New local landscapes

Two more beach paintings in my more colorful style lately. Top one is old airport beach, the north end. Lots of rocks and a few swimmers braving the waves.

Magic Sands beach on another sunny tourist filled day. Heavy surf so the boogie boarders were out in force too. 

Two different landscapes

Working on color and brush strokes so did one work in the studio, and one plein air outdoors today at Honokohau Harbor park. Top one is 8x10 at the harbor. Below is also 8x10 but vertical scene of a northwest river. 

New colorful landscapes

Spent the week again pushing the colors in landscapes. Top one is 8x10 of a view south from Beach 69 near Hapuna. This is the third I've done from this view and I tried to make it more colorful, including dots of color at the end that you can see in the trees and on the beach. 

Next is this week's plein air at Waikola area Beach (Anaehoomalu Bay). It's also 8x10 and has more hints of people than I've ever included before. Also had to deal with a row of palm trees with condos behind them. Resulted in what someone called confetti and I'm happy with that term. 

Bottom is a 6x8 of a cove north of Hapuna Beach.   

Two smaller works

I've been trying to push my colors more lately. Read a nice book last week, "Oil Painting-The Workshop Experience," by Ted Goerschner. Ted went to art school in Newark, NJ, in the same building where I went to Arts High School, and does some really nice colorful and loose landscapes as well as florals. 

These are both 6x8 and I'm happy with the looseness and the colors although focal point on top one is distracted somewhat by the colorful foreground. Might do another version and fix this. Top is view from Old Airport Park and below is Honokohau Harbor Park.

New Plein Air

Had a nice weather Friday painting at Kahaluu Beach. Sat in the shade under the pavilion so faced out to the water and swimmers. Also did a small sketch of paddlers from KeauhouBay. Top is 8x10, below is 5x7. 

  

Change of pace

Did a winter scene for a change. Started with a photo from a friend of a tractor but once I started the scene I realized the fence, house, and misty light didn't need anything else. This is 9x12. Below is an 8x10 of a farm scene during the summer I did a few years ago for contrast.

    

Honokohau Harbor Plein Air

Reworked last Friday's outdoor work as need more contrast and cooler colors versus the orange light I had done it in. Liking the new version better.