Something At Peace

I was sitting on the balcony of our room watching the waves and of course painting. I decided to use the balcony fencing to divide up the picture space for paintings. I was able to get in about four pieces using this method. I was working with casein paints which remind me of gouache in many ways. My goal was 20 paintings that day. I came close to that goal. It was Pam's birthday and the day was her's as far as places to visit. I must say that most of the paintings I did deserve to be further explored as larger paintings.

I took the time to relax and sketch before putting paint to paper. I think that calmed my minds eye too.

Watch Out

Another oil on copper. I need to paint more in oils.

Rock Reflected Pastel

This painting is smaller than the plein air sketch that I worked from which is 12 by 16 inches. We were back at our rediscovered beach for this painting. I've noticed that very few people interrupt me when I'm painting on site. I wonder why that is. It's nice not to have to divide my attention when painting however it's good to have people engaged with your work.

8 by 8 inches
150.00 plus taxes and shipping

Wave Formations

A wave study done with Pan Pastels. Pam commented "your impression" when she saw me working on this piece. I felt trance like while painting that day. Cool air, fog and the ocean will do that to you.

Wave Texture Study

On this one I tried to focus on the texture of the waves. I used both regular and Pan Pastels on Canson paper.

From The Pier 4

I got lost painting this little one but I still liked the results. When painting the ocean surface paintings I have to pay attention to the flow of the surf. I got lost and improvised.

This is the watercolor version of Quarter 3. When I was working on the pastel version below I decided to deepen the values in front. I also wanted the rocks to read a rocks so I pumped up the value volume a bit.

The pastel version. This is very abstract. Of course I have that bipolar tug with this one. Part of me says don't touch it again and the other wants to go in and define it more.

Pastel Shady Cove Turbulence

The watercolor study.

The first pastel study.

This is the final painting. It was inspired by a photo that I took on Glass Beach which is in Fort Bragg, California. I worked with a variety of different pastels on Wallis pastel paper. I posted the studies in an earlier post but I will include them in this post also. Today I went to Asel Art Supply located in Austin, Texas and the clerk informed me that Wallis is going out of business. Grab up this product while you can its a great surface to work on. This one is an 18 by 24 and its available in addition to the two prior studies.

Wave 28 first

I'm doing a series of one sitting studies of this one wave. This is the first painting. I used the "bumpy" side of some Canson paper. I think this was a Northern California wave because of the dark greens and almost purple shapes.

Rock Steady Finished (SOLD)

I recently stopped toying with this one and called it finished. Something did bother me about it. Well I put it in the "Snapshots" show and it got lots of attention. One lady saw a child sitting on a beach, another saw a dog on the beach and some got that this was a rock sticking out of the ocean. It sold the first time it was shown. Two collectors wanted it.

Down the Beach

I worked from a sketch completed on site which is the first post. This was the ocean that faces Abbott's Lagoon. I used a Raymar panel and Golden Open Acrylics. For the sketch I used Pitt Artist pens. They come in sets of four different values of the same color.

Wave 27 (almost there)

This I need to punch up the shadows on the far left and call it a painting.

Rock Steady in Progress

The second visit with this piece. It was inspired by a photo from the coast of Mendocino in California. Closer to town you can find these rocks sticking up out of the ocean. Its pretty cool to look down on them from a cliff which is usually how close I can get to them.

The first session.