Santa Cruz, California

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30×40 Untitled 2007
After reviewing the painting the next day I had a lot more work then first anticipated. When painting something this large outside I expect to come back to the studio and resolve minor issues.

For example:
  • Edges
  • Clean up the color a bit
This painting had far more then minor issues.
  • The foreground was too heavy and although painted well didn’t fit with the over all mood of the painting.
  • The rocks sandwiched between the horizon and center of interest were boring and the lighting was not believable.
Sigh.

Under normal circumstances I would just scrape the painting down and move on. But me and my big blogging mouth had to mention that the painting was nearly finished.

What to do?

Because the paint was sticky I had to scrape everything down that was going to be repainted. The sky, the water, the distant rocks, and the foreground. SCRAPED! Tell me again why I can’t just scrape this down and call it a night oh yeah…my BIG blogging mouth”.

Here is the finished piece! Although it is different from what Mike and I were seeing, the mood and center of interest in the painting never changed.
Enjoy!

Continue to read the post of me opening my big mouth….

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30×40 Untitled 2007

Today I wanted to get out on the coast for a little plein air. I emailed artist Mike Baily to see if he would like to join me and fortunately he was free. Mike really picked an awesome location and the weather was fantastic the whole day.

Here is one of the paintings I nearly completed. It still needs a little clean up but it is nearly finished.

I will look at it in the morning with rested eyes.

Right Now…Must sleep!