http://karenwinters.com/kblog Daily painting, painting a day, artblog, sketchblog, daily painter, art for sale Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:29:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Capistrano Train Station 9 x 12 oil on linen panel Plein air painting - June 2009 Interested in this painting? Please write Among the other locations we explored during our week in San Clemente was nearby San Juan Capistrano. The old train station is a picturesque diversion bordering the Los Rios Historical District. ... http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2009/07/02/san-juan-capistrano-train-station-plein-air-oil-painting-los-rios-district-fine-art-karen-winters/ California Golden Hills 11 x 14 Plein air oil painting Interested in this painting? Please write This painting is currently on exhibition in the San Clemente Art Association Gallery, in San Clemente, CA. Much of the week in San Clemente we experienced “June gloom” - that cool gray marine layer that covers the seacoast until ... http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2009/06/30/california-golden-hills-oak-landscape-plein-air-oil-painting-karen-winters-rolling-hill-oaks/ “Above San Clemente” 8 x 10 oil The view from Salvador Drive, high above San Clemente, about 5:30 in the evening This painting is on exhibit at the San Clemente Art Association Gallery, until July 31. If you are not in the area but are interested in purchasing, please write me and I will ... http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2009/06/29/above-san-clemente-coastal-plein-air-seascape-skyline-painting/ Kildeer on ground nest - plein air painting “6 x 8″ oil on canvas board The paintout continues in San Clemente. Today, I had a rare opportunity, very unexpected, to do an oil painting of a bird from life. We were walking along a bluff in Dana Point and suddenly saw a ... http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2009/06/27/plein-air-oil-painting-kildeer-bird-plover-nature-study-from-life-karen-winters-dana-point/ “Meanwhile, back at the ranch” 10 x 12 oil plein air painting of a ranch in Fallbrook, California Late afternoon light casts long shadows across the pasture of this peaceful ranch in Fallbrook, California. When I was there painting, the peepers had already started their songs in the nearby irrigation ... http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2009/06/23/fallbrook-ranch-afternoon/ “Until You Come Home” 9 x 12 oil on panel This was the painting that I did for the QuickDraw phase of the San Clemente Art Association annual paintout. A quick draw is a timed competition - from the stamping of panels to the final horn, we had exactly 3 hours to get ... http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2009/06/22/plein-air-oil-painting-california-san-clemente-architecture-marine-corps-yellow-ribbon-homecoming-san-clemente-art-association-competition/ Mammoth Lakes Study 5″ x 7″ oil on canvas panel Interested in this painting? Please write Just a quick study of Mammoth Lakes, California, from a trip we took long ago. I’d like to get up that way this summer and paint on location. I did some watercolor plein air paintings many years ... http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2009/06/16/mammoth-lakes-oil-painting-california-landscape-miniature-daily-painting-study-karen-winters/ This California landscape oil painting was inspired by a pepper tree I saw leaning into the wind on a golden hill. Peppertree Hill 9 x 12 oil on wood panel Interested in this painting? Please write. The spring green grass has turned to gold, now, and even though we are experiencing more than a ... http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2009/06/15/california-landscape-oil-painting-pepper-tree-hill-summer-golden-wildflowers-karen-winters/ “Windblown Cypress Tree” (Southern California seacoast) 11 x 14 oil on canvas Available If you’re interested in this painting, please write. From the moment I saw this California cypress tree I knew I had to do an oil painting of it. Most of my tree experience comes from the big four: eucalyptus, oaks, sycamores and ... http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2009/06/12/california-impressionist-oil-painting-cypress-tree-windy-fine-art-for-sale-coastal-beach-seascape-marine-painting-by-karen-winters/ “Westward Waves” 16 x 20 oil on canvas Interested in this painting? Please write This painting was done in anticipation of the San Clemente paintout and sale, which will start a week from Saturday and continue through the following Saturday and Sunday, June 27 and 28. This will be my first year participating and ... http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2009/06/11/california-seascape-marine-oil-painting-westward-waves-surf-sunset-laguna-realism-oil-painting-karen-winters-san-clemente-art-show/