Day 11

"Winter Sunset with the Hollywood Sign"

oil on canvas

8" x 8"

The views from the studio are beyond amazing but it's easy to take them for granted day after day. There was one evening last week that was stunning. I painted this from the studio then referred to the photo that I took for color.

Artist Ann Bridges and Photographer Jim DEvelyn are collaborating on producing one work each day for 30 days. Ann lives in California, and Jim in Washington. No theme or common thread as we begin, yet if one comes forth we may pursue it. Enjoy!

Please go to Timemaking to see our work day by day

Day 10

"Mia's Farmers' Market Radishes"

oil in canvas

8"x 10"

While I was deep in thought about why I am painting and what I am painting, Mia came home from New York where the farmers' markets aren't so bountiful. She left these on the counter. Opps. I couldn't stop looking at them. 

They went to the studio with me this morning and came back on the train in much worse shape. 

John Lincoln - "when you see ART you can't stop looking at it"

Artist Ann Bridges and Photographer Jim DEvelyn are collaborating on producing one work each day for 30 days. Ann lives in California, and Jim in Washington. No theme or common thread as we begin, yet if one comes forth we may pursue it. Enjoy!

Please go to Timemaking to see our work day by day

Day 9

"Turquoise Door"

8" x 6

oil on canvas

There's this house I always see when I leave for work. It's gray, small, unassuming and frankly dwarfed by its Craftsman neighbors. But it's got a turquoise door. In the summer they put out two turquoise chairs on the porch and the place is transformed into a beautiful little beach cottage. I remembered that today on one of the shortest days of the year.

Artist Ann Bridges and Photographer Jim DEvelyn are collaborating on producing one work each day for 30 days. Ann lives in California, and Jim in Washington. No theme or common thread as we begin, yet if one comes forth we may pursue it. Enjoy!

Please go to Timemaking to see our work day by day.

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Day8

“Carroll Park”

oil on canvas 

6” x 8”

It was a gray day today, excellent for painting greens. I went with my friend Sarah. ( www.sarah-arnold .com). She’s still out there .

Day 7

“ Passing through Bridgeport”

oil on canvas

6” x 12”

I spent the afternoon in the studio on just one more image of Bridgeport, California. I probably will switch to painting outside again. Just had to get these out of my system. The reference photo was from September.

Day 6

"Emigrant Road"

8" x 8"

oil in canvas

As your are coming into Bridgeport from the north there is a road on the left before you get to the rodeo and the Shell Station. It takes you through the back of the town and past barns, houses and even an old church. 

Emigrant Road. 

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1. a person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in another.

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   stranger · visitor · nonmember · odd man out · foreigner · alien · 
   

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And now I have in idea for tomorrow. I was thinking this was the last of  Bridgeport for a while but there's one more in the works. Ahh tomorrow.

And cudos to my partner in this pursuit Jim D'Evelyn. Here's the link to our mutual challenge that he aptly named 'Timemaking'.  https://whywithoutfences.blogspot.com

Day 5

“Off Season”

oil on canvas 

8” x 8”

Here’s another one from my chilly walk around Bridgeport in November. This house is on Main Street also known at Hwy 395. I can clearly see it as it is in the summer, shaded by trees and covered with red white and blue for the 4th of July. 

Day 4

“Pembar Garage”

oil on canvas 

8” x 8”

My dream would be to go up and down Hwy 395 and paint in the towns of the Eastern Sierra. This is again from a photo I took in September. Shadows of Jollycone in the foreground 

Day 3

" Blue Clear Sky"
oil on canvas 

8”x 8”

I did this painting from a photograph I took in Bridgeport, California right before Thanksgiving week end. I prefer painting from life. There’s nothing like working outdoors. It’s harder though because things are always changing.  That week end I had my paints in the back of my car but I don’t know what I was thinking. It was 12 degrees.  

Day 2

oil on canvas
8" x 8"

One thing about the studio in the winter months is the sun. It blinds students who are trying to work and changes so fast that you almost have to walk around to avoid it. But at the end of the day when it sets right over Santa Monica. The are colors are amazing and  I thought I was exaggerating until the sun went down tonight.

30 Paintings in 30 Days

I'm so grateful for the studio and all the wonderful artists who come in to work here . No one has a better job than me. Honestly I cannot remember one day that I left the studio and felt mad or stressed- other that some security issues which  hopefully have resolved.

But as I go back and look at my entries there is this continued complaint that I'm always making. It goes, "I'm teaching so much, I'm not painting." Blah, Blah Blah....back for years. This year it really got to me with the passing of my Mom and the move to Long Beach. So TODAY I am starting a 30 paintings in 30 day. (minus Christmas and New Year's Day).

oil on canvas 8" x 8"

Last week I had an amazing afternoon at the Pasadena Museum of History. There was a little painting from 1918 done at about this same location - breakers hitting the beach and the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the background.  Today it was one of those monochromatic days in Long Beach. Not too cold to paint but just gloom until I stood out there a while. I'll go back.

Mono county

In September I took some wonderful photos of Bridgeport in the early morning.

Here's one of the Mono Inn.

8" x 8 

oil on canvas

Purple Apartment

There’s a purple apartment at the corner of 10th and Cedar Avenue in Long Beach. Purple

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8" x8"

oil on canvas

Eastern Sierras

Oil on panel

9” x 12”

Oil on canvas

12” x 12”


Oil on panel 

8” x8”


Oil on panel

12” x 9”


Oil on panel

8” x 8”


Oil on panel

6” x 6”

Long Beach bungalows continued

I’m posting even though there is some glare

at the lower left. Will retake later today. 

oil on canvas 

11" x 14"

Long Beach Bungalows are a pretty good subject

not quite finished. 

Painting in Long Beach

Quiet Afternoon in Drake Park

oil on canvas
14” x 11”

Another house

This is the latest and maybe the last of the East Aurora paintings. Time to move on.

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Finished for now

“Green House in East Aurora”

oil on canvas 

8” x 8”
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I had a chance to do another house painting. This is an amazing green colored house in East Aurora New York. I tried to do an iMovie of my progress. This would work much better is I had a rectangular format instead if a square but it's fun to see the painting come together. It's not quite done. Will post the finished painting when I get back to the studio.

Another one!

It’s raining today and I had so many cancellations that I got to spend time painting. Here’s another house. 

8” x 8” 

oil on canvas
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East Aurora continued

Here’s another little house painting. This is Scott’s grandma’s house. 

8”x 8”

oil on canvas

Iris

Every year at this time this gorgeous iris blooms in the front yard. I can never resist taking one to the studio.

oil in canvas

8'x8"

Another little still life

It doesn't take much to decide to put some paint to canvas. I hadn't planned to work but when I had an hour or so I got our my favorite bottles and this is what I got!

oil on canvas

8" x 8"

A little still life

oil on canvas

8" x 8"

I had some time between classes and just decided to paint something. The tangerines were my lunch!

Studio Time!

More from East Aurora

When I went to East Aurora over Thanksgiving I celebrated the holiday with my daughter Ashely and  her fiancé Scott. Scott's extended family is from this suburb and this is a painting of the family house where his mom grew up. 

oil on canvas

11" x 14"

#2 and #3 from East Aurora finished!

Sunlight on the Purple House

oil on canvas

8" x 8"

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Yellow House in East Aurora

oil on canvas

8" x 8"

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More from East Aurora

Here are two more from the same street, Oakwood I think.  Both art 8" x 8" and need another session of work each. Add finished images in the next day or so.

East Aurora in Western New York

I went to New York over the Thanksgiving holiday and was taken by the gorgeous houses of East Aurora.  Here's the first on a series.

oil on canvas  8" x 8"

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Bridgeport Courthouse

There's a beautiful historic courthouse building in Bridgeport that dates back to 1885. A great subject for a painting. This is in progress.

Announcing a four week Life Painting Workshop starting on October 11 from 5:30-9:30pm.
This is a new class that will meet for four Wednesday nights to focus on life painting.
Each session will feature one long pose. Supplies included.
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Bridgeport, CA

I think it's finished now. Just needed a few extra touches.

oil on canvas

12" x 16"

2017

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A 2 day painting

I've been wanting to concentrate on paintings from reference photos I took earlier in the year. Here's day 1.

And I came back today and worked into it more. I always see Edward Hopper when looking straight from the street like this. I'm not sure it's finished but will let it rest for the week end.

12"x16"

Oil on canvas

Bridgeport, California

I'm interested in the old structures in Bridgeport. I have a bunch of reference photos and am headed there next week end to paint. Would so love to give a workshop up there. 

12" x 12" 

oil on canvas
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My studio

I have the nicest studio on earth. The view is amazing but the light is also wonderful. I started a study of my African Violet's and some colored bottles that I love to paint

12" x 12"

Oil on canvas

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Wednesday afternoon in the studio

I had time between classes and found a bunch of radishes at Ralph's. I've done this one before but it's been years. Going outside tomorrow so this is my warm up!

8"x8" 

Oil on canvas

Final Life Drawing Workshop

We start the final life drawing workshop of the summer on Monday August 7 at 9:30am. There are a few spots left. Enroll here! 

Life Painting

This is the second evening this summer that I've gotten together with artist friends, hired a model and just painted. There were four of us and the three hours flew by. It's energizing to work on my own projects. Have to remember this as teaching sometimes takes precedence,



This is the underpainting in burnt sienna.



About an hour or so in. I'm working on gessoed water color paper.


2 1/2  hours. Don't want to overwork but I'll most likely go in and fix the ear but not much else.

Summer Workshops

This is a gesture paint painting that studio student Melissa Yi did during our summer workshop. She's been in the studio for the past year and a half with one on the passes I sell that let's the student attend every class I give. She's a fantastic artist and is headed to college. She'll be missed on the studio! For info on the classes here Summer Life Drawing Workshops.