I participated in a wonderful painting workshop with Rod McIver this past weekend. His website, Heron Dance, is posted to the left under My Favorite Links. His work is incredible and I learned so much! I feel particularly lucky in that he may never teach another workshop again.
You should check out his website. His work is really beautiful.
Onward!
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
I finished the newest cow painting. You'll have to come to my July art show to see how I finished it up!
I'm working on some great blue heron paintings now. I'll post them as soon as I they are ready for viewing. Well, OK, here's a peak at one. It's called Heron Back. It will be for sale at the July show...
July Art Show!
I am participating in a group show at the Discover Portsmouth center in downtown Portsmouth! It will be my first exposure in that area.
That's right...I'm having my first Portsmouth art show! Karen Desrosiers (www.karendesrosiers.com) and Joseph Montroy (www.josephmontroy.com) will be joining me in this exciting event at the Portsmouth Historical Society's Discover Portsmouth location.
I will be showing a a collection of brand new watercolor paintings! This is an ecclectic collection representing a step in my transoformation from Illustrator to Fine Art Painter. For the most part, this body of work is representational of the natural world, my passion. But there may be a few surprises in there, as well!
Karen paints in oils. She has a passion for Ireland and so has developed a body of work devoted to that country.
Joseph is a sculptor working in a variety of mediums. His work is slightly more abstract and makes for a wonderful compliment to the work of Karen and I.
SAVE THE DATE: The opening reception is scheduled for the evening of July 3rd, which coincides with Portsmouth's Art Walk-one night per month when the galleries of downtown Portsmouth stay open late for visitors. It's also the same night as the fireworks display near downtown Portsmouth. We'll be hosting visitors with wine and snacks from 5-8pm. Make a night of it with dinner downtown, do the Art Walk and then head over to the shore for an awesome night of color and sound!
That's right...I'm having my first Portsmouth art show! Karen Desrosiers (www.karendesrosiers.com) and Joseph Montroy (www.josephmontroy.com) will be joining me in this exciting event at the Portsmouth Historical Society's Discover Portsmouth location.
I will be showing a a collection of brand new watercolor paintings! This is an ecclectic collection representing a step in my transoformation from Illustrator to Fine Art Painter. For the most part, this body of work is representational of the natural world, my passion. But there may be a few surprises in there, as well!
Karen paints in oils. She has a passion for Ireland and so has developed a body of work devoted to that country.
Joseph is a sculptor working in a variety of mediums. His work is slightly more abstract and makes for a wonderful compliment to the work of Karen and I.
SAVE THE DATE: The opening reception is scheduled for the evening of July 3rd, which coincides with Portsmouth's Art Walk-one night per month when the galleries of downtown Portsmouth stay open late for visitors. It's also the same night as the fireworks display near downtown Portsmouth. We'll be hosting visitors with wine and snacks from 5-8pm. Make a night of it with dinner downtown, do the Art Walk and then head over to the shore for an awesome night of color and sound!
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Welcome spring and summer!!
Hello all,
I can't believe that November was the last time I posted anything here. Wow, how time flies. I've been very busy at the art center, developing several new programs for adults and learning the ropes of running a non-profit art center. In addition, I've been painting fairly regularly, developing business skills & partnerships, and preparing to participate in two upcoming watercolor workshops.
I recently joined up with a plein air painting group. I think I'm the only one working in watercolors. I consider it an opportunity to make the leap from field sketching to painting en plein air. Since I'm still learning how to master the medium of watercolor, I don't expect very much of my work on these days to be of framing quality. It's really just an opportunity to have a block of time every week devoted to practicing the art of painting on location. However, this first week I ended up with something I love.
I wanted to paint cows – so I did – and I love how my cow came out!
I drew just a very loose and light shape of a cow. Yes, I had a bunch of them in front of me and you know how challenging it can be to draw live animals. I was quite pleased to have produced something that resembled a cow in a loose yet still representational way. Just the way I want my drawings and paintings to look.
It's not finished, however. I posted two version of it here. I still need to work on the values in the painting. What I'm not sure about is how to crop it. Do I want the entire image showing the dead tree in the background and a larger middle ground of meadow? Or do I want to feature the cow more prominently by cropping the image closer in to him (or her). What do you think? I would love to see comments about the shapes, the values and the composition!
Three more new works are posted below!
These are framed in a gold metal frame that has some detail on the edges and are covered with an archival mat and uv, non-glare glass. I call them the smalls. I'm working on a series of smalls to re-purpose some wonderful frames and mats that once held pen & ink drawings from "The Nature of Cape Cod" project. As much as I loved seeing the pen & ink works framed, it was time to move on and try to use the frames in a different way. The mats are of a dark olive-brown color. I love the challenge of trying to match the color of the mat with new paintings. It's kind of backwards but what the heck? Maybe something awesome will come of it. I do like what I've produced so far. What do you think?
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