Aspen Grove, oil, 8 x 6, $125
The third in the series of value studies. Next up, complementaries.
Aspen Grove
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Desert Brush
Desert Brush, oil, 6 x 8, $125
Second value study….
Mountain Reflections
Mountain Reflections,oil, 6 x 8, $125
This is the first of a series of 3 value studies I did in a workshop I attended last week. Plenty more to follow…
Daffodils in the Sun 1
Daffodils in the Sun 1, oil, 8 x 6, $125
Daffodils–3 bunches for $5….and the challenge of painting yellow in shadow…..
Splayed Flame Tulip
Splayed Flame Tulip, oil, 6 x 6, $125
This is the last of the tulips from the series. This was almost completely closed when I started to draw and paint it…but shortly after wound up like this…kind of like time lapse photography.
Westminster House on Feb 20
Westminster House on Feb 20, oil, 5 x 7, $125
I’ve done this view many times over the years…and I’d like to do many more. I can definitely see progress.
Standing Guard
Standing Guard, oil, 6 x 6, $125
Ordinarily, I would not have painted today. B was rear ended last night and as you can imagine, it’s a lot of chaos…he’s in pain, etc. I can’t believe I managed to get this done. The light was moving fast. I happened to be reading Carol Marine’s book last night and she specifically mentioned that yellow and red were the most difficult colors to get right…which was a surprise to me, and couldn’t help thinking: “now you tell me” since I had just painted a yellow and red bell pepper that very day (and a red tomato). So I figured I’d tackle these hot primaries again…I changed the ground color from cream to a grayish greenish yellow, which led to darker shadows in the waning afternoon light. There’s a gallery opening tonight of a show I have a couple small pieces in but B is at the acupuncturist…we’ll see how he is after (and a chiropractic appointment already set up for tomorrow). I have to pick up the piece that was in a different gallery tomorrow and hoping I can get another landscape done while out there.
Shallots, Garlic, Onion
Shallots, Garlic, Onion, oil, 6 x 6, $125
Because of the challenge I have not had time to engage in household cleaning very much…and I was going to try to wait until the end of the month and the challenge, but really I just couldn’t take it any more. After this morning of massive cleaning, I needed a nap and then there wasn’t much daylight left. I’m running low on inspiration too…and my “props” are in need of augmentation. I keep wanting to run to the thrift store but there isn’t much time left over for that. So I thought I’d go with humble again. Someone who I think is in on this challenge (I forgot to make a note of who) wrote that “circles are the devil” which kind of cracked me up, because I know the feeling. This was really hard to photograph too, with it having been painted with incandescent lighting and there being little daylight left for shooting it. But, ya know, I did it, and that’s what counts for now.
Gray Day, West LA 5
Gray Day, West LA 5, oil, 6 x 6, $125
I have been looking at this view for 20 years and have painted it from time to time. I decided to go check on the most recent iteration before today’s and when I found it I was so flipped out by my progress that I literally flipped the older painting onto a wet canvas on the floor. Ugh! Luckily it didn’t do too much damage because the flipped piece was a small painting (which hopefully explains how I managed to accidentally flip it) but seriously?! Anyway, I’ve always loved the subtle gray variations on a gray day, which happens almost every morning in the part of LA I live in…a “marine layer” that usually quickly burns off, but was clearly not going to today so thought I’d take advantage of it and see what I could come up with. It’s quite a challenge, but at least I’m making progress.
Backlit Trees on Navy St
Backlit Trees on Navy St., oil, 8 x 6, SOLD
B came home from his Thai lessons late and we got a late start trolling for a location and I was just about ready to give up driving around to find a spot when I was rewarded with these magically backlit trees on this hill. Shortly after, the light was gone and so was the magic.