Yet another heat wave followed by mornings of marine-layer grey. I've been working both in the studio and outside in oil and gouache. Tough to work outside with water media when it is so hot and dry.
Some of my gouache pieces will be in the invitational show "On Paper" at Marcia Burtt's Laguna street Gallery. This show will open on August 26 and run through October 2. Great group of artists to be included with.
coastal agaves
3"x4"
to fernald point, 4"x4"
overcast morning walk - my usual route
early moonrise, sedgwick 4"x4"
that nearly full moon that comes up when the sun is still hitting the hillsides with bright light.
this was done after an oil study painted on site.
spring, from figueroa mountain, 3"x4"
view looking down a canyon toward the coastal range beyond.
sedgwick pond, 3 1/2"x4"
this one was done on a small, lightly gessoed, balsa-wood panel that Rick Stitch gave me to try. Interesting surface for gouache.
some recent oils from monday plein air painting sessions:
7/18 lake los carneros - ocean view, oil on panel, 8"x8"
7/25 lake los carneros - mountain view, oil on panel, 8"x8"
bluffs looking toward IV, oil on panel, 8"x10"
summer time for travel - from the desert (Scottsdale, AZ) to the mountains (Sierras) and the sea (back home again). So much beautiful landscape and endless things to discover. Not as much time to paint in the middle of it all.
Opening reception for the Santa Paula Art Museum, 'Art of Aviation' show was fun - I will also have a piece in the nearby Aviation Museum.
The SCAPE show for the Surfrider Foundation (at the Faulkner Gallery) is filled with paintings of the local coast, including six of my pieces - 4 oils and 2 gouaches. This will be up until the end of the month.
I'll have a small gouache in the Palm Loft Gallery for the Carpinteria Bluffs fundraiser, opening this coming weekend.
And if you happen to see the latest issue of California Fly-Fisher magazine, I am the featured artist on the "Art of Angling" page. Pretty fun!
Here are some new gouaches from my time in the mountains:
meadow edge, 4"x4"
sad to see so many dead trees - victims of drought, beetles and fungus.
old/new
3"x4"
i've painted this old stump and the new fir coming up next to it many times - something about it always gets my attention.
sierra post-office, 4"x4"
great old building serving the local population near the cabin.
