Photos Old Kona Airport Session

West Hawaii Plein Air Painters:

Another New Print Gallery

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Abstract?

I've always been rather disdainful of abstract paintings and photography in general, but the other day I came across some photos that would have knocked my socks off (if I had any on, of course) by a really fine photographer named Mary Mansey (find her here: Mary Mansey) - so - i had to try it:

First Stage:  the ocean floor

 Final: light and sky reflections

Honokohau Harbor Bottom - 16x12 - studio oil

AND IT WAS LOTS AND LOTS OF FUNNNNNNN!!! 

It didn't have to look like anything and it was just like kindergarten all over again - hahahahaha - I'm going to do lots more of them!

New Studio Work - Stage One

Starting with a yellow ground ("summer squash" exterior enamel) on loose canvas I applied color with a brush and wiped back to the yellow with a cotton rag to give a resemblance (dare I say "Impression"?) of the sea bottom - there are some drippy green things in the upper left hand corner that I'll call "sea weed" and I'll call that long ropy thing a piece of hose. Next stage is glazing to develop the color of the water, and then the application of opaque color to describe the top interface of the water - fun.

under Honokohau Harbor - 12x16 on canvas - studio

New Work Showing

I've replaced nearly all of my work at the Kailua-town Kailua Village Artists' Gallery, across from the Kona Inn in the Kona Market Place.  Reception this Friday - april 11th - 4p to 7p, please come by.

New Work:

Dancing Palms - 20x16 - plein air oils

A Very SKOILY Couple of Days

I've been painting these SKOILS=SKetches in OILS for a while - just some 45 minute quickies - 6x9 on loose canvas for the convenience.  These first two done with the West Hawaii Plein Air Painters on Friday's session at Kealakekua Bay

 Lava Pinnacles - 9x6 - Plein air Skoil

Headlands - 9x6 - Plein air Skoil

 Took Saturday off and painted Kahalu'u on Sunday:

Life Guard Shack - 9x6 - Plein air Skoil

 and this painted from the computer screen while at the Kailua Village Gallery on Monday:

City of Refuge - studio skoil

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Have you ever skoiled?

new skoil from a few weeks ago - still working on water this year - 

"kaloko ponds" - 9x6 - plein air skoil

More Skoils for you?

SKOILS are SKetches in OILS, painted in one go (ala prima) and completed in about 45 minutes on loose canvas - 6x9 size (because that's half of a full sheet of loose canvas).  Here are some:

City of Refuge - 6x9 - plein air skoil

Another painting session with the West Hawaii Plein Air Painters - this one turned out to be a tailgate party and we had two guest painters show up, neither of us knowing the other was going to be there.  Nice when that happens.

Hualalai Clouds over the pele grass - 9x6 plein air skoil

Out solo on this one - in the mornings the grass out here between the National Energy Lab and Queen K glows with some kind of inner light - didn't get it this time - maybe next  . . .