…practice

… more metallic surfaces. Adding colors is purely fun.

Wee bowls

My step-mom, Betty, was a potter. People now say ‘ceramicist’, but I will use the term she used. She made many useful items, including all of the dishes we used every day. She also made decorative things, vases, and even a full chess set once! No other potter I had seen the work of carved into their pots the way she did. She made many interesting patterns.

Here are a couple of tiny paintings I did to record my step-mom’s sweet little bowls.

metallic surfaces

Stainless steel-yikes! This one actually metal. I was hesitant to try it, definitely fine over an old painting. ‘You have to start somewhere department’ as my mother might have said.

#allaprima #allaprimapainting #twohourstilllife #paintingpractice

Differences

When the King tides photography project came up, I remembered these rocks painted during a normal high tide. It was a foggy, grey day, but these rocks jumped out strongly while everything else was in the background and soft. I felt a little bit of color would make it feel more “welcoming”. Hey-it’s my painting, I can do whatever I want with it!

#landscape #landscapepainting #waterscape #oilpainting #hightide #contemporarypainting #californiacoast #bayarea #shorebirdpark

No yachts on the beach!

Rodeo Beach, almost always a good place to paint. This painting is in the East Bay Landscape Painters Annual show, which is still up at the Berkeley Yacht Club, 1 Seawall Dr, Berkeley, CA 94710

#annualshow #annuallandscapeshow #annualseascapeshow #annualartshow #berkeleyyachtclub #marineart

Multi-color glass balls

More reflecting surfaces. I looked all over for plain red & green ornaments, found none except some medium red ones in a string. Most are now designer colors, i saw olive greens(!), rose & mauve, gently golds, even some brown ones!

#oilpainting #contemporaryart #season #semiabstract

Persimmons in Fall

Persimmons – still going. None left on the tree, but some still ripening in late Fall. With a pot by my step-mom.

#contemporarystilllife #stilllife #oilpainting #contemporaryart #fall #persimmon #fallleaves #micaelamarsden

Glowing metallic surface

another still life. This may be the first time I’ve tried painting a metallic surface – I really love the warm glow of this particular pot. Fall leaves, persimmons – it’s just that time of year.

#contemporarystilllife #stilllife #oilpainting #contemporaryart #fall #persimmon #fallleaves #micaelamarsden

Losing edges

…losing the right edges is an exercise in judgement. Essential edges need some clarity! Maybe went too far, maybe not, it’s hard to “see” your own work sometimes. alla prima, oils, 6×9.

#oilpainting #contemporaryart #contemporarystilllife #stilllife

a sunny outlook!

Only a loving family can create that glow! Sorry for double post. #oilportrait #childrenportrait #oilpainting I had created a time lapse of the painting start, and it is fun – although much fussing has to be done to set it up correctly–balancing the phone, positioning the light, and painting while trying to stay out of the frame… While I can’t post it here, you can see it on Facebook or Instagram (posted around end of August 2022). Here’s a photo.