"Summer Hill, Upper Valley" and "Luminous Meadow" in 103rd California Art Club Gold Medal Annual Juried Exhibition and Sale

 

 Summer Hill,Upper Valley 18 x 24

 

 Lumimous Meadow 14 x 21

 

103rd Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition
March 30 – April 20, 2014

 Here the paintings are framed:

Autry National Center website
4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027

ARTISTS’ GALA RECEPTION: Saturday, March 29, 6-9 p.m.
Art enthusiasts can meet the exhibiting artists at this preview reception to be held the evening before the exhibition opens to the public. A highlight of the evening is the awards ceremony, at which “Best of Show” honors will be announced.
For more information: http://www.californiaartclub.org/exhibitions/annual-gold-medal-juried-exhibition/

I entered these because they represented what I think are my best paintings from the last year.
Summer Hill,Upper Valley is a monumental hill whose panormic view needed to be big, I've been painting 18" x 24" recently.
"Luminous Meadow" is from my coastal  atmosphere series of paintings from last summer  and represents a much softer range of values. As this was being painted the fog lifted and the warm colors made this a successful painting.

And now for something different : Forget Me Not Farm Watering Cans

My husband asked me to paint these watering cans in honor of Forget Me Not Farm in Sonoma .
 They do good work, here is the description from their web site:

http://www.forgetmenotfarm.org/

 Forget Me Not Farm - A haven for children and animals to bond and break the cycle of abuse. Since its inception in 1992, Forget Me Not Farm has helped thousands of at-risk children and youth break the cycle of abuse. Located on the grounds of the Sonoma Humane Society, the Farm offers animal-assisted and horticultural therapeutic activities that provide a haven for children, plants and animals to bond, learn and heal with one another.

 I have produced a card of this image on  Zazzle . You can purchase it by following this link. All proceeds will be donated to Forget me Not Farm.

http://www.zazzle.com/watering_cans_at_forget_me_not_farm-137390198983421269

"Splash Retrospective" included my work!

Just found out on Pinterest that I have a Painting published  in The Splash Retrospective!

Will post more later, but I found this pin by a blogger in Singapore.

Moon Dancer 12 x 14 California Landscape Painting in Watercolor

Moon Dancer 12 x 14 watercolor

Somehow the subtle taupe-y purples of the dry hills this winter look better at twilight. This enormous eucalyptus is on a ranch just east of Danville California where I live. Started Plein Air and finished in the studio.

Merry Christmas!

November Vines, California Watercolor Landscape Painting

November Vines 13 1/2 x 15 1/2

This started out as an experiment for me, I was waiting for a bicycle event in Sonoma to end and found these two ancient vines next to the road, I was missing fall color in New England so decided to try my hand at these two wild ones.

I liked their wildness and the play of warm and cool reds and burnt oranges.Like painting trees , I concentrated on the gesture and main shapes made by groups of leaves rather than rendering every leaf. The distance away I was sitting helped. It is a luxury to get to paint outside in California where the fall colors are accompanied by temperatures in the 60's.