~ AN INVITATION TO MY ART SHOW ~

Consider this a cordial invitation to come to my art opening on May 1, 2009. You can view or print out this invitation by clicking HERE.

- RANCHO TEHAMA CREEK BED - Watercolor -

Finished this painting today and plan to include it in my art show at The Red Bluff Art Gallery. It's from a field trip last Friday to Rancho Tehama with artist/gallery owner, Phil Dynan. I called it a Cow Safari) and these wild beasts were everywhere.

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~ SPAGETTI ABSTRACT ~

I got this image the other morning, while I was taking a shower. I still haven't decided whether or not I'm happy with it. It was a little bit tricky to paint with watercolor. It measures 9 x 12 inches and is on 140 lb. paper.



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~ AVENUE OF THE GIANTS - WATERCOLOR ~

Here is a smaller watercolor that I painted for the show in May. The Avenue of The Giants is a huge grove of redwoods about an hour south of Eureka, California. When you walk among these trees there is a sense of peace and awe, and you realize that you are in the presence of God's amazing creations. I used a brush-on masking liquid to preserve the lightest areas in the painting, and then slowly built up the values, saving the darks for last. The God-rays were actually made by using a kneaded eraser next to a straight edge. I did this very carefully, to avoid lifting the paper surface. I put in some of the foreground grass details by lifting the color with a small wet brush. The figures were the last thing that I added.
I went back to this location last weekend with a photographer friend and we got some great new shots. Also went to photograph the rugged coastline at Trinidad, CA. Great weekend.





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