UTAH ARTIST: 2016

Friday, December 30, 2016

12 . 30 . 2016 .... Wife ... Looking fine... She's such a fun person to be around, laughing a lot together ... And she keeps me focused on what's important in life.... makes me happy ... makes me feel needed. Also, she's a really talented Textile Artist who hooks rugs, does punch needle.. and all sorts of other super interesting things..

12 . 30 . 2016 ... A couple of watercolors from a few years ago.... The top painting is Derivan Liquid Graphite (Sepia) and watercolor ... The bottom painting is watercolor on gesso'd #300 Arches in a double 8 ply mat..

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

12 . 27 . 2016 ... Watercolor and Liquid Graphite ... 7" x 11" with grey mat

12 . 27 . 2016 ... Watercolor 7" x 12" in 3" mat

12 . 27 . 2016 ... Watercolor 5 3/4" x 11 1/2" in 3" mat

Monday, December 26, 2016

12 . 26 . 2016 ... Watercolor 6" x 12 1/2" in a 3" mat

Friday, December 16, 2016

12 . 16 . 2016 .... Watercolor on Kadi paper 7 1/2" x 13" in a 3 1/2" off-white mat. Another Utah landscape.
In this image it was difficult to get the texture of the painting to show... But it's a very heavy textured small painting.

Monday, December 12, 2016

12 . 12 . 2016 ... Watercolor 9" x 13" floating in a 4" off-white mat...Titled: East of Malad, Idaho

Sunday, December 11, 2016

12 . 11 . 2016 ... Watercolor. landscape

Thursday, December 1, 2016

12 . 01 . 2016 ... Watercolor on Kadi paper .. 9" x 11 1/2" in a 3 1/2" 8 ply off-white mat.

Saturday, November 26, 2016

11 . 26 . 2016 This painting is on Kadi paper .. Lot's of texture on very heavy handmade paper for this one, not so evident in these images though ... Image size is 9" x 12" in a 3 1/2" 8 ply off-white mat...

Sunday, November 20, 2016

11 . 20 . 2016 ... Watercolor ... size is a 12 1/2" x 14 1/2" matted at 3 1/2" and framed. Titled "Weathered Green"

Saturday, November 19, 2016

11 . 19 . 2016 ... Started matting some of my studio sketches by cropping an 1/8" of the rough edges off and using gel medium to secure them to another small sheet of watercolor paper .... then mounting them as a floating painting in an off-white mat. This one ended up being 6 1/2" square with a 3 1/2" mat .

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

11 . 15 . 2016 ... In the next day or so we'll finally get some wet weather (snow). We've set a record here in Utah for the most consecutive days without a freeze...March to November. Today I'm in my studio painting. Using Shadow Green (Holbein), Raw Umber, Cobalt Blue, Verditer Blue (Holbein), and a bit of Yellow Ochre ... Putting the colors down heavy, letting dry some and then pulling color up.... trying to build up a somewhat interesting high-mountain winter composition without a reference. Not for sure it's all that framable, but interesting to build .... I'll call this one "Mountain Greys" ... Not selling this one as it's pretty much an experimental sketch....... unless someone twists my arm.

12 . 26 . 2016 ... Decided to crop a bit off the bottom and stick it in an off-white mat. After deciding to do that ... I'm thinking that maybe that extra bit on the bottom of the painting might have been needed ... Oh well, it is what it is. I always hate cropping down paintings because it removes a portion of what I initially was trying to do. Either way, I always end up second guessing on what was a wise decision or not.

Monday, November 14, 2016

11 . 14 . 2016 ... Small watercolor 6" x 8" in a 3" off-white "v cut" mat ... Used the 1000 gsm Kadi paper on this one. In the actual painting you can see the striations of the weave or press in the texture of the paper. This heavy irregular textured paper allows me to get some nice variations of color movement/runs.

Thursday, November 3, 2016

11 . 03 . 2016 ... Used 1/2 sheet of 1000 gsm rough Kadi paper ... Heavier and more textured then the #300 or #400 Arches' that I normally use....

Thursday, October 27, 2016

10 . 27 . 2016 ... Watercolor 12" x 13" .. but in this image the bottom inch or so was cropped out inadvertently in the photograph ... This painting is in the same 3 1/2" off-white mat (not shown).

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

10 . 25 . 2016 ... Watercolor sketch of an old sycamore tree ... Will finish it up and post it later..

Friday, October 21, 2016

10 . 21 . 2016 Watercolor - framed to 16" x 20" OD

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

10 . 19 . 2016 ... This watercolor had been posted earlier, but here it is again in a 16" x 20" frame..

Monday, October 17, 2016

10 . 17 . 2016 .. Watercolor on quarter sheet of Kadi rough paper.. Rough... meaning 1000 GSM handmade in India. #300 weight watercolor paper is 640 GSM, so this particular Kadi paper is some really heavy and textured stuff...... just the way I like it.
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Monday, October 3, 2016

10 . 03 . 2016 ... Watercolor and Liquid Graphite on gesso'd 300# Arches' paper

Sunday, October 2, 2016

Friday, September 30, 2016

9 . 30 . 2016 Watercolor 8" x 14 1/2" "Just a little distant rain storm"

9 . 30 . 2016 ...Watercolor 18" x 20"

9 . 30 . 2016 ... Watercolor on gesso'd panel

Saturday, September 24, 2016

9 . 24 . 2016 ..... A wet day at Tony Grove, Utah

Thursday, September 22, 2016

9 . 22 . 2016 ... Watercolor 11" x 12"
Decided to crop a bit from the bottom and right side before re-matting and framing.
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9 . 22 . 2016 .. 10" x 10" Watercolor and sepia-toned liquid graphite in a triple off-white mat.

Sunday, September 18, 2016

9 . 18 . 2016 .. A repost of a watercolor, liquid graphite, and pastel piece that I did awhile back... Heading out to the mountains soon for the colors of autumn.