6 by 6 exhibit at Randy Higbee opens Dec 7 th

Gum Drops and Gems opening December 2nd at Nancy Dodds Gallery Carmel

In time for gift giving, I have five affordable 6 x 6 paintings at Nancy Dodds Gum Drops and Gems exhibit in Carmel.
The opening reception is Saturday from 5 to 7.

Small Paintings of the California Coast

Headlands Haze 6 x 6

Headlands Shadow 6 x 6

Some practice with Coastal Haze and brilliant light.

October Gold 6 x 6

Pacific Idyll 6 x 6

Some tree practice.

"Ridgetop"to be exhibited in Randy Higbee Gallery 6 x 6 Holiday Exhibition, Costa Mesa

Ridgetop 6 x 6 watercolor on paper

I liked the soft colors on this painting of a ridge in winter.

Details on the exhibit

Randy Higbee Gallery 6 x 6
102 Kalmus Dr
Costa Mesa

December 5, 6 to 9 pm Reception

Exhibit through January 2016

 Here is the companion piece (which I prefer) which is available from the artist

Ridgetop II

Two Small Works, California Eucalyptus 6 x 6

 The Elder 6 x 6

Golden Afternoon 6 x 6

Eucalyptus trees have so much color  especially the  blues, teals and purples in the shadows and golds in the highlights, I like to see how little green I can use and still have them read as trees.

Randy Higbee Gallery ,Three 6 x 6 "s Accepted

                                                      Windbreak at Dusk 6 x 6

                                                            Above the Bay 6 x 6

                                                               October Hill 6 x 6

Trying my hand at some smaller pieces again. I find that very simple two or three value compositions simplify things for me when working  this small. My favorite is Windbreak at Dusk because of the way the silhouettes of the trees work and the limited color palette for the late day light. 

These three were all accepted by the Randy Higbee Gallery 6x 6 Exhibit and will be on display  December3rd to December 22nd with a reception on December 3rd From 5:00 to 9:00pm

The Randy Higbee Gallery is in Costa Mesa . Here is a link to the gallery for details. Randy Higbee Gallery Web Site

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Experimenting with tiny (for me) 6 x 6's

 

"Dark Curl 2 , 6'" square

 

"Dark Curl 1" 6 "square

"Wireless Palms" 6 "Square

Here are three tiny paintings. They are all 6 by 6. It was  hard for me to paint this small. This isn't my usual style, I tend to pull back and paint more traditionally when learning something new. This size seemed to work best for me with very strong and very simple value patterns.

The two "Dark Curl" paintings were actually painted as a 6" by 12" and cut apart. They were done from a photo I took along Carmel Beach.

"Wireless Palms" was a plein air piece, I was attracted to the perfectly symmetrical palm trees in a neighborhood in Palm Desert. I asked a resident what kind of palms they were because I had never seen anything like them........they are CELL PHONE TOWERS! We have cell phone towers that look like redwoods in Northern California. Anyway , I still like the painting but it always helps to know what you are painting! 

The two wave paintings were exhibited at the Randy Higbee Gallery 6 x 6 show in Costa Mesa.