I was one of a large group of artists in attendance this past weekend at the opening of the Artists for Conservation juried show “The Art of Conservation”, which is at the Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum in Oradell, New Jersey. There were two full days of activities planned for us and we made the most [...]
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A Special Visit to the American Museum of Natural History
Posted in Environment/conservation, Mongolia, North America, Paintings and process, The Artist, Travel, Wildlife, tagged American Museum of Natural HIstory, dioramas, Flaming Cliffs, fossil dinosaur eggs, fossils, protoceratops, taxidermy on September 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Animal Expression, Part 3- Noses And….A Contest!
Posted in Drawings and sketches, Gardening, In our own backyard, North America, Wildlife, tagged animal drawing, animal noses on March 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Saving the eyes for last, I’m going to skip “down” to noses. This is a case where access to zoo animals is really handy. Even though you will still want to compare them to the wild version, being able to learn how a given animal’s nose structure works by seeing it really close up is [...]
New Paintings and My (Current) Favorite Studio Music
Posted in Art Thought for the Day, Kenya, Mongolia, North America, The Artist, Wildlife, tagged Afro Celt Sound System, Baka Beyond, Enya, hummingbirds, Kenya, Kila, leopard lilies, Masai Mara, Mongolia, Mongolia horse, Peatbog Fairies, Rekero camp, Rufous hummingbird, Serval, Shoogenifty, Talek River on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
NEW PAINTINGS
I tend to start a number of paintings in succession and then finish them in batches. Is it that way for any of you? Or do you have a more even work flow? How do you decide what to do next?
Here’s a new one from reference that I shot in Kenya in 2004. It [...]
Available Next Week on EBay- Small, Affordable, Original Oil Paintings!
Posted in Art Thought for the Day, California North Coast, North America, Paintings and process, The Artist, The Business of Art, Wildlife, tagged Alison Stanfield, ArtBizCoach, Clam Beach, Dunraven Pass, kangaroo, oil painting, painting studies, step-by-step, Yellowstone National Park on November 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Like many artists, I’m trying to figure out what my sales options are given the current economic climate. I’m also interested in seeing if I can sell art directly on the internet. And, a few months ago, I was showing some friends some of the small studies I do to work on various aspects of [...]
Bobcat and Bighorns
Posted in Art Thought for the Day, Equipment, North America, Paintings and process, Wildlife, tagged Add new tag, Aperture, bighorn sheep, bobcat, Denver Zoo, Doug Lindstrand, Glacier National Park, Laney, Mountain Royalty, wildlife art on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The bobcat painting is done. I’ve called it “Stepping Lightly”. It will make it’s debut at Wild Visions2, the group show with five other Humboldt County artists next month. The opening reception will be August 9 from 6-9pm. More later about the show and the other artists.
“Stepping Lightly” oil 18″x24″
Now, a cautionary tale about reference [...]
Drawings from live animals and new painting
Posted in Art Thought for the Day, Drawings and sketches, Environment/conservation, North America, Paintings and process, Pets, Planet Saver Tip of the Day, Wildlife, tagged animal drawings, badger, bobcat, climate change, collie, drawings, energy conservation, Julie Chapman, lion-tailed macaque, rough collie, sketches on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From the stats it looks like the post of my pet sketches was one of my most popular so far, so here’s more. These are done the way I usually work, with a fine tip gel pen. They’re done fast. Under five minutes, sometimes under two.
Niki, our tri-color rough collie
From the San Francisco Zoo. He [...]
News Flash!
Posted in North America, Paintings and process, The Artist, tagged bison, Breckenridge Fine Arts Center, Yellowstone on July 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“Autumn” has been accepted into the 16th Annual Juried Art Competition Show and Sale at the Breckenridge Fine Arts Center! It will be there from August 25 through September 28.
Paintings in Progress
Posted in Art Thought for the Day, North America, Paintings and process, Wildlife, tagged bobcat, Firehole River, Grand Tetons, Mt. Moran, oil paining, Yellowstone on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A few of you may remember that I was posting images of an elk painting in progress. I’m sure the suspense has been killing you. As it happens, it was a bust. Too many problems with the drawing of the elk that I saw after I’d let it sit awhile. Win some, lose some.
But here [...]
Show news!
Posted in North America, Paintings and process, The Artist, Wildlife, tagged Art and the Animal Kingdom, Bennington Center for the Arts, grizzly bears, John Seerey-Lester, wildlife reference on April 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I just received notice that my painting “Thompson’s Gazelle” has been accepted for “Art and the Animal Kingdom XIII” at the Bennington Center for the Arts. This is the third year in a row that I have gotten into this show, plus twice into their “American Artists Abroad” exhibition. John Seerey-Lester, who I have studied [...]
Eggs and Elk
Posted in Drawings and sketches, North America, Paintings and process, Travel, Wildlife, tagged Art, drawing, eik, Painting, painting craft, Yellowstone on March 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Ok, here it is, as promised. Sure to bring a million dollars at auction 1oo years after I’m dead and gone (which means it will probably go for about five bucks). Took about 30 minutes.
I thought that I might start to post works in progress which, one, always gives me something to blog on, and [...]
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