So many inspiring scenes here in San Diego.
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Showing posts with label Lighthouse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lighthouse. Show all posts
Friday, February 21, 2020
Sunday, January 7, 2018
Wine Country and Point Loma Lighthouse paintings by Karen Tarlton palette knife impressionism in oil
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
20x24
Wine Country Morning
Point Loma Lighthouse Sunrise
12x12
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
New London Lighthouse by Carrie Jacobson
New London Lighthouse
By Carrie Jacobson
Oil on black canvas, 18x36
Please check out my website, blog and Facebook page for more art. Or come see it in person, Aug. 5-7 at the Uptown Arts festival in Minneapolis, MN, or Aug. 13-14 at the Mystic Outdoor Art Festival, Mystic, CT.
Friday, July 3, 2015
Lighthouse #1, by New York artist, Celeste Plowden
I learned the art of acrylic and pastel painting through private instruction, after having spent my career as a designer of printed fabrics in the New York market place. I am a graduate of the College of Design, Art and Architecture at the University of Cincinnati, with a major in the History of Art, 1977. Later, I studied printed textile design at Parsons School of Design, in New York. Immediately afterward, I began free lance work for several design studios in the garment district of NYC, where I did re-coloration work for printed apparel fabrics, and sold my own designs through Bread and Butter Designs,also located in New York. In addition, during the 1980's and 1990's, I designed a number of needlecraft and stencil books for Dover Publications. Currently, I am working on a series of exotic birds and other animals done in acrylic paint, with a palette knife, for texture and brilliant color. I consider my paintings to be representational or impressionistic in nature, and I use fantasy colors because what I see often makes me feel these colors,and what would make an interesting composition, rather than using realistic colors.
Saturday, July 19, 2014
"Looking North, Beachy Head" by Karla Nolan
We
love to travel to foreign lands and see new sights. I never dreamed
I'd ever get to southeastern England, the Kent ("garden of England" --
like England isn't a garden everywhere!). We took part of a day to
drive to Beachy Head, right on the English Channel. It was an exquisite
sight to see, the water, the rocks below, the lighthouse, the cliffs
bright white! I'm so pleased to have had this experience and would urge
everyone who visits the U.K. to go there. Imagine the history!
"Looking North, Beachy Head", unframed palette knife oil painting on linen panel, $70
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Thanks for viewing my art! Greetings from Fort Collins, Colorado
"Life is an onion and one peels it crying."--French proverb
Escapism. Defying time. Serenity and solace. Reliving treasured moments...the reasons I paint and make artwork. The creative acts are surely the most pleasant and yet difficult of all. Color and form are special friends. The challenge of perfecting artwork is monumental and exhilarating. This effort has grown to be both friend and family, which are the two most important aspects of my life. Judaica is my most challenging art...Hebrew and I don't always get along!
I'm mainly self-taught in art, relying on intuition, experimentation, benefiting from studying books, visiting museums, galleries and learning painting techniques from other artist friends/relatives. I've studied pastels with Clive Tyler, taken oils with Daniel Edmondson. My newest medium is painting on glass, inspired by an Italian master, bringing this art technique home and applying my own topics. My oils are mainly with palette knife.
This art style might be called "abstract realism", an oxymoron in its own right. Favorite contemporary artists include Cruciani, L Horowitz, Berberian, S Stork, C Tyler, D Edmondson.
"Life is short, use color!"
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
"Lighthouse Reflection" Palette Knife Painting by Hallie Kohn Art
Lately I have been feeling a bit frustrated with my knives. I love the thick application, but I'm struggling with atmosphere or all of the "stuff" behind a subject in a photo or painting. I have committed to using knives exclusively (for the time being anyway!) and so am hoping to find a solution that works for me.
This painting makes me happy to look at--love the water and all the blues. The lighthouse was an added bonus. Enjoy!
12x16 Oil on Museum Quality Panel
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Assateague Light by Roxanne Steed
8"x8" oil on Ampersand's gessobord
Wow, I am behind in my blogging. Seems I go away on a painting trip and it takes me awhile to catch up! This little scene was from my last morning there on the island. Over on the beach at Assateague, Hurricane Irene had made a cut through into Swan Cove! Sure brings it right to you when you see the huge force of nature. Last Saturday (almost a week ago as I'm writing this!) it was a beautiful morning to be out at the beach. Turning back toward the cove I could see Assateague Light house gleaming brighter than the wisps of clouds in the sky!
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Incoming Front Over Ledge Light, sold!!! by Roxanne Steed
8"x10" oil on Belgian linen mounted on archival panel
"Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots."
-Frank Howard Clark
Tuesday morning I went out in hopes of painting before the rains came. I was certainly lucky as I got just what I was after! Interesting cloud shapes and color filled the sky over the Wetlands Overlook at Waterford Beach. Looking out toward the Long Island Sound, I could see Ledge Light in the distance, where just the day before everything was enveloped in a very thick fog.
I had mentioned in a previous post about keeping your plein air gear light for travel. This is whether you're flying to a far destination, or just hiking in to your local park. It's all too easy to try stuffing 'just one more thing' into your bag/backpack. If you've got to carry that any distance, you'll be tired & regretting it before you even set up to paint. Over the years I've tried just about everything out there on the market until I finally came upon this combination. An 8x10 Open Box M easel/palette screws right onto a simple camera tripod (not a heavy one either, just a very basic one (got it for under $20 years ago). I have a little sack attached to the legs for laying rocks in for weight if it's a bit windy. If you're trying to paint in a gale, well, suffer the consequences...wind is just about the worst problem to deal with when painting outdoors. Keeping it simple is still the best idea. If you're determined to 'gut-it-out' in wind, you could detach the small box from the easel & hold it.
Other supplies that fit into this pack are an 8"x10" Raymar wet panel box, it holds 3 panels, but for most nearby outings I just take 2 panels. I bring 2 different palette knives, a couple bulldog clips to hold my trash bag onto the set-up, Kleenex, paper towels, a small container of wet-wipes/baby-wipes (yes they are GREAT for getting paint off your skin). In summer I bring a small bug-spray. I try to remember a water bottle, & a camera, but I've left home without them & it's been fine. For paints, I take a warm & cool of each primary, plus white. If you're working with a palette knife, you don't need any medium, solvents, and clean-up is so much simpler. The little rolling back-pack I found at Wal-Mart ($35 if I remember correctly), allowing you to roll it if you're in an area with sidewalks or hoist it up on your back if you have to hike into an area. This has been the most versatile set-up I've used over the years, and of course, may get tweaked over time as all things seem to. And of course, there's no "one WAY" to rig your set-up, what-ever works for YOU is the key thing! Hope it helps you if you're looking to lighten your load and get out to paint more often!
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