Recently sold at Galerie Kornye West during the Fall Art Walk.
Showing posts with label oil painting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oil painting. Show all posts
10/4/09
"Silver Cup & Peaches", oil, 6 x 8 inches
Recently sold at Galerie Kornye West during the Fall Art Walk.
8/31/07
Southwest sketch, 4 x 5 inches, oil
Using a slide projector, I set the timer for 20 minutes and picked a slide at random. I have a 24 x 48 white canvas set up as a screen. Painting 3 or 4 small 4 x 6 inch studies from different slides, the purpose was to force myself to make quick decisions, without overthinking. In trying to move forward, sometimes figuring out how we're blocking our own progress becomes important. The timer is a terrific antidote to "overworking" a painting.
5/9/07
Trees by the Stream, oil sketch, 6 x 8 in.
This sketch was painted plein air. The light was beautiful, the air clear. For exactly 10 seconds. Once the easel was set up and paints were placed on the palette, a horde of love bugs descended and stayed..and stayed. As 20 dropped into the paint and turp, a new barrage emerged to take their place, hovering and landing in gobs of wet paint. It was hard to separate the paint from the insects. Which reminded me why I love plein air, on location painting so much. Yes, it can be quite inconvenient; glad that lovebugs don't bite. But there's something so wondrous about being out in the midst of it all. Yes, it did get warm, but the light remained steady. A gift! As I flicked my brushes to try to ward the kamakazi from their impending fate, I found myself splashed with cad yellow and alizarin. Dr. Suess came to mind during most of the sketch, "Lovebugs, lovebugs everywhere, in my hair, on the chair, in my clothes, up my nose.....I love painting on location. Never feel more alive, or exhausted.
At least there were no tarantulas.
2/1/07
Field Sketch, Red Rocks Of Sedona, oil, 8 x 6 in., NFS
Painted on location, en plein air, the view was breathtaking. I painted this sketch, like so many others, standing on the side of the road, which is a major artery between Sedona and Phoenix. After a short time, snow flurries began and ultimately dictated when the painting was finished.
1/28/07
"Stiletto: Early Morning in July", oil, 20 x 16 in.
Painted on a very hot July summer morning, this companion piece has always been one of my favorites. It's strange how a particular boat or tree, mountain, still life item or memory can trigger an emotional response, generating enough enthusiasm to produce many different paintings.
1/23/07
Field Sketch, "Road to Dubois", 8 x 6 in.
Original field sketch painted in Wyoming, during an early May snowstorm.This was the source sketch for "Bears in Snow", posted last year.
12/31/06
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