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.
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 […]
Navels in the Orchard
Navels in the Orchard is actually just navels on canvas, another oil painting of Tulare County citrus. I painted the details working from the back to the front, which means first I painted the items which are the farthest away from the viewer. Usually I wait until the painting is dry to photograph it. But […]
Orange Paintings Sell Better Than Pomegranate Paintings
Since Exeter’s Mural Gallery (121 South E Street) is reopening (TODAY!), I have a renewed interest in painting oranges. The painting on the left is untitled, so for now I will call it The Painting Formerly Known As Turning Leaf. (I thought that Turning Leaf was a good painting, but apparently I was alone in […]
Returning to My Favorite Subject
Orange groves, foothills, and mountains remain my favorite subject to paint. (It used to be the Oak Grove Bridge, and who knows what it will be next?) I painted this to hang in my dining area, but put it on my website and then, lo and behold, it sold! (off the website—I didn’t open my […]
Orange Oil Paintings, WHAT SHALL WE CALL THEM?
Obviously, I could use a little help with titles here. “Oranges in a Blue Bowl” is too obvious; maybe I can think of a title that has to do with the fact that orange and blue are complementary colors. This means they are opposite one another on the color wheel—”complementary”, not “complimentary” such as “Oh […]
Four Finished Fruits
I know these aren’t just generic fruits, but the alliteration was too big of a temptation to resist. All these orange oil paintings are for sale at the Mural Gallery in Exeter, whose address might be 121 South E Street, and hours might begin at 11 a.m. but not on Tuesday, possibly not on Wednesday. […]
More Orange Paintings, A Progression
These have more detail and are larger than the 4 small orange paintings I showed you last Friday. That one is almost finished. It could be considered finished, but I don’t think it is as good as it could be. I’ll need to contemplate it for awhile. This one will require quite a bit of […]