Moody Blue

This painting depicts a serene water scene featuring several blooming yellow water lilies scattered across a calm pond. The water surface reflects soft, subdued light, creating a calming interplay of blues, greens, and yellows. The textured brushstrokes render the flowers and lily pads in a gentle, impressionistic style. Towards the upper right, there are reeds and darker foliage that transition softly from the illuminated area of the water. The overall composition of the painting exudes tranquility and natural beauty.

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Biography

Richard Kimball Jolley, American oil painter, b. 1954 –

R.K. Jolley graduated from Utah State University with a Bachelor of Arts
Degree in Fine Art, and has been painting professionally for 38 years.

Jolley has a strong attraction to rich, tonal color, expressed in a variety of
styles, particularly, realism, tonalism, and impressionism.

He paints a wide range of subjects including, landscape, figurative, wildlife,
birds, and an occasional non-representative work.

His paintings can be found in collections throughout the United States and
abroad.

Artist’s Statement

What inspires me are, those fleeting moments of patterns of light.

I believe I am mainly influenced by tonalism and impressionism. For the most part, what concerns me the most when creating a work of art is, good color, believable light quality, and making strong, interesting value proportions. I apply these principles to all my subjects, whether they are realistic portrayals or non-representative works.