so here it is, december. we have had a busy and very fruitful year. lots of monday painting sessions, a trip to the sierras, figure painting class, many shows and even some sales. as a group and individually, we have all worked hard at our painting and art making. not an easy thing to do given what life in general throws at us which this year included too many curveballs.
gigi has caught up with taking photos of her beautiful gouaches:
diane handloser
afternoon in the park, gouache on paper, 4 3/4" x 4 3/4"
diane handloser
hunters moon, gouache on paper, 5 1/8" x 5 3/8"
diane handloser
pearls's pond, gouache on paper, 4" x 6"
diane handloser
skin of eucalyptus
gouache on paper
6 1/4" x 3 1/2"
diane handloser
toward bellosguardo, gouache on paper, 3" x 4"
catching up on work from this fall. libby is able to catch the light and atmosphere in such a beautiful way. some of this work is featured in the scape show at the channing peake and "vertical" at the casa gallery:
libby smith
goleta pier - afternoon, oil on panel, 10"x10"
libby smith
goleta pier - morning, oil on panel, 8"x10"
libby smith
october sycamore
oil on panel
6"x12"
libby smith
toro canyon pine, oil on panel, 8"x10"
libby smith
oaks, san marcos pass, oil on panel, 6"x12"
libby smith
san marcos foothills, oil on panel, 8"x10"
we have continued our monday plein air painting sessions - shorter days and cooler temps. we've been busy, but have fallen behind in posting images.
time to catch up!
currently we are represented in several shows in town:
Libby and Nina have work in the Casa Gallery, "Vertical" show.
Pamela, Libby and Nina have work in the SCAPE "Near and Far, SB County Parks" exhibit at the Channing Peake Gallery in the County Administration Building. 40% of the sales from this show goes to the County Parks Foundation.
Pamela has several of her large oil pastel drawings in "Resonance" at MichaleKate in the Funk Zone. She is also part of the Arts Fund "Feast Your Eyes" fund-raiser.
going back a bit in time, from october, some of nina's work:
nina warner
AKP gardens
oil on panel
6"x12"
nina warner
tucker's sycamore, oil on panel, 9"x12"
nina warner
sycamore, oil on panel, 8"x10"
nina warner
big rocks, toro canyon, oil on panel, 10"x10"
nina warner
dead pines, oil on panel, 9"x12"
november brought a small storm, high tides and another sail boat stranded on the beach.
nina warner
beached, gouache on paper, 2 3/4"x4 3/4"
san marcos foothill preserve is a new site for us - beautiful views, rolling hills and trees. high overcast and a gray day are a challenge.
nina warner
gray day, oil on panel, 9"x12"
nina warner
oak, san marcos, gouache on paper, 5 1/4"x3 1/4"
nina warner
east beach, gouache on paper, 3"x6"
still feels like summer - heat wave after heat wave and no relief from drought.
the école has been represented in a number of shows this summer and now for fall, P & D are in the annual sbcc "small images" exhibition.
meanwhile we are continuing our monday 'plein air' sessions and working with the figure together. will get some of those posted soon.
here are some recent paintings from nina warner:
under goleta pier, oil on panel, 8 3/4"x12 3/4"
pier shadow
oil on panel
8"x10"
also some small gouaches:
moonrise from shoreline park, 3 3/4"x2 3/4"
tuolumne rock, 2 3/4"x2 3/4"
tuolumne moonset
2"x3"
across tuolumne meadow, 2"x5"
sierra meadow, 3"x3"
big jeffrey
2"x5"
new and old, 5"x7"
labor day and summer is officially over - busy days, sick days, away days, travel days, but we still get some work in when we can. gige and lu are closer to home:
diane handloser, trees in AKP gardens
gouache on paper, size?
pamela zwehl-burke, flowers at the end of the tunnel
gouache on paper, size?
mimi checking in from the sierra - cabin time with some hiking and fishing, but low water and dry conditions. the drought has makes you feel like being close to water when you have the chance. finally figured out a good kit for gouache that is compact, easy to pack. oil is still the big backpack - hard to carry too many miles.
nina warner
sun on tall pine
gouache on paper board
2"x3"
nina warner, early sun
gouache on paper board, 4 1/4"x 2 3/4"
nina warner, indian pool
gouache on paper board, 3 1/2" x 4"
nina warner, line creek pool
gouache on paper board, 4 1/2"x 2 1/2"
nina warner
tamarack creek
gouache on paper board
2 1/2" x 4 1/2"
and some oil paintings….
nina warner
buddha rock
oil on panel
8"x10"
nina warner, buddha rock lake view
oil on panel, 6"x12"
nina warner
low lake
oil on panel
8"x10"
nina warner
night sky
oil on panel
5"x7"
we have had a few sessions of portrait painting with our pal livia as our model. maybe we will post a few of those as we finish up. diane and libby tried painting the 'supermoon' from their backyards. nina saw it up at lake tahoe - stunning. we'll catch up on images as soon as we have them. in the mean time, more work from hawaii, small gouaches from libby smith:
from the Lanai
7"x4 1/2"
banyon's 3"x4"
dropping tide 4"x6"
report from hawaii - libby smith sent some images of her work with gouache.
all are 4"x6" on paper.
sunset
sunrise
afternoon
outrigger
the école is well represented in a new show opening at the 'palm loft' gallery in carpinteria.
"make hay while the sun shines".
pamela zwehl-burke has 3 watercolors, nina warner has 2 oils and diane handloser has a beautiful gouache. the opening reception is august 2, 2014, 5-7 pm and on view through september 21st.
lastly, some small gouaches from nina warner (should have entered these in the 'make hay" show!)
morning sun
2 1/2"x4"
hay morning, 2"x3"
bales 2 1/2"x4"
