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Sweet Pea Springtime (Cottage garden, Pasadena, California) 14 x 11 inches Oil painting on canvas I’ve been thinking about painting this subject for several years, since my husband and I were out on a walk in Pasadena and we came upon a scene of a woman cutting sweet peas along the cottage garden path leading [...]
“Defiance of Brunhilde” 12 x 16 oil on linen panel This portrait was painted in conjunction with the performance of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, which is in its final week in Los Angeles. The model for this painting was a high school student in Orange County, who may have been about the same age as the [...]
The Wanderer’s Journey (Wotan as the Wanderer) 24 x 18 oil on canvas This painting has been selected to be included in a special exhibition coordinated with the production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle in Los Angeles this May. It will be exhibited, for sale, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of The Angels from May [...]
Victorian Lady 9 x 12 oil Along with my landscape painting, I’m getting interested in figurative work, and occasionally make time to paint from a live model as I did this last weekend at Randy Higbee’s studio in Costa Mesa. The assembled painters had the opportunity to paint this lovely woman, Toni, wearing one of [...]
Hispanic Man – 8 x 10″ oil on canvas No, I am not putting landscape painting aside; I will continue with it as always, but I am interested in doing some portrait painting in oil, which has an entirely different feel and way of working than portraiture in watercolor. This was painted in one session, [...]
Minerva – 9 x 12 graphite drawing on pastel paper – after Nollekens Yesterday I had the opportunity to return to the Hillside Getty in Sepulveda Pass for a little drawing practice. I just had time for two drawings this time – This first was this Minerva, the Roman equivalent of Athena, goddess of war. [...]
“As the Parade Passed By” – 12′ x 15″ watercolor on paper. VIVA Gallery – NWS all member show Last week, I got some very good news that I’d like to share with you. If you’ve been following this blog for the last year or so you can imagine how much this “first time” means [...]
Torso after Maillol – 9 x 12 charcoal on toned paper In the sculpture garden of the West Pavilion are several Maillol bronze nudes, two of which I had time to draw. In many ways this was more challenging than the interior marble sculptures because of the dazzling bright sunlight and the dark reflectivity of [...]
“Juno” 9 x 12 drawing on toned paper – charcoal and white chalk Here’s another in my figure drawing expedition from Friday at the Getty. This is also based on a work by Joseph Nollekens was drawn from the same low sitting angle as yesterday’s Venus. Because this statue was much closer to me, I [...]
“Venus after sculpture by Joseph Nollekens” – 9 x 12 charcoal and chalk on paper Today’s daily painting is actually a drawing done yesterday in one of the galleries at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles – the one in the Sepulveda pass, not the villa. This is another view of Venus a marble by [...]
