Posted September 29, 2024
sold • private collection
Showing posts with label Seascape. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Seascape. Show all posts
Avila Beach Looking South(ish)
4"x6" oil on raymar panel. This is the last of the beach paintings I did. That makes it sound as if I painted a lot of them when I really painted just the two—one looking north and one looking south. Don't have much to say about it... Well, here's something: I think the thin strip of ochre off in the distance is Pismo Beach. My guess is probably wrong, but there you go. • If you want to see what an artist hiding from the sun under towels due to lack of sunscreen does when he gets bored, look at the picture below. Yes, I am one of "those people" who stacks rocks (I think they're called cairns). What can I say? It's fun until one falls on somebody's canine that gets too close.
Posted September 30, 2011
sold • private collection woodland hills, ca
Avila Beach Looking North(ish)
4"x6" oil on raymar panel. Okay, I am prepared for all of the complaints that are going to come in from the Avila Beacheans. It will run basically like this: "Where the heck is our pier?" Being the snot artist that I am, I will just reply, "Artistic license." Then run for cover. I omitted the ever-so-lovely structure for the sake of my painting—it would have looked like ant scrawl. (Never mind the fact that I also wiped the beach clean of people.) Anyway, I usually don't post on Mondays, but I am currently changing into my "framing-not-painting" frame of mind because the Beverly Hills show is coming up next month. That's right, they judged me back in. Once I start at the woodworking, my mind tends not to stray from it. It would actually be really dangerous if it did stray—it is always good policy to pay close attention to an 80 toothed blade spinning at high RPMs.
Posted September 26, 2011
sold • private collection beverly hills, ca
Overburdened Muse on Oso Flaco
4"x6" oil on raymar panel. I did just two beach paintings this round, and this is the last one. The beach can be an odd place. On the Central Coast of California, some of the best times to go to the beach are in Winter, while in the Summer it can be dang cold. To answer your question: Yes, that is my ever lovely Muse carrying two backpacks and three pairs of shoes, looking in bewilderment at her spawn running in the cold surf and wondering were the insanity genes came from.
Posted July 14, 2011
sold • private collection calgary, canada
Kite Over Oso Flaco Dunes
6"x4" oil on raymar panel. This was a great day with the Pacific Ocean at our backs and a good, kite flying wind. A great day, right up until that cute little kite took a nose dive into those dunes off in the distance. You see, I enlarged (really, really enlarged) the kite for the sake of this painting, so it was very far up and away. So far up that it was actually a tiny, tiny speck in the sky. And, of course, it goes down deep into the roped off, environmentally protected dunes. This left me with two choices: litter and have to look at the frowns of my offspring or cross the lines and trespass, possibly ticking off some snowy plovers. Well, I take the Fifth and will not admit to anything except that I cannot abide littering.
Posted July 7, 2011
sold • private collection washington, dc
Ventura Harbor Dinghies
6"x4" oil on raymar panel. Well, it was a comfortable 116 degrees or so outside my studio door yesterday. Ah, but it was a dry heat (that's the company line we're supposed to say - it's in the bylaws). Might have been a record, don't really care. After a certain point, heat is heat — just like a wonderful round of food poisoning — it comes and goes. My main objective is to stay out of the sun. In the sun, guys like me go from pink to lobster to puce. If I hit puce, give the kid the keys to the car, because I'm a goner. How do I bring this back to painting? Ah... Here we go: Heat does not speed up the paint drying process. Oh no. Unlike your acrylics, watercolors, etc. which dry via evaporation, oil paint dries via oxidation. Oxidation, I believe, is a chemical process wherein some atoms evict some electrons from the family home. Basically, an oil painting needs oxygen to dry, not heat. Here's some pertinent advice: Don't frame oil paintings behind glass. Oh look, a painting of a couple of dinghies in Ventura Harbor. There are a lot of dinghies in Ventura Harbor, and I'm not talking about boats. Sorry about that one - maybe it's the heat.
Posted September 28, 2010
sold • private collection west hollywood, ca
Overcast at Montana de Oro
Seagull at Avila Pier
6"x4" oil on raymar panel. I almost forgot about this one. It was an overcast, gray day in Avila Beach and the rat-with-wings you see there on the rock, could not have been posed better. This has to be the grayest landscape/seascape that I have ever painted. Just look at the sky, it's barely a cool gray, let alone blue. Grays are wonderful, but the backbone of this piece is its composition; the water and the pier, that's Avila Pier there on the right, work as a frame or stage for the most undeserving seagull. You may sense a little animosity towards seagulls here. Let's just say it is based on an obviously intentional dive bombing incident that wouldn't come out in the wash and actually left a nasty bruise.
Posted June 9, 2010
Smaller Rock at Morro Bay
4"x6" oil on board. When one finds oneself in Morro Bay, one finds oneself in the position of producing the obligatory painting of that big rock located at the mouth of the harbor. It is a storied and historical lump of stone and one really should paint it. So, finding myself on the beach, looking north with the rock to my back, I turned south and noticed this little orphaned rock out in the water. I say little, but this "little" rock is actually quite large and only appears small in comparison to its overpowering neighbor. Not to snub a landmark or anything like that, but I liked the little guy, so here he or she is (don't know what gender one applies to a rock) off to the right of the seldom viewed back side of the big rock.
Posted September 15, 2009
private collection spring valley, ca
Beachboy
4"x6" oil on board. Walking the beach above Morro Bay Rock. This view is looking north towards Cayucos just like my previous painting. I do not know how this looks on your monitor, but the middle grays/purples were where I lived. The sky reflecting in the water gave the surface a surreal appearance. Oh, and the kid is cute too.
Posted September 14, 2009
private collection portland, or
Lifeguard Station at Morro Bay
4"x6" oil on board. This lifeguard station is on the beach north of Morro Bay Rock. I think it is called Morro Bay Beach, but I could be wrong. This structure caught my eye, so here it is. This view is looking north, up the beach towards Cayucos. No, I did not sneeze, the town's name is really Cayucos. I think the name actually means kayak or canoe. This might be the first painting I have done of a beach. It may not appear so, but the struggle with this was the values – they mustn't become too extreme or the whole thing gets messed up. Beautiful Cayucos must appear to be off in the distance, value helps achieve that effect. That plus scale, hue, temperature, etc.
Posted September 11, 2009
private collection san gabriel, ca
On the Rocks at Montana de Oro
6"x4" oil on board. That sedimentary rock has everything on my palette thrown at it. It had so much detail, that it reminded me of painting a tree. Try to paint every leaf = Go insane. This mountain goat seemed to be able to run and jump and land on every spot of rock, no matter how small, without moss on it.
Posted July 10, 2009
Morro Bay #2
6"x4" oil on board. This is that last of the landscapes I have for you. Painting water (Yikes!) was a unique challenge. Those of you familiar with Morro Bay know that the water really isn't this Bermuda-like in color. Honestly, I was more interested in the values of the water than the precise hues. If the values are messed up, the painting is messed up, so just relax and enjoy the water. This lonely boat mooring caught my eye with its triangular signs and ladder to nowhere. This view is actually seaward, the land in the background is the sandspit that forms Morro Bay.
Posted July 8, 2009
Morro Bay #1
6"x4" oil on board. There will be two of these Morro Bay paintings and then the landscapes will be done. This first one has that rock, landmark thingy in the background. It is the symbol of the place and it just kinda crept into the painting. It is amazing how a large rock like that can move around. Personally, I think that the famous artery clogging fish and chips should be the official symbol.
Posted July 7, 2009
private collection newhall, ca
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