The end of the year is a good time to clean up the studio and go through old sketchbooks.
While going through my sketchbooks I found this study from January 2006. I thought I’d share it with you and give a peek into my inspiration process. I used this sketch as reference for an egg tempera painting titled Dune Path.
While painting I often make a note of the weather, wildlife and women who appear out of nowhere. Yes, that’s right; a woman emerged out of the palmettos startling me and scaring off the Scrub Jays I was about to put in the painting. She started talking about paths; I’ll share what she said in a future post on my website. If you subscribe to my weekly blog posts via my RSS feed, you’ll get to read her interesting remarks as soon as I post them.
Gallery News
I’m pleased to announce I am now represented by the Hughes Gallery in Boca Grande, Florida. The tempera Dune Path is available at the gallery.
Hughes Gallery
Boca Grande, FL. 33921
941-964-4273
hughesgallery@earthlink.net
Other Art Happenings
Reflections II: Watercolors of Florida 1835-2000, from the Collection of Cici and Hyatt Brown is ongoing at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach, Florida. The show will be open until March 25, 2012. I don’t have a pony in the show, however, it’s worth the trip if you are in the area.
Wishing you all the best for the New Year.
Daniel Ambrose ….. mah cuzin … d’one n only Katherine (kathy) Vann is allus sendin me yo pichas an iffen she luv em … den ah gots to see em too. Howevah til dis heah sendin ….. ah has not gone to yo website an i will tell y. why ah dun it dis time. it were not whut yew paintd but whut yew wrote! it cheers mah heart dat yew include dat woman ….. an yew lissen t’huh werds! so now ah gots to see mo uv yo paintins an larn mo bout yew! one thang .. has yew evah seen cuzin’s werk? we gots carvahs n artists in our montin roots …. dollmakahs – paintahs – storytellahs an we bof cherish dese ancestahs ……… so …. iffen yew be intrested yew will git a delite do yew ax t’see one uv cuzin’s carvins …. she jes recently on de tail end uv a stick … it a mastahpiece to mah eyeballs an a joy to behold. she gots a strong connerkshun t’ de natrel werld … evry part frum de mtn to de sea …. she, lak yew fall in whut dey call de realism … ah don ….. ah don know whur in de werld whut come outten me come frum .. it mo lak it come thru me … but cuz …. have mercy. ah is so happy t’know she have summa yo werk … she sho amire yew an iffen yew see huh werk …. it jes lak huh …. frum de heart an beautiful to behold. happy new yare …… nancy