Fred & Snuffy Thomsen

I finished the portrait of Fred Thomsen & his Cairn Terrier Snuffy today. I like the overall composition and it does them justice I think. Mahalo for checking in. Aloha, Timo

The Amended Snuffy

Well...I thought it was done, but I had made his tail too long when I painted it the first time...So now it's done...I hope. Aloha, Timo

"Snuffy"

It's not the clearest photo for some unknown reason, but here's the final of "Snuffy Thomsen". This little oil painting on stretched canvas measures 12"x 16" completed 8/26/2010.
Mahalo for checking in. Aloha Ohana, Timo

Getting Better

The latest work done yesterday on this portrait of a man and his dog has brought us to this stage of completion. More still to do on it, but it's shaping up very well. Snuffy is almost done.

Working on Fred & Snuffy

I took this photo with the camera on "close up" mode so it really distorted the shape of the canvas, but it shows the beginning of the portrait of Fred being roughed in over the English Red underpainting. This changed quite a bit in the painting process today. I took this photo after about 2 hours of painting this morning. I worked on it another 5 hours after this was taken. I still need to take a new photo of my progress this afternoon. Next post! Aloha, Timo

Beginning Fred & Snuffy

I began the underpainting for the portrait of Fred Thomsen and his Cairn Terrier Snuffy today.

Snuffy's Pool

I worked on the portrait of Snuffy again yesterday after I got back from picking up my entrees at the Napa Town & Country Fair. It's coming along very nicely. Fred's idea of using the pool as a background was a good one. I like painting water and the contrast of colors and textures is excellent. Mahalo for checking in. Aloha, Timo

More on Snuffy

The portrait of the Cairn Terrier Snuffy took up my painting time yesterday. We're lookin' good! Wow...I can see blue sky already this morning(8:10am), maybe we'll get the Sun a little sooner today. We've been experiencing overcast(high fog) until almost noon for weeks now. I like it sunny. I have to go to Napa today to pick up my paintings that I had entered in the Napa Town & Country Fair. I won some awards so I have some premiums and rosettes coming. Yeee Haa! Aloha for now, Timo

Tommy T painting

Some more progress on the painting I'm doing for Tommy Thomsen. This one will probably become an album cover for him. It's not done yet, but It's getting there.

Sketch of Snuffy with 2 pigments

Starting this portrait with just burnt sienna and raw umber using a mix of walnut oil & thinner and an almost worn out #6 Langnickle long-handled natural bristle flat brush. I wiped off the pigment where it got too dark and daubed at the edges a bit with the corner of a small cloth dipped in the medium. I was working outside on the big easle because it's been such nice weather. That's probably why the white gesso on the canvas appears so blue. I shot out there in the shade so it picked up the blue light from the sky. Such a cute little dog is fun to paint. Fred(His owner) wants me to put the swimming pool behind him so stay tuned! I'll try to update every day til it's done. Aloha for now, Timo

The Middle Ground

I brought the wooded hills in this autumn vineyard painting into focus today. Good progress!

More Contrast Added

I decided to work on the new Tommy T poster a bit more since he hadn't come to pick it up yet. Added more contrast so it has a bolder look.

Tommy Thomsen Concert/Dance Poster #3

I just finished the new poster for Tommy Thomsen's next Dance/Concert at Little Switzerland in El Verano, California on Saturday night the 25th of September. $10. at the door. The price is right that's for sure! I went to the last two shows...Fantastic music! Catch it if you can. Mahalo for checking in, Timo

"River Pastoral"

Someone asked the owner of the gallery that I'm in in Napa to make a giclee print of this painting called "River Pastoral" that I did about 10 years ago. So I scanned the 35mm print photo that I took of the painting and now here it is for you all to see! The original oil on canvas painting of some sheep grazing down by the Russian River at Duncan's Mills in beautiful Sonoma County measures 28"x 56". Have a Great Day! Aloha, Timo

Painting of Tommy T

I started doing a painting of my friend Tommy Thomsen over an old painting called "Cousins" and decided to keep part of the old painting and incorporate it into the new composition. It's got a ways to go still, but I like the beginning. The reference photo I'm using was taken in Milan, Italy by Nadz Cicontti when Tommy was over there a while back.

Eddie T's Face

I worked on the Eddie & Vina Tanaka portrait again recently and dialed Eddie's face fairly well. I'm still not happy with Vina's though. So there's still more to do on this one.

!st Place in Oils at The Napa Town & Country Fair 2010

My painting "Deja View" took the 1st place award in Oils and brought me a good premium at the Napa Town & Country Fair going on currently in the town of Napa, California. Yahoo!

"Progress"

I entered this painting "Progress" in the Napa Town and Country Fair that is opening this week at the urging of my friend Charlie who seemed to really like this departure from my usual realistic painting style. I mean I do paint abstractly fairly often, but I don't show them and actually most of them get painted over or modified into recognizable forms. This is perhaps one of those that is on the border between realistic portrayal and abstraction. Anyway the judges liked it and gave it 4th place in the oils division. Yippee!