about my husband's family while we were there. The site of this painting was somewhere around the grounds of the beautiful Begentved Manor, or Castle, as some call it. We were told that today the grounds house a mental institution, (see photo below) but I could not verify this via a google search. (I also don't speak Danish!)
Prior to the site becoming a mental institution, it was the horticultural paradise where my husband's great-grand-relatives developed the Moltke Pear for the Danish royal family. The house that I painted was actually one of the gardener's cottages in days gone by, so I may have actually painted the long ago home of one of my husband's relatives!
How cool is that?
At any rate, when I pulled out the old photos for our trip, I was challenged to try to paint the very cool light temperature in Denmark because it is so remarkably different from what I usually paint here in Florida. I must admit this was hard for me. (That's also why the painting is priced well below my normal rates per square inch!)
I was not a painter when we were in Denmark and I had to rely on poor photographs to remind me of that cool-gray light temperature and lack of contrast in the light, even though it was mid-Summer when we were there. Here is the photo that I took of the cottage:
To read more about the area and the Manor House, you can go here.I am going to try to do more paintings of Danish landscapes in upcoming days. Hopefully, that will help me nail the light temperature! And if you are planning a trp to Denmark, I highly recommend this lovely bed and breakfast where we stayed. It is called the BEd and Breakfast Eskilstrup and I can tell you that the breakfasts were feasts fit for a king! Danish blue cheese, freshly baked and buttery Danish pastries, fresh fruits, granola and yogurt... I'd best not go on, as I have not eaten dinner yet!
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