I spent a morning inside that open door, working on the unusual commissioned oil painting. Let’s do a series of progressive painting photos (the first two appeared on February 27). The studio sat empty beneath the flowering pear tree. Pippin waited for me patiently, until he found something more interesting to investigate.
One Dubious Improvement and Two Beginnings
This painting seemed too bright. After studying it awhile, I decided to only tone down the brilliant green in the distance to push it farther away. (“Push it” visually, not warp the canvas.) This is after: Hmmm, that’s a pretty subtle difference, perhaps even dubious*. Might want to try that again later. In addition, the […]
Pacific Ocean VII, VIII, IX
These paintings only show on my blog because I can’t remember how to get more than a handful of paintings to appear on the store part of my website. You may call or email or text if you’d like to buy any of these. Use the contact button on my website, because if I type […]
Emerging Favorite Subject Matter
After spending a week doing plein air paintings at the beach in October, I could not wait to get home where I could paint waves and the ocean in my painting workshop, where the waves were frozen in motion on photographs. I love those blues and teals and greens and splashing whites, and I wanted […]
My Favorite Things (as in Subject Matter)
When I started my art business, I named it “Cabin Art”, or perhaps “Cabinart*”, because my favorite subject matter was architecture, mostly cabins. As my skill and confidence grew, my favorite subject to draw (and eventually paint) was the Oak Grove Bridge. During a particularly wet winter after several dry ones, I became enamored with […]
A Different Sort of Commission
In 1996 or thereabouts, I drew this in pencil. It is a compilation of photos taken in Pauma Valley, Lemon Cove, and maybe even in Ivanhoe and Exeter. For some reason, a reproduction print was still around during my show last fall. It sold quickly, and a friend asked me to paint the scene for […]
This and That: Wandering Around Three Rivers
There is an excellent museum in Three Rivers, and parked in front are some old fire trucks plus this tow truck. I had to wait for a couple of friends stuck at one of the many ongoing lengthy roadblocks, so I wandered around with my inferior phone camera. On a recent walk, I took this […]
Oil Painting Workshop
Someone I met through giving my How To Draw talk back in November expressed a desire to take an oil painting workshop from me. She is a can-do, git-‘er-dun kind of person (takes-one-to-know-one), so we set a date, and she gathered 4 other interested people. I learned that she is an art teacher, as is […]
This, That, and Something Else
This… … is in bloom in my yard in January. They are called “paperwhites” and are very fragrant. That… … was completely blocking everything in the driveway one day. My neighbor is an outstanding tree service guy, and it was time to do some serious tree trimming on our property. (Not going to plug his […]
Finished with Studio Paintings
This was commissioned by a lady who saw my painting called “Rocky Hill Reunion” at the show in the fall. It was sold, and she asked me to paint it again for her. Of course I said yes. (The last solo show I had at this location resulted in my saying yes FIVE times to […]