We'll Leave the Light on for You

We'll Leave the Light on for You

Yeah, something a little different.  I admit, I found this on the internet.  I looked and looked but no copyright.  So if there is one, let me know and I'll find them and settle up.  I modified this quite a bit.  It was a photo.  The light was SO intense, I was struck by it.  Really fun to do this one.  I considered doing this on a black canvas, but the paint is cooler.

It's always an adventure...

Still Standing

Still Standing

I did a charcoal study for this last month.  I added a few more things to add to the depth and composition.  This will be up on the wall next month at PLG.  I'm always experimenting with stuff, so it's a bit of hodge-podge and perhaps wrong here and there.  But as an artist....unlike my former profession as an architect....I don't really need liability insurance for this kind of thing.

"...a doctor can bury his mistakes, but an architect can only advise the client to plant large trees..."

-  Frank LLoyd Wright

And an artist can paint over, walk away, or just start another painting.

It's always an adventure...

Sunday in Luxembourg Gardens

Sunday in Luxembourg Gardens

As I get closer to having to be finished with several larger works they start to come together quickly.  I've been working on 7 major paintings since January for the Featured Artist show at Parklane Gallery.  I have 4 more to finish.  This is just finished today, an oil, 16 x 20, from my photo I actually took on a Sunday visiting Luxembourg Gardens in Paris.  Love the guy laying across 3 chairs in the corner.

I had to wait awhile to take this without a stroller or skater or gaggle of folks walking in front of me.  I wanted to get a clear shot of those marvelous little 'sun-spots' on the pristine gravel surface.

It's always an adventure...

Wine Storage Building, Vaison la Romaine

Wine Storage Building in Vaison la Romaine

This is from a photo I took during the week we stayed in Vaison la Romaine, southern France.  It's the back of a huge wine storage facility.  The sun was just setting in late April.  The colors struck me.  Now that I am painting regularly and have studied some, I have come to understand what has been said of the light in this region of France.  It truly is magical.  I tried to capture it, but  -  not quite.

This one is 18 x 24, one of my biggest works to date.  

It's always an adventure....

Featured Artist in March

It's almost here!  I've been painting, painting, painting to get ready for my first 'Featured Artist' showing of my fledgling career.  I'll have about 18 to 20 works on display at the Parklane Gallery from March 5th through March 31st.  Over 80% of the work will be new, completed over the last 3 months.

I have grown as an artist this last year.  Heck, I've grown in the past 3 months putting out all this work. Life is good!  Come share a slice of it with me on Friday, March 8th at the Parklane Gallery from 6 to 8 PM for the Friday art walk in Kirkland and my artist's reception.

It's always an adventure..... 

Rock Wall

Rock Wall

I made this up because I wanted to paint sun on a rock wall.  The buildings and trees just seemed to want to be there too.  This is 11 x 14, oil on gesso board.  

It's always an adventure...

Courtyard Birds

Courtyard Birds

I took this photo in a village along the Dordogne in the south west of France.  The woman in the yellow hat makes another appearance, along with two resident birds, hoping for a handout.

It's always an adventure....

Quiet River

Quiet River

This is the Smokey Hill River just outside Salina Kansas.  I did a pastel of it last summer and a charcoal study.  This is an oil on gesso board, 8 x 10.  I'm still experimenting with things so there is a mix of techniques in this.  

Someone at Daniel Smith Art store put a tube of oil-based Thalo yellow green in the water base oil section that I accidentally bought and tried to use here, mixing with water.  Water and oil don't mix very well.  I put some linseed oil on it and it got happy.  makes for an interesting painting.

It's always something...

Untitled

Too much Pink Floyd today......took a break from painting, saw this in my mind and went there.

It's always an adventure...

Apres Pluie

Apres Pluie

The rain is over and sun just out, clean and bright.  From a photo I took in Paris some time ago.  Not too many folks out and about, it was raining pretty hard.

It's always an adventure...

Just sticks

Just Sticks

An interesting old structure - not sure what's holding it up.  A fraternity brother from Nebraska once told me that some things on a farm just remain standing because they always have.  He said it was an unexplained force - the force of habit.  This is a study for a future painting.

It's always an adventure...

January Work at the Parklane Gallery

For the month of January, 2013, the Parklane Gallery artists in Kirkland are displaying their work in "salon style".  Art is from floor to ceiling and about double the amount normally displayed.  It's a fun way to see lots and lots of art in one trip.  

Art will change again starting With normal displays on February 5th.  All display art is original.

It's always an adventure...

Castle Steps

Castle Steps

These steps were so cool I had to photograph them.  I liked the way the light came in through the diffused window and reflected off the traffic-worn smooth stone steps, so I tried to capture it.  

The perspective three-point, from the camera looking down the staircase.  I rather like the angles.

Painting done with palette knife.  11 x 14 oil.

This is Chorey Castle just south of Dijon, France.

It's always an adventure...

Barn Rapids

Barn Rapids

First one of 2013.  Made this one up.  I wanted to experiment with just using a pallet knife.  It restricts you in the detail, however, it creates detail of its own.  You just have to control the accidents and accept an outcome not expected.

It's always an adventure...