Bridges, Paths, and Possibilities

Bridges, Paths and Possibilities in 2012

Pasadena: "Colorado Street Bridge" and "Eaton Canyon

Here we are, 2012 with new possibilities and paths...bridges to cross...energy of color. Did you know that color is an antidepressant? All the more reason to change paintings on your walls now and then. We become desensitized to the familiar and need new stimulation. The more energy photons have when they collide and explode, the more color they give off..so join me in some new paintings, new shows this year. Or take a class in palette knife painting and explore your own creativity with me. I will lead one at Artists' Enclave Gallery Jan. 21. Call 818 884 4946 to reserve a spot.

You can also join me for my show at The Great Frame Up, 9010 Balboa Blvd, Northridge, Calif., "Nature's Nurting." The reception is from 5 to 8 on Jan. 27.
                                                                  
                                               "A Wildflower Walk"  oil diptych
                                 
                               
                 "Waves of Passion" mixed media oil and tissue

                                                  "Roll Along with Me"  oil

                                  "Bouquet of Love" mixed media oil and tissue

                                   "Fantasy Forest" mixed media oil and tissue

"Flame of Courage" mixed media oil and tissue

RURAL REMNANTS

You will enjoy scenes from rural San Fernando Valley at La Galeria Gitana, 120 N. Maclay Avenue Ste. E, San Fernando, Ca. from Nov. 19 to Dec .30, 2011. Reception is November 19 from 6 to 10 pm.

I found these places to paint in community gardens of San Fernando and farm lands of Pierce College and Minnie Palmer's Homestead Home in Chatsworth, a historical cottage. 

"Have I Got a Pumpkin for You!"  11 x 14 oil

 "Minnie Palmer's Homestead Home" 16 x 20 oil

"Come Sit in My Garden"  11 x 14 oil

"Leonis Adobe Barn" 16 x 20 oil

"Squash Fields" 11 x 14 oil

Winter's Light

Join me along with 20 other California artists to celebrate the glory of the winter season...  at the Historic Blinn House Estate, 160 N. Oakland Ave., Pasadena, Calif. The show runs from Nov. 1 to January 31, 2012.  The reception is November 10 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm.  Here are three of my oil paitings.  "Castle Craig Skier" is from the cross country ski trails at Mammoth Lakes.  "Icy Blue Danube" is painted from my riverboat cabin window on the Danube in a snow storm, and the sunrise is actually all frosted over.

Icy Blue Danube

The third one is "Snowy Birch Trees" underneath the aurora borealis in Alaska.

Porter Ranch Creekside Studio Gallery Tour

CREEKSIDE TOUR: You can tour my creekside studio with the Valley Artists Studio Tour on Oct. 1 and 2, 2011 between 10:00am and 5 pm.   For information on how to tour the other 24 artist's studios, go to http://www.sfvartscouncil.com.or/ call me at 818 368 6043.  Here are some of my never before shown palette knife oil paintings. Also scroll through past postings here  for more adventures in places I have painted all over California and in my world travels.

"Young Mountain Lion" 16 x 20 original oil

You probably won't see this young mountain lion from my balcony, but down below at the creek there is wildlife.  I was biking along Sycamore Trail when this one courageously stared at me.  Was the mama near?  I turned around until two more bikers came along before proceeding.  I like to paint this trail, and its rare visitor made it even more exciting.   About 10 of these mountains lions live in the Santa Monicas.

"Creek at Porter Ranch" 14 x 11 original oil

I recall swimming in the creek at my grandfather's farm.  What fun these two are having right here in Limekiln Canyon in this Los Angeles suburb. I had wanted to paint the naked infant whom I found splashing there also. By the time I set up my easel, the infant had its clothes on...and besides..nudity?

"Natural Bridge" 11 x 14 original oil 

If you ride your bike up Highway 1 on the Pacific Coast out of Mugu State Park and climb behind the cliffside rocks, you will find this bridge.  But you need to get there soon.  The pounding waves may wash it down one of these days.  SOLD

"Awesome Aspen" 20 x 20 original mixed media  SOLD

These aspen are the real gold of the Sierras. The tissue and oil from my palette knife create ripples of light. 

"Courageous Cascade"  20 x 20 original mixed media SOLD

The abstract interpretation of a cascade on my creek with wrinkled tissue and palette knife oils, is from my special rockside spot where water rushes by to sing its own song.

"Leo Carrillo" 8 x 10 original oil, $325.00
 Painting at this favorite artist's spot with the California Art Club, I was reminded that a special place can never be seen the same way twice.  As with people, each of us is a non-duplicate.

                                 "Hungry Packer Lake" 11 x 14 original oil,
                                                    $395.00
This one took hiking in the high Sierras to 11,000 feet. Fortunately I had mules to carry my paintbox.



"Bloody Mountain Sunset" 11 x 14 original oil,
                  $395.00
In Mammoth Lakes I rode my bike up to this view point. Sunset makes Bloody Mountain deserving of its name. And the rich color from the aspen are glowing with my palette knife.

"California's Amazing Abundance"

Come to La Galeria Gitana, 120 N. Maclay Ave., Ste. E for an amazing exhibit of art work, including mine and other outstanding artists. The reception is Sept. 17, 2011, from 6:00 pm to 10 pm., and it runs through Nov. 5, 2011. These paintings are my palette knife oils rendered to catch pockets of light in the fields or wherever I found produce from our California landscape.

    "Hillside Vineyard" 18 x 24 original oil

"Twilight Vineyard" 18 x 24 original oil

"My Garden Rooseter" 10 x 10 original oil

"My Tomatoes Are Ripe" 10 x 10 original oil

"Corn Fields"  20 x 16 original oil

Cabbage Plant  10 x 10 original oil

"Flowers for Her Table"  10 x 10 original oil

"Squash Field"  20 x 16 original oil

Touch of Gold

“A Touch of Gold”


Art Exhibition at The Women’s City Club of Pasadena.  Here are 5 of mine in this show.  Can you smell the gold of autumn in the air?

"An Autumn Path to Climb"

36 x 24 oil $995.00

"First Snows of Fall and Cottonwoods"

20 x 16 oil $875.00

"First Snows of Fall and Sycamores"

14 x 11 oil $625.00

"Mustard Gold in Valley Foothills"

14 x 11 oil $625.00

"Touch of Chardonnay"

14 x 11 oil $625.00

The Women’s City Club of Pasadena at the historic Blinn House is pleased to announce its fall art exhibition, “A Touch of Gold.” The exhibition, which runs from August 1 through October 31, 2011, features fifty six paintings by eighteen California-based artists. It will be the second exhibition produced by Margaret Danielak, the Women’s City Club of Pasadena’s Curator of Exhibitions. The artists’ reception is Thursday, August 11 from 6 pm to 9 pm.  Come see my paintings in this exhibition.

Gardening in Art

Gardening in art is like art in gardening: full of color and fragrance.  When Karen Nichols, curator of La Galeria Gitana asked for rural scenes in an urban setting, I sought the community garden patches as a source for the return to our farming roots.

"The Garden Gate"

14 x 11 oil $450.00

"Come Sit in My Garden" 

 14 x 11 oil $450.00

"Pumpkins in My Garden"

14 x 11 oil $450.00

"Rooster in My Garden"

10 x 10 oil $350.00

"Tomatoes in My Garden"

10 x 10 oil $350.00