“Sunset Seascape”

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This is a seascape I started sometime ago. My technique and style has changed. It was interesting to see the changes. I am happier now but feel the technique was smoother before but really didn’t feel like it was mine. I used the color notes over the old piece. Will probably add a rock on the lower left side. 8″x10″ stretched canvas. And overall I am happy with the direction I am taking now it just feels good and free.

“Cat in the Window”

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Daily today was a pastel still life from my kitchen table.  I had set up the still life and my cat jumped up on the window and I painted him in as well.  Daily painting has brought about many special moments like this.

Daily Painting to me is  about what’s going on in my world of art: daily paintings,  art, my process, and my thoughts about art in general.  I have a commitment with two other painters to email a daily painting by 9:00pm every day.  There are no rules and this creative penatration of daily painting has greatly inflenced  my daily life and art has started to grow in tremendous and unexpected ways.

“Kokopelli Vase” Still Life

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Today I finished up The Kokopelli Vase Still Life. Oil, pallet knife, on RayMar Canvas Board 9″x12″. I really like this method of the pallet knife and color notes. It seems to suit me and I feel like I’m getting into a zone with it…and can go deeper and more refined as I go..any way it feels good.

Forensics Sketch

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My daily painting is a sketch from a resource that talks about how forensics artists make a likeness from a skeleton. It is an interesting science and very helpful to the artist learning about proportions of the facial features. I think I finally understand cheekbones.

Painting Day at Kruger’s Farm

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Today I went to Kruger’s Farm on Sauvie’s Island with my Saturday Afternoon Plein Air Class with Jef Gunn.  It was a perfect fall day with fall colors, pumpkins, corn maze, and fellow artists  I do love my Saturday Afternoons.

We discussed composition techniques of Cezanne.  I found this freeing to move reality around in the natural setting on my canvas.

“Grateful for Eyes”

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I have just been relieved of a stress. I went to have a routine check of my eyes and the optometrist said I have glaucoma and possible eye damage. He scared me to death. and then of course I couldn’t get an appointment with Ophthalmology for three weeks. And today I had that appointment and everything is well within range and if I did come down with glaucoma at a later date it is easily treated. The optometrist must of had his reasons to explain what he thought was a condition and I am extremely grateful to be ok now but one should always remember words can be delivered in many ways and it is always better to be positive with people. Sitting in my car looking at the Arched Bridge over the Willamette River I completed this drawing feeling very grateful for my eyes.

“U.S. Capitol, Washington DC” Daily Painting

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We live in such interesting times. I took the subject of the week from
“Different Strokes from Different Folks” This is a internet site where the site host posts a photograph and artists use their Artist interpretation to create wonderful works of art. There is 45 to 65 artist that post. It is very interesting to see all the different takes on the same subject. The subject for this week was “The U.S. Capitol, Washington DC”

The U.S. Capitol, Washington DC…The painting practically painted itself…The sun in the bottom of the painting has a small right hand of one of my young students. She was happy to have her hand used. The painting is about hope for the future, hope for the young generation, and hope for the next seven generations. The hand wanted to be painted green. But it does look a little like E.T. ‘s hand. When a painting talks to me like this one I let it have its way and don’t try to second guess. As one of my daily painting friends said “when you are creating everyday you don’t have time to get precious”. Do it and get it out there. Make way for another day tomorrow.

“River Park Villa”

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Studio work on painting started at River Park Villa on Saturday.  I refined the shapes more with more color notes asking the questions of every painting.  Is this shape duller, brighter, lighter, or darker in color.  The painting will get more studio work later.

“Bryce”

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Daily today is a Colored Pencil Drawing “Bryce”, for the Art House Gallery Project.  Theme “Everyone We Know”. 3.5″x5″

The Scrap Book Project is sponsored by the Art House and consists of being sent a sketchbook by Art House and then you make the art around a theme.  The theme this time is “Everyone you know”.  Then Art House is taking all the sketchooks on a 6 city tour to galleries and museums across the U.S.  The goal of the exhibition is to encourage anyone to create artwork and build a collective of sketch books made by artists from all over the world.

“Brother Rod”

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I painted my Brother Rodney Victor  today when he was a young man and as a baby.  He is a wonderful family man and has accomplished many things in his life professionally, and spiritually.   It was fun painting him and brought back many memories of our lives growing up.  The painting was done for the Art House Coop Sketch Book Project.

“Impressionist Cloudy Day Landscape”

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Daily Painting today was a 3″x5″ Pastel on Wallis Paper.  I used pastel pencils and with the memory of Sauvie’s Island set down this painting.  I took inspiration from Lois Griffel’s “Painting the Impressionist Landscape” using the color scheme from the cloudy day block studies in her book.  I felt pleased with the results and when I took my nightly review of my day where I ask myself “what did you enjoy most today”.  This landscape came in at the top of my list.  As Lois says on her site “once you enter the impressionist landscape you never go  back“.

Rooster Rock Plein Air Painting

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Rooster Rock Plein Air Painting with Saturday Afternoon Jef Gunn Painting Group.  We were painting when a big gust of wind sent us to Sherrie’s Restaurant to regroup.  When the sun came out three of us went back out and all felt they got a good start on painting.  When you are willing to stick things out things can turn for the best.  Our lesson for the day was on brush strokes and getting out of our comfort zone.  The wind seemed to punctuate the lesson and drive home how change can bring unexpected results.  This painting is still in proress

“Ancient Teachers” In progress Painting

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Daily Painting today the “Ancient Teachers”. The painting is becoming more refined as I worked on the basic forms and changed the color notes with temperature adjustment. The painting is becoming more mysterious…One more session should do it but the painting will dictate what is to be accomplished. Like all creative actions the painting has a voice of its own.

My next home studio day is Saturday so probably won’t work on the finish until then. Tomorrow will bring a new creative flow from the daily painting creative development.

“Serenity” The Grotto”

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Today I spent a beautiful few hours at The Grotto in Portland, Oregon. Warm weather in an inspirational setting was a wonderful way to spend Friday the 13th. The Grotto is a beautiful 62 acre Catholic Shrine and botanical garden is located in Portland, Oregon. The Grotto (as it is commonly called) is a non-profit Oregon corporation, supported solely by the proceeds of its gift shop and by donations. It is administered by the Order of Friar Servants of Mary.

“Portrait of Doe”

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This Portrait was done with pencil and watercolor pencils. 5″x7″.  I named her “Doe”.  She looked like she came from the forest and reminded me of the deer I see almost every day on my way home.  I often like just drawing and see who or what appears for my daily painting.