Artist's Moving Sale

I'm setting up to have a moving sale this weekend (May 30 & 31) so I had some fun arranging this table full of stuff I've been hanging on to for way too long and it looked so nice I decided to show it to you. It's almost art! Come over and take a look in person if you're in the neighborhood. It's at the old cottage I've been renting here at 10925 Ogburn Lane in Forestville (95436) if you want to mapquest it. Call me for more info @ (707)887-2947 Mahalo & Aloha, Timothy D.

Ala Prima Vineyard

The owners of both galleries I'm showing with currently are asking me to do some new vineyard paintings for them. So I started this one yesterday while I decide on the photo I want to use for reference to paint the background of the portrait of Bob P. I took the photo I'm using to do this one about 15 years ago at Kenwood Vineyards in the Valley of the Moon. I'm doing it Ala Prima with no toning or underpainting on the white gesso ground. This is a fast technique working wet into wet as I would if I were painting en plein air. Except there is a lot more time to make compositional and color decisions working with reference that you can pick from and whose light doesn't keep changing. This is a small canvas (12" x 18") that I made on a stretcher frame that I built to my own specifications. I like more space between the canvas and the wood of the stretcher, so I build my own. More later... Aloha, T

Beginning a new portait

I started a portrait this week of a friend of mine from a snapshot I took of him at an old place on Moloka'i called the Stone House. There wasn't any direct sunlight on him. Only reflected and available light, so the shadows are very dark. I've decided to change the background completely by painting the ocean there instead of a rock wall. Aloha for now, Timo

Fund Raiser Portraits

Setting up to do pencil portraits at a fundraiser yesterday I used a brick wall to display my examples on. I got there late and didn't get to do any, but I had a good time in spite of the lack of sales. Humility is a virtue I'm learning. I'm just glad to be alive these days. Aloha, Timo

Tanaka portrait progress

I've been painting on the portrait of my friends Eddie & Vina Tanaka of Honouli'wai, Moloka'i. So I took a picture this morning to show the progress. It's coming along fairly well, I think. It's a fun project because I love all the elements involved. Mahalo & Aloha, Timo

Monte Rio Bridge

I began this painting on location from the back garden of the Village Inn on the Russian River at Monte Rio, California where I was having a show last summer. There was a band that I'm friends with called Out of the Blue playing that afternoon so I decided to go over early and paint. I got most of the canvas completed before they asked me to play harmonica with them on a set. I had a great time playing music with them, but the light had changed by then and didn't get back to finish it. I did get some pictures before I began painting though. So...Several days ago I went back to it here in the studio with some photos I took that day as reference. I tried to keep the spirit of the painterly plein air beginning and not over work it. I would appreciate any comments anyone would care to make. Mahalo, Timo

Mo'i nui, Moloka'i

This photo of my painting called "Mo'i nui, Moloka'i" was taken before it was completed, but the color in the water is better and more like the painting than the more recent photo that was taken in a different kind of light. I like this painting quite a bit so it's hanging in my bedroom currently. I'm back on Eddie & Vina's portrait so I'm looking at this other painting to help me with the colors of the water that aren't coming through in the reference photo he gave me to work from. This one is an oil on canvas, 34" x 18" done in 2004. Mahalo for visiting my blog. Aloha, Timo