Diamond Ring Eclipse & Eclipse of a Binary Star

I just finished these two little oil paintings on wood panels. Both are 10″ x 10″ and are 1.5″ deep on the sides.

This one is called “Diamond Ring Eclipse,” because I’ve depicted the Bailey’s beads effect seen during a solar eclipse, which looks like a diamond ring!

The color palette for both these paintings is both earthy and colorful. You can see here how the colors look slightly different when viewed under different lighting. In a sunny room, the reds and golds really glow.

This one is called “Eclipse of a Binary Star” because the massive star being eclipsed in the foreground is part of a binary star system, the other star shown in the distance at the top. Our sun is not in a binary system, so obviously this vantage point is not Earth but some far-off imaginary rocky planet. Pure astronomy fantasy. 🙂

And you can see the reds and golds popping under the different lighting here:

I am excited to say that these two paintings were created in my new studio! I am still gradually getting things set up out there, but my paints, brushes and easel are out there and that’s all I really need.

Here are a few photos of me working in the new space–the large painting in progress shown here should be finished next week!

Cedar Lee

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Richard Henry Blair III says:

May 20, 2017 at 10:35 pm

I love your work. Great contrast and use of color. I was actually wondering if we met a long time ago. I was living in Cheshire, Oregon and met a young girl by the name of Cedar who had a younger brother. You would have been a few years older than me-- I am 32 now. She was a young artist with similar painting style. I remember a sunset and land she painted in beautiful colors. I am an artist as well, mostlyhobby. Well, maybe you are the girl I met, or it's just a coincidence, but I appreciate your dedication anyway. Hope this message finds you in good spirits.

Sincerely,
Richard H. Blair III
- Cedar Lee says:
  
  May 22, 2017 at 11:11 am
  
  Hard to say, but it could have been me! I was living in that area in the early 1990s and would have been aged 10-14 then, and I have younger brothers...so, could be! :)
- Cedar Lee says:
  
  June 1, 2017 at 10:50 am
  
  Hi Richard,
  Having just googled your name and realized your brother's name, yep, that was me! We were all kids in neighboring families. How cool. Thanks for writing me. :)
Richard Blair III says:

December 1, 2022 at 9:04 pm

Wow, sorry : D, I didn't see this til now. I'm blind sometimes. Thanks for returning my message. I hope you still have the painting around -- it's inspiring.
- Cedar Lee says:
  
  December 2, 2022 at 11:01 am
  
  Thanks. :) These paintings were sold long ago, so someone out there hopefully is enjoying them!