I finished this portrait of my friend Tommy's brother-in-law Art yesterday. It's not a very good photo of it though...I'm not sure why the camera didn't want to focus on it. I tried twice with equally bad results both times. Mahalo for stopping by.
Aloha, Timo
Another couple of painting sessions have brought the new portrait to this stage of completion. The backlit vineyard view toward Sonoma Mountain is certainly adding a lot to this painting as it developes.
Mahalo for stopping by. Aloha Ohana, Timo
I recently started painting a small (18"x14") posthumous portrait of a good friend's deceased brother-in-law from a family group photo that was furnished to me as a reference. Several sessions have yielded this progress. The background will be a local vineyard scene as he worked in the wine/grape industry in Sonoma Valley for many years.
I finished the painting called "Waialua Stream #1" (Oil on Canvas - 30"x48") today. I'm very satisfied with the final composition.
Mahalo for stopping by.
Aloha, Timo
Today's painting was mostly about Plumeria leaves. And a bit on the Hibiscus blossoms. It is progressing a bit every day now. It's good to have enough energy to paint for a few hours at a time now. My strength & stamina are returning a bit more each day that passes. Mahalo Akua! Aloha, Timo
I'm still working on the Plumeria branch, but it's coming along well. More later. Mahalo for your interest. Aloha, Timo
I started painting a group of Plumeria flowers into Waialua Stream #1 today and then stopped to work on the Ocean and then added a very small (to stay in scale) female surfer in trim on a wave off the mouth. Still plenty more to do...
Mahalo for dropping in. More later! Aloha, Timo
I added the boles of 2 coconut palms to the left side of the Waialua stream painting last night. They aren't really there in the scene, but then neither are the Hibiscus. This painting is a composition of some of my favorite elements of the tropical landscape.
My artist's license allows me to create a picture any way I like...So I do! These 2 trees really added a great point of perspective to the distance between Maui 8 miles away and the viewer. I like it.
Mahalo for dropping by.
Aloha, Timo
More good progress on Waialua Stream #1. More later!
This morning's update of the new painting I'm working on that is tentatively titled 'Waialua Stream #1'. Yesterday's session brought it to this stage. Ultramarine Blue was added to the palette as I began rendering the colors of the sky that are being reflected from the surface of the placid stream near it's mouth into the lagoon. Maui is coming into focus across the Pailolo Channel with it's usual cover of afternoon rainclouds in attendance. It's starting to get exciting as I rough in more of the colors of the scene that I'm building with the paint. Well...Time to get back to work.
Mahalo for checking in. Aloha oe, Timo
Aloha, Here's the progress on Waialua Stream #1 so far as of today May 6, 2012. I did work late last night, but layed a fair amount of paint. The color at the bottom of this is underpainting that will get mostly covered over by the colors that will follow. The pigments introduced into this long session of painting were: Cadmium red light, Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Lemon Yellow, Raw Sienna, Sap Green, Windsor Green- Yellow Shade, Pthalocyanine Blue and Alizerine Purple. More later... Aloha Ohana, Timo
Aloha, Pehea oe? I've started a new painting of the stream at Waialua, Moloka'i as a basic reference for the composition. I'm adding a few other elements that will tranform it to a magical, tropical window onto paradise. At least that is my intention. This photo taken on May 5th, 2012 represents the progress attained after completing 3 sessions at the easle. The canvas is a 30" x 48" built by me. It was prepared by applying 3 coats of acrylic gesso with a 3" bristle brush, sanded after each coat. The pigments used so far are: Titanium White, Cobalt blue and Quinacridone Magenta.
Well...Mahalo nui loa for stopping in. Have a Mai Ka'i Day! Aloha oe, Timo
