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View
From The North Rim
November 12, 2000
12" X 16 ",
Oil on Canvas Board |
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Sunset
Along A Country Road ,
May, 26, 2002
16" X 20 ",
Oil on board
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 Each time David
Cornell creates a painting, his
goal is to capture that total
Impression: the image, plus the
sense of being there. If it is
snowing, he visually senses the
beauty of the scene, but he also
feels the cold of the wind and
snow on his face, he smells the
fragrance of wood smoke, and he
hears the crunch of snow under
his boots. All these natural
elements influence his paintings,
often stirring distant memories
and a sense of having been there
before.
 Cornell’s love
of nature is evident in his
paintings. He works to capture
not only the obvious beauty
around him, but also the feeling
and mood of the moment: the
warmth of a sunlit meadow, the
current of life in a rushing
stream, the cool shadows of a
dense forest. When given the
choice, he prefers working out of
doors “on location”
rather than in a studio.
“Paintings done directly in
nature are influenced by changing
patterns of light and shadow, as
well as by the sense of sound,
smell and touch” says
Cornell. “Plein air painting
helps capture the spontaneity of
an experience that exists but for
a passing moment in time, much
like recording a treasured event
in a visual dairy.”
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