Coming along...

Bumper's portrait is still on the easle...slowly coming to life as I add more strokes of paint.

Working on Bumper

    I've been working on a portrait of my friend's Golden Retriever "Bumper" for about a week now. I'm making good progress. This canvas is one I built myself and I gave it 3 coats of thick gesso with a brush...Sanded between each coat so I have a good surface to put paint on. Details are easier to obtain when there isn't very much extra "Tooth"on the canvas. I really enjoy watching one of these large (almost lifesize) portraits come to life as I add the details. Canvas size is: 24" x 36". Medium is oils.
    I just got the photo that will be used as reference to do the areas around him (background) to bring him outside into the fresh air. The photo that I'm using to paint Bumper, taken indoors, was supplied by his owner.
    I'm bringing this painting up in layers of colors...Letting all the previous strokes & hues show through. It's a very time consuming process, but the end results are well worth the effort.
    Mahalo for checking in.
    Aloha Ohana, Timo

"Late Afternoon Light"

    I brought a small prelimenary oil sketch back to my studio from the gallery in Napa a couple of months ago and wasn't sure what to paint over it to try and use the small panoramic shape to good advantage.
    I ended up choosing this late afternoon view of an old cattle ranch that's out on the Sonoma coast just east of Highway #1 about halfway between Jenner and Bodega Bay.
                                It's titled: "Late Afternoon Light" - oil on canvas - 8" x 20" - 2012.

Woodenhead Winery Show

                 The show of my art at Woodenhead Winery tasting room - 5700 River Road, Forestville, California is still hanging on the walls there currently... Here's a photo of the Owner (Zina) with the large painting she bought from me that's titled "Pink Champagne Afternoon" 48" x 36" oil on canvas 2006. Go check out the show if you're in the neighborhood.

Still more on Sonoma Creek...

I'm getting very close to the finish of Sonoma Creek at this stage.

More on Sonoma Creek

I'm still working on this painting of Sonoma Creek...I just took a little time off for the Holiday. So here's the current state of progress on it. It's slowly coming into focus here and there. Quite a lot more painting will be required before I can call this one done.
       Mahalo for checking in...
       Aloha Ohana,
             Timo

Patience & Persistance

       A lot of my painting experience is about patience and persistance. As I apply more and more strokes and daubs of these pigments that I mix with a mixture of various oils and solvent, I have a vision , not just of the final image I believe will result from all these actions but of the process that will inevitably bring me there if I am patient and persistant in my work.
       Many more hours of painting lie ahead to bring this somewhat complex composition of Sonoma Creek into focus.
      Mahalo for stopping by.
      Aloha, Timo