A tree from Vasona Park - Plein Air Painting

Things have been crazy lately but I did manage to squeeze in some time for a Plein Air workshop today with Kristen Olsen at Vasona Park, Los Gatos. It was an interesting expereience for me, trying to let go of my studio painting habits and focus on values, composition. Here is a collage with pics that I took to document my progress.

Here is the finished painting.

It took about 3 hours to get to this stage. I had to make a hard stop to avoid overworking. Looking forward to more painting in the open soon :)

Summer Flame

 

Acrylic painting of Orange Dahlias from Mendocino Botanical Garden. I have been fortunate to visit this garden in all seasons. They have something pretty every season and those summer Dahlia's are such an eye candy. This is from my to be painted clicks two years ago, finally getting around to it.
Hope you like it..

Tetons and the Moulton Barn

Trying to finish up some of the unfinished paintings here. I have always enjoyed looking at the rustic barns in CA. But this is painting of the most photographed barn in the US - Moulton Barn from Grand Teton National Park based on a photo from our road trip there last summer.

I did some sketchings during our stay in the park but not on this location. During our early morning visit we encountered so many bisons around the barn. Some were cute little calfs..

And others were ready to fight..

The whole place was pretty much flooded with bisons, it was an amazing experience.

This particular painting is done impasto style completely with knife and with water soluble oil. Hope you like it.

Three Amigos - Oil Painting

First painting of 2013. Well, that was supposed to be the last painting of 2012 but thanks to a thumb tendonitis it took me this long to finish. It's no secret that I love colors, light and reflections and these marbles seemed to be a perfect subject that covered it all. No knife strokes here, done on a small 8 X 8 canvas with brush and water mixable oil. Hope you like it.

Small Works and Holiday Show

 
Here are some smaller paintings done for a holiday show that is scheduled to open at Art ark gallery in San Jose, CA. Stay tuned for details..

 

Rainy Night - 8 X 8 , Acrylic Painting

 

 

Summer Poppies - 8 X 8 Acrylic Painting

 

 

Tufas of Mono - 8 x 8 Acrylic Painting

The Great Horned One - Acrylic Painting

I have always wanted to paint an owl.  We were fortunate to come across a great horned owl during our trip to Yellowstone National Park this summer. What a beautiful creature !! It looked like a chubby baby with two piggy tails. Here is the photo that I took.

My artist mind has recently started rebelling against realism. So I have been doing lot of painting that involves fewer brush stokes to get the details. This owl painting is done in such style with acrylic on a 8 X 8 Canvas.

Hello Sunshine !!

Sunshine err Sunflowers everywhere.. How can any artist resist painting them ? During my lunch run to SFO Ferry building few weeks ago, farmers market was in full swing and I saw this gorgeous sunflower bunch sitting on a table. Clicked it on my iphone thinking it will make a good reference someday.

After a particularly stressful week at work, I needed some cheering up and chose to paint this today. I didn't want to get bogged down by details. Decided to keep it loose and have fun with it. I am pretty happy with how it turned out. Hope you like it too :)

Acrylic painting on 11 X 14 canvas.