This is the begining layout for a sketch portrait of my son Jim. I used charcoal to rough in the features and washes of thinned oil paint to begin the establishment of values.
Photographing Paintings
Photographing paintings to day. A couple of fly fishing oils and a couple of drawings from a life drawing session the other night. I have a set up that is dedicated to photographing art so it is real convenient…just a matter of doing it. I like to wait until I have seveeral to do and that way it is a little …
Travel Log Update
As you know if you’ve been following me for very long, I like to get out and about, traveling hither and yon as they say. I keep it somewhat close to home, two or three days out a week at the most. I’ve got too much to do to be gone for very long. What is particularly fun is to …
Into The high Country
Here is another oil painting I just finished. It is a commission from the Western Colorado Wool Growers Association. It will be auctioned off at their annual banquet held tomorrow evening. It was a last minute request but I applied myself and got it done for them I really love this painting. Colorado high country is a favorite subject for …
Bow Lake Morning
This is the painting of Bow Lake I was referring to a few posts back. I finally got it finished and yes I did crop 4 inches off of the bottom. This makes the painting a 28 x 40. The reason I cropped it was because I wanted to lower the horizon line, thereby putting more emphasis on the upper two …
Gesture Drawings
All artists should know the importance of drawing. It is absolutley critical when it comes to realistic paintings. Landscape paintings are somewhat more forgiving in that nobody really knows if that tree is a little taller than it should be or the mountain has a bit more peak to it than in reality. However, when it comes to fiqures, buildings, …
Back in the Groove
Well, it’s been a grueling Holiday Season…I’m happy to say. Having a frame shop, studio and gallery open to the public and doing most of the work myself (since cutting back on staff due to the recession) I was quite busy for awhile there. Consequently, my painting efforts suffered somewhat. The two little oils in the two previous posts below were done before the …
Jazzing It Up
I love to come across street musicians. It doesn’t matter what the instruments are, I am fascinated by musical talent of any kind. I found these two guys blowing some great tunes on a sidewalk in Southern California a couple of years ago and knew I had to capture them in a painting.
On the Crystal River
Here’s a little oil painting I did of a gentleman on the Crystal River in Colorado. The little river is one of the most beautiful there is. To top it all off, there is a campground right on a portion of the river. Last summer Kathy, my wife, and I stayed there for a couple of days so I could …
Albert Handell
Spent a wonderful day with Albert Handell on Saturday. I took my wife Kathy to Santa Fe for the New Year weekend and I arranged a meeting for her with Albert. She is a fan of his and wanted to get one of his books. I met Albert several years ago at the Telluride Plein Air Festival in Telluride, Colorado. …