Open Studio Exhibition Dec. 3rd 2011

My open studio exhibition is coming up and I have some amazing artists participating this year, Rose Frantzen, Quang Ho, Amy Lind, Tony Pro, Casey Baugh, Joseph Todorovitch, Michael Klein, Ignat Ignatov, Glenn Dean, Logan Hagege, Michelle Dunaway, Alexey Steele, Ronald Lipking, Nicholas Coleman and Korin Faught.

December 3rd 2011, 5:30pm - 9:00pm 28233 Agoura Rd. Agoura Hills CA 91302

View the paintings online here

Easel Notes...

Hot off the easel, two new paintings are featured this weekend at the Maynard Dixon Country Show in Mt. Carmel, Utah.

The two paintings in the show, pictured below, are "Puesta Del Sol De Los Muertos", 22"x 30" and "Sierra Cirque", 30"x30".

The prestigious event attracting top-notch artists from all over the country is hosted by The Thunderbird Foundation For The Arts and runs from August 24 to 28th, with a gala reception on the evening of the 27th. Some landscape painting in between!

OTHER STUDIO NEWS, a new semester of teaching begins Tuesday September 6th from 7 to 10pm. Students will paint from the model. All aspects of the Lipking approach will be covered. See bottom image, demo, "Nude in Repose, 12" x 24".

Contact www.lipking.com for more info. Click here to sign up and pay.

"Puesta Del Sol De Los Muertos", 22"x 30"

"Sierra Cirque", 30"x30"

"Nude in Repose", 12" x 24"

More easel notes to follow...

Sierra Landscape Painting Workshop

Here are some pictures from my landscape painting workshop in the Sierra's. We made the town of June Lake our base camp and each day went out to paint a different location between Yosemite and Mammoth Lakes. We all had a great time, great weather and some amazing subjects to paint.

Painting a waterfall in Lee Vining Canyon

An Aspen grove in Lee Vining Canyon.

I had Bartche Miller from the Mono Lake Committee come give an amazing talk on the geology and natural history of the Sierra Nevada.

Ellery Lake and Ellery Bowl.

Painting on the shore of Lake George. Because of the record snowfall this year there was still a huge amount of snow on the ground above 9000 ft. Some of the lakes I was planning on taking the group were still frozen over and under 8 feet of snow and probably wont be open till the end of July.

Mono county is one of the least populated counties in California, there are no cities nearby to cause light pollution, this makes for an amazing night sky.

After a day of painting we went down to South Tufa at Mono Lake to watch the sunset. Cody was the only one with the energy to pull off another painting.

After the last day of the workshop we relaxed with some wine at hilltop hotsprings.

My workshop demos.

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Female Figure Study 12"x9" oil on linen

Monochromatic Nude

Reclining Nude (monochrome) 30" x 50" oil on linen

This is a fun technique I haven't done in a while. I used Terra Rosa and black with a couple stiff brushes a kneaded eraser and oil primed linen.

Google Art Project: Google Maps street view for Museums

I just spent the morning exploring some of the museums that I've never visited in person. Check it out its loads of fun. The images are very good quality and hi resolution.
Google Art Project