Monday, October 22, 2007

Backyard Plein Air...

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Not having time to get out yesterday I decided to do a plein air piece on our deck in the backyard. I don't do this much because I see t...
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Sunday, October 21, 2007

What CAC Paint Out?

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The California Art Club has 4 days a year that are "Paint Outs"...days when members of the club get together at different locatons...
Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Painting Alla Prima

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Wanting to build up speed in painting on location, Plein Air, I decided to work from a reference photo and do an Alla Prima piece. Alla Prim...
Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Zaca Creek Sunset WIP

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Day1.... Just finished this one and along the way planned to take photos of the progress but I kept forgetting. Sometimes you just get too i...
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Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Making a Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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There is a lot to be said about painting on canvases bought at an art store...the most important thing being buy it, drag it home and start ...
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Monday, September 24, 2007

Big and Square

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Just finished up on this piece....had to take a picture of it on my easel since it is the biggest canvas I've ever had on there. I was t...
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

National Show Pics...

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Well, the Central Coast National Fine Art Competition came and went. Again, this years show was excellent with some fantastic art. Last year...
Thursday, August 09, 2007

Tidbits !

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Been caught up lately getting ready for shows that are coming up. Some really good things have happened recently. The large painting of ...
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Saturday, July 07, 2007

2nd Place!

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"Farm Near Dunes, Guadalupe" 15"x30" Oil on Canvas Well, the artists reception has come and gone for the "Calif...
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Thursday, July 05, 2007

"Calif" Art Show

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The coastal city of Carpenteria is host to the Carpenteria Valley Arts Council. A while back they purchased a small house on a downtown lot ...
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Sunday, July 01, 2007

Making Canvas Panels

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I've painted on stretched canvas, painted on panel and painted on canvas covered panel. All 3 of these types of support have totally dif...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Juried In!

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"Nipomo Skies" 12"x24" Oil on Canvas Just got the news today that one of my paintings, "Nipomo Skies", was j...
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Building a Show Easel

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These are very cool easels with zip setup time. They cost a bit so I decided to just build one. I have seen them so all I did was just rough...
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Garden Tour

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We had a pretty good show, slow day but a good show. I say good because we had no wind, no troubles and all of the artists had great setups ...
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Friday, June 01, 2007

Small Works Painting

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I'm going to be participating in a Garden Tour show. These are shows that Guilds have where artists show some of their works in the back...
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