“Winding Trail”, oil on panel, 11×14
Archive for August, 2008
Winding Trail
Thursday, August 28th, 2008Back from Bodega
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
“Duncans Landing” oil on panel, 8×10
Thanks to everyone who stopped by the booth in Bodega. It was great meeting so many nice folks. In talking about my paintings I realized I hadn’t shared one of the paintings from my trip to Bodega Bay. I started this painting because I liked the strip of fog off in the distance (not to mention the colors of the ice plant and water). So I took my time getting the right spot and mixing up some colors, and the minute I started painting, the fog moved in and suddenly everything was shades of gray. Painters are always talking about getting the values right, which means representing the relative lightness or darkness of the colors correctly. So I went ahead and painted the values I saw, using the colors I’d already mixed, and it worked!
This is what I saw by the time I stopped painting.
Painting at sunset
Friday, August 22nd, 2008
“Hay Field” 5×7″, oil on panel, $75
After I finished this painting, “Sunset at Crane Ranch”, I turned 90 degrees and saw an amazing sunset in progress. I had enough paint on my palette left over that I whipped out a little panel and painted stack of hay bales across the street. Usually I take the time to do a little sketch and think about composition, but I didn’t really have time for that with this painting. It was just so much fun to paint with such vivid orange and purples.
I’m all packed up now for the show at Bodega this weekend. I was looking over the list of bands and wineries participating, and I’m sorry I’ll be sitting the booth the whole time. It looks like it’s going to be fun!
Getting ready
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Upward Path
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Rolling Hills
Monday, August 18th, 2008
“Rolling Hills” oil on panel, 8×10, $320
I’ve painted at Mt. Burdell Open Space plenty of times, but the other day I found a different entrance to the park, and so a whole new set of vistas for me to paint. I did a set of 5 paintings pretty much from the same spot over the course of two days. This one is looking out towards Sears Point across the Petaluma river.
Ice Plant
Sunday, August 17th, 2008
Bodega Reflections
Saturday, August 16th, 2008
Red Number 8
Friday, August 15th, 2008
“Red Number 8″, oil on panel, 8×10, $320
Here’s another from Bodega Bay. When I got home the water looked improbably blue, so I checked a reference photo I snapped of the scene, and my camera seems to agree with me. Must have been sunny at the coast! Speaking of the Sonoma coast, I have another show coming up. The Bodega Seafood, Art and Wine festival is a little more than a week away, August 23-24. Drop on by if you’re in the area and enjoy some great food and music.
Bodega Bay Fog
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
One of the difficulties I had painting at the coast was how quickly the fog would move in (or clear up) and completely change the view. By the time I finished this painting, I couldn’t see the other side of the bay. This one is pretty much the view from our second campsite on the bay side of Doran Beach.