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A few more works from my trips with the local plein air painting group. It's been raining evenings and afternoons at times, but mornings when we go out to paint always brings great weather. A couple of times I've taken advantage of our locations at a beach to take a nice swim while waiting for the paint to set up to continue on the work. Best of both worlds.
These are 8x10 except for the bottom one where I found some 4x12 stretched canvas on sale so will do a few panoramic views. You can note that most beaches have a lot of volcanic rocks as Hawaii (the Big Island) is a young island. Might be another half-million years or so before it all weathers down to sandy beaches.
Had our regular Friday morning plein air group outing, at Keauhou Bay, and I caught the rain clouds before they arrived, way in the distance. While the paint set up to do the next stages, got in two swims in the bay as the morning was sunny and hot.
Catching up on computer work so have more recent images of work to post. All these are in the Kona area, at local parks and beaches.
The top is the Norwegian Cruise ship that shows up weekly, and below that is the Keauhou Store in another version. Third is an area with fish ponds, hence the wall like structure on the right. Next to last is a view upcountry, turning away from the beach, from the Old Airport Beach park area.
Still getting settled and although I'm painting regularly, haven't had time to post new photos. Here are several works done recently, of local scenes. The local plein air, or outdoor painting, group meets every Friday morning at beaches and other local venues so I'm getting to see a lot of new places to paint, and swim. Top scene is a famous Keauhou Store which is a landmark near Kona. I've done 3 versions of this as the store wants to market some images of itself. The others are various local beaches in two styles, with the middle one being palette knife. Will edit and post some more soon. Have a nice work of the weekly cruise ship visit as part of these. I'm getting pretty good at painting the volcanic rocks as this young island has a rim of these most of the way around the edge. Scenic but difficult to swim from the rocks. Another million years or so and there will be a lot more erosion and sand beaches. LOL.
A long break since writing last, during which we bought a home on the Big Island of Hawaii, sold our Seattle home, and moved our two kitties and a container of property to our new home. Almost have my studio set up to paint again and should be able to post local scenes soon. Found out that many products I need, like some base cabinets for the studio, are not easily available in Hawaii so it's been a challenge. Also, working with contractors to do some work on the house is a chore as it's a 50-50 chance you end up with someone who shows up on time and does the work. Many so far have been great but many are also on "Hawaii time" meaning they'll get around to it when they do. For someone whose word is his bond, it's been interesting. Hoping that by about the 4th of July Holiday I'll be set up and productive at something besides house chores and moving boxes. LOL.
Just applied for a Hawaii business license as an artist again effective August 1st so watch out Big Island, there's competition in the wings.
I've done a few more palette knife Hawaii paintings from old images. These are 8x10, 6x8, and 5x7 in order from top to bottom. Can't wait to go there again and paint on site in the sun. The bottom one is another version in a different color scheme of the lone palm tree.
Since it's December, what better time to post a few new Hawaii paintings and dream of beaches and palm trees. I'm planning on moving to the Big Island of Hawaii in 2015 so pulled out a few of my photos to work from. I was also the demo artist at a recent Evergreen Association of Fine Arts gallery reception, and of course, for the second time in a year, forgot my brushes. So, I had to resort to my palette knife which turned out to work great for bright beach scenes. I've often done palette knife paintings in the past so about time to refresh my technique. Here are the results after a few touchups back home. I've also included small palm tree work done with brushes, just for variety. You can really see the texture in the two palette knife works.
The top two are 8x10, the palm tree is 5x7.
