Been thinking about this subject lately. A month or so ago, I showed a few of my paintings to a gallery owner. For the first time in my painting career, I was told that my paintings don’t have enough detail, that they look as if done plein air. That is French lingo for on site, […]
A look at the process of painting
First, the shapes get blocked in, scribbled, just a first coat of the thin color. Next, another of paint gets added to the background with more attention paid to the correct colors and textures. This only has the far hills covered – my attention span seems a bit limited here! Now I am seriously out […]
A Painting is Happening
Kind of terrible looking with only one layer! Terrible, but with hope. When all this new background dries, I’ll start on the large sycamore tree.
The Painting Factory
That would be the workshop where I paint. October may be the busiest month, or perhaps it is November. There are a handful of shows/sales coming up, along with something else big and new. This means it is imperative that I produce as much a possible. Every year I am puzzled as to how I […]
Sawtooth. . .
. . . is finished!
More Miles of Canvas
Early Timber Gap, painted on board (Hey painting owner, want a touch-up??) Timber Gap as painted this summer – yes, I know all the little canvas lines show in the photo. With these 2 Farewell Gap paintings, I can’t decide which was painted earlier. Guess I finally caught up with myself for awhile in terms […]
After the mural
This may be hard to fathom, but while I was working on the mural, I also knocked out a few paintings. They will appear here one or two at a time for the next few days. The plan was to have them for a show and sale in Lodgepole, but we, The Kaweah Artisans, have […]
Cranking them out!
One of the best things that ever happens to working artists is receiving a check in the mail for paintings sold, especially when one has forgotten about said paintings! I sent 6 paintings of beachy things to Lady Spencer in Cayucos, California. Gina is an old friend from Exeter, and her store is full of lovely items […]
The Painting Factory continues to produce
I have decided that there are 3 kinds of sky colors applicable to my painting: Photography blue – can be washed out, greyish blue or fakey overdone blue Real blue, so frighteningly blue that no one would believe it in a painting Believable painting blue that most painters just fall back on – default […]