Sonoma Picnic, oil, 12 x 10, $295
This piece gave me the idea for this week’s DPW Challenge: Summer in Winter. I took the photo in April in Sonoma and it wasn’t until December that I got around to painting it. I started it on a cold rainy day in a gallery to draw people in…it didn’t really work…mostly everyone was keeping warm somewhere…else. I realized when I got home that the lighting in the gallery wasn’t as good as in my place so I worked on it some more. April still seems so far away.
Leo Carillo, Life Guard Station 2, oil, 10 x 12, $295
Here’s the painting from Leo Carillo yesterday…it had some rocky moments…okay, that’s a terrible pun…I admit it. The sun was shining on the water and making everything look blindingly white by the end at around 4. I wish I could’ve stayed into the late afternoon but I was too exhausted. Hope I get back sooner than the amount of time it took since my last Leo Carillo painting.
Sunset Spray, oil, 10 x 12, $295
This is from a photo. The instructor said he liked the freedom of my energy…which is a nice compliment…later he compared me to Picasso…not sure if he meant that as a compliment…but I’ll take it as one.
Dianthus PM, oil, 12 x 10, $295
I painted this on the evening of May 2, and may change the date of this post later. My computer went into a coma over the weekend…and it’s just back in my control as of today. I will post another painting that is related tomorrow and have more to say then. For now, this was done at night, on a whim, with oils. Bert bought these at the farmer’s market. I would have chosen something else, because this color is almost impossible to paint. They were $4 and they are still perky over a week later. I really did not think I would even attempt them, but I guess I was wrong…When I changed the vase they were in and cut them down they just looked so amazing on the dining room table after a day of cleaning the apartment…the cool against the warm table in the light. We spent about an hour trying to figure out what type of flower they were. I got a download of the name “Dianthus” after a while and they have sub species, this one being, believe it or not, “Purple Bouquet”( Dianthus)! So I could’ve just gone with that as my original idea for the title and been done with it!
