Second Day of the 30 in 30 Event

Actually it's Day 3 on the official 30 in 30 blog, but since this is my second post for me it is Day 2.

Changed the set up a bit to add another color.  I'm working with very thick brushstrokes which I don't often do.  The oils are mixed with Gamblin Solvent Free Gel.  Tomorrow wax will be added to cut done on the gloss, right now the paintings glisten.

APPLE TWO
Oil on Gessoed Paper   5" x 5"

A New Year and the 30 in 30 Event

The 30 paintings in 30 days event is sponsored by a West Coast artist, Leslie Saeta. I participated last year.  It helped me organize my studio more efficiently and improved my painting because ideas that occurred to me could be implemented in the next painting.  It's so easy to forget.

If you are interested in seeing all the paintings, and there are almost 700 when I last visited, go to http://lesliesaeta.blogspot.com.   Day Two is already being posted since the event started on New Year's Day.  I was at the best party in years, so I'll catch up (maybe)

Last year I painted landscapes from photos.  This year's subject matter will be simpler for two reasons.  The first is that I have physical therapy three times a week as well as a home program following a surgery.  The second is that I am following advice in Carol Marine's new book "Daily Painting".  Her instructions involve very simple subject matter.  So here is Apple One.

Apple One
Oil  6" x6"

                                         

                                          May we all have a peaceful and fulfilling New Year.

Heavy Red Skies

In the southern mountains heavy snowfall is not the usual winter weather, rather freezing rain that coats the roads and trees with ice.  So as northerner I just had to record the first heavy snowfall I experienced here about five years ago.

Red Skies
Pastel 16 x 20

Success!

Still stumbling through the world of Google.  Somehow I have succeeded in pushing enough buttons to change the e-mail "ljlovrek@gmail.com".  Monkeys and typewriters here.  Can't wait till I get back to painting.

Don't want to loose you. I am merging blogs.

Little did I know that when I opened a new gmail address that it would create a second identical blog.
It's been a house of mirrors here.  As a  stumble through the inexplicable world of Google I hope not to loose you.

If you get duplicate requests to be added to my blog followers or be added to Google+ please bear with me.  I think this may have happened to some of you already.

Wish me luck.

Back to the Beach

Ah!  The beach is my favorite place.  This oil was done at Isle of Palms, just outside Charleston.  The houses are far from the dunes, in the evening the long backyard is filled with shadows and a distant view of the sea.  Charleston has a great  historic waterfront with streets  of huge cobbles and sidewalks of mortar and seashells.  What a wonderful place to wander.

Distant Sea
Oil 12 x 24

A Studio Painting

In the depths of last winter, I needed something colorful.  This oil was based on a photo from my garden, which I dearly love.  Unexpectedly this painting was a study of light and form, which I hadn't experienced since my days as an art student in NYC. 

IRIS
Oil 12" x 24"