DORNANDREW - daily painting - Hoffman House - oil on canvas - 10"x 8" - private collection

This painting was commissioned and is not for sale.

Nice house tho-

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Dorn Andrew Plein Air Painting at Natsoulas California Landscape Conference 2008

Howdy. On Saturday June 21st (yesterday) The John Natsoulas Gallery put on a California Landscape Painting Conference event where 8 Plein air landscape painters (including me) went out painting to The Farm on Putah Creek which is also the Center for Land Based Learning. Here we painted plein air while guests wandered about watching and asking questions. It was an absolutely wonderful event. They served a catered lunch at the farm and then we all headed back to the Natsoulas Gallery in Davis for dessert and coffee while the artists give a short presentation about our paintings.

Then Glenn Brill from Gamblin Artist Colors gave a brilliant presentation that covered all aspects of oil paints, mediums and varnishes. He covered color theory and the different palettes from the masters through the impressionists and into modern colors. It was very informative and the group seemed to really work him for info. He was very good and i think all the artists (more than 50) got something from it. I know i learned an awful lot.

This was my second year involved in this event and it is so much fun. If you are interested in getting involved as a guest or a painter, contact John Natsoulas. I believe they are talking about March for next year.

I have not finished my painting yet but here is a photo of me with my painting in it's location. I chose a scene looking off the porch of the beautiful old 1896 farm house. I liked the interior feel of the porch juxtaposed with the sun drenched fields and the walnut tree in the shadows. I also enjoy the chipped paint on the floorboards and the beautiful old wicker couch. I plan on detailing these some more.

I took some photos of the scene and am working on completing the painting from them in my studio. I will post an image of the finished painting here on this blog as soon as it is done but the canvas itself will be available through the John Natsoulas Gallery.

Super Fun!

DORNANDREW - commissioned painting - Edgar Peak - oil on canvas - 14" x 11" - comissioned work

This was a commissioned painting and is not for sale. Edgar Peak is a beautiful area in the hills just West of Davis.

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DORNANDREW - daily painting : The Del - 8" x 10" - SOLD

Last Saturday Crissy and I went with friends to Coronado Beach the day before the girls ran the Rock and Roll Marathon San Diego. The stunning beach frames this beautiful old Hotel Del Coronado.

This painting sold on EBAY! Click here to view my Auctiva hosted Ebay Store!

DORNANDREW - commissioned jewelry - Wedding Bands in 14KWhite gold with Mokume Gane inlay

Surprise! I am not only a painter but a goldsmith as well. These are 14KWhite gold wedding bands with a hammer texture and 14K tri colored gold Mokume Gane inlay in the interior. The Mokume Gane is three 14K golds in yellow, rose, and palladium white fused together into one piece of metal. I then inlaid it into the ring (as my signature). I just finished these yesterday for a good friend and i photographed them last night. I know this is a painting blog but this project has artistic value and i feel it is appropriate to show these off here. Congratulations (early) to Camilo and Rachel - what a perfect couple - they will marry this August.

I know it has been a week since my last post. I spent the weekend in San Diego where my beautiful fiancee Crissy ran and finished her first marathon. She sure made 5 hours of running look easy. I am soooooo proud of her. I really wanted to bring my easel and paint but it just didn't fit into our plans timewise so i took lots of photos and i am planning some daily paintings of San Diego, Coronado, and the Rock and Roll Marathon over the next week. Stay tuned to see them here!

DORNANDREW - daily painting - Evan D Williams - oil on canvas - 8"x 10" - collection Evan D Williams

This is my good friend Evan D Williams leading the Evan D Williams band. Check out his website and click on music to hear them play.

DORNANDREW - daily painting - Memorial Day Weekend 2008 Gas Prices in Davis CA - oil on canvas - 8"x 10" - $149

I thought i would paint what is on my mind: Gas prices. This is Memorial Day Weekend 2008 and this is what people are paying for gasoline in Davis CA. I don't expect the price of gasoline will ever go back down. I believe it will continue to rise. This is the world we live in. It will be interesting to see how people adjust their lives to this. The storm clouds represent the increases to come. I did not fake them. This is how I imagined this painting and this is exactly how this looked today.

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DORNANDREW - daily painting - Max - oil on canvas - 6"x 5" - Private collection

A good friend of mine recently lost his dog. Max is a Pomeranian Chihuahua mix.



This painting is not for sale.

DORNANDREW - daily painting - ...and with fire in my eyes... - oil on canvas - 10"x 8" - $149

This is a self portrait. It's full title is: Armed with my paintbrush and with fire in my eyes i contemplate my own mortality. I am shortening the title to: "...and with fire in my eyes..." the habanero peppers make for very expressive eyes. I have been preoccupied with quality vs. quantity of life lately. I feel like many people seem to think that dying is the worst thing that can happen to a person. I am beginning to realize that failing to enjoy the life that we have is a far worse fate.

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DORNANDREW - daily painting - Habanero Orange - oil on panel - 6"x 4" - $99

These last few miniatures i have done have been fun. I thought i would brighten this one up. I love Cadmium Orange but i don't buy it in the tube - instead i mix it from cadmium yellow light and cad red light. This is one of my favorite coffee cups. It is more like an espresso shot cup. If you are familiar with my work you may have seen it before. The habanero pepper feels like a cherry.



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DORNANDREW - plein air painting - Castro - oil on panel - 20" x 16" - plein air painting in progress

I usually don't post unfinished paintings. This is a plein air painting i began on March 29th 2008. I set up on location and the sun kept on coming and going so i was unable to paint. What i chose to do was sketch out the scene and take photos every time the sun came out. Two hours of underpainting and 50 photos later, i packed up and left. Back in the studio i got this far with the painting. I am close to finishing it. It still needs some foreground work. Here it is so far. Stay tuned to see it complete and for sale this weekend.

DORNANDREW - daily painting : Viridian - oil on panel - 4" x 6" - $99

I had fun with the previous painting "Brushes" and so i did another one. This painting includes my favorite painting tool: the palette knife. Viridian is the only tube green i use. I mix all my greens from it.


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DORNANDREW - daily painting : B playing guitar 5"x 7" - private collection

So i pulled out my portrait of my great friend B. I started this in Feb 2007. I tried to paint it from life but i was recovering from surgery and a little doped up at the time so it began poorly. Fortunately for me i had taken pics of B that day and I am now using those as reference for this painting. The tv behind Bs head (to the left)works as it represents the wild spontaneous thought process that is B's amazing creativity. The painting on the wall behind B (to the right) is a collaboration painting/collage that B and I created together. It came out great and i double framed it. B is one of my closest and dearest friends. He is my motivation and inspiration in art. He is a true fine artist. I may continue on this painting in the future. For now, it is complete.

DORNANDREW - daily painting - Brushes - oil on canvas - 6"x 4" - private collection

"Brushes" I feel this is a nice medium between classical realism and a painterly impressionism. While this painting is only 6 x 4", I definitely gave my signature more presence as i feel this painting to be a business card in a way.

DORNANDREW - daily painting : Whoa! - oil on canvas - 7" x 5" - private collection

This has to be one of the Cutest kids i have ever met. Clyde Elias Fowler navigating some grass in a kayak. Here's to you Clyde - for reminding me how much fun being a kid can be. I can't wait to have a kid of my own someday - hopefully someday soon.

This painting went smooth and quick. Some portraits take me forever. This one was about as natural as they get. This painting is not for sale. Please feel free to commission me to paint something like this of your loved ones. I paint people, pets, places, automobiles, and anything else you may cherish.

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DORNANDREW - daily painting - Espresso's Bite - oil on canvas - 6" x 4" - $99

I am really enjoying this new painting style. I relly like the impressionistic feel of the paint on this one. I am really loose and practically throwing the paint onto the canvas here.



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DORNANDREW - daily painting - Raw Onion Zing - oil on canvas - 6"x 4" - $99

To shake things up a little, i am tweaking my usual painting style. In this example after painting the onions I "energize" the background to suggest that raw onion Zing! I work more and more into raw tube colors mixing them right on the canvas in the true impressionist style. I am painting dark values first and then working light values into them (much easier that the inverse when working wet into wet). I am having so much fun with this!
Crisp, juicy, and sweet like an apple but with Zing!


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DORNANDREW - commissioned painting - Corcoran Pond Morning - oil on canvas - 14" x 11" - comissioned work

Hello fans. I have been working on many full size paintings and have not finished any lately. This one, however, had a deadline and therefore it is finished. I think i paint better under time stress. It seems to help prevent my indecision from interfering with completion. This painting is a comissioned work by the Yolo County Flood Control & Water Conservation District for the cover of their annual report. It is Corcoran Pond out near the Yolo County Airport. I painted this one in the studio from photo reference. I went out there and photographed three timed before finding the composition and lighting i wanted.

This painting is a commissioned work and is not for sale. To commission a painting just email me at dornandrew@hotmail.com

DORNANDREW - daily painting - "Apples and Coffee" - 10" x 10" - oil on canvas - $149

Hello - Well it has been some time since my last post. I have been plein air painting but i have not finished or posted them. I will post them when finished. Meanwhile, here is a painting i made for this blog. I hope you enjoy "Apples and Coffee"


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DORNANDREW - daily drawing - Crissylegs w laptop - charcoal on paper - 18"x 11" - private collection

Yesterday i made this drawing of Crissy with her new computer.

DORNANDREW - landscape painting - Bear Flag Farm - oil on canvas - 14" x 18" - For Sale thru Natsoulas Gallery

In July 2007 I painted Bear Flag Farm as part of John Natsoulas' Sacramento Valley Landscape Conference. You can check out my original painting here : Bear Flag Farm

I liked it so much i painted it again slightly larger. This version measures 18" x 14" and it was painted entirely in the studio based on the original plein air painting.




This painting is on display in the California Landscape Conference at the John Natsoulas Gallery in Davis CA. The show will be open to the public on Wed May 28th 2008 and the opening reception is Sat June 7th from 7-9pm. This painting is also featured in the book: Sacramento Valley Landscape Painters published by John Natsoulas Press. Contact the gallery for purchase information.

DORNANDREW - plein air painting - Davis Farmer's Market - oil on canvas - 18" x 14" - for sale

I began this painting back on January 19th 2008. It was painted plein air at the Davis Farmer's Market and finished in my studio. It is very difficult to paint plein air around so many people. I really enjoy talking with people while i paint and yet it can be very distracting to draw a crowd while painting. This was an early morning scene looking into the sun. There were many shadows to play with.



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DORNANDREW - plein air painting - Almond Blossoms in Zamora - oil on canvas - 14" x 11" - donated and sold at fund raising auction

Today I painted plein air in Zamora and donated the painting to the Yolo County Resource Conservation District. They Held their annual dinner and silent auction tonight to raise money to send two Davis High School Students to the California Range & Natural Resources Camp in Half Moon Bay this coming June. It was fun and the painting sold at auction. I met so many people and i am blown away by this community of responsible farmers. For more info check out www.yolorcd.org

DORNANDREW - plein air painting : Almond Blossoms - oil on canvas - 14" x 11" - for sale

I went plein air painting with my friends Philippe Gandiol and Marie-Therese Brown today in Winters CA. Early overcast skies gave way to a beautiful sunny warm day.




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DORNANDREW - landscape painting : Sugarbowl's Untouched Backside - 24" x 18" - for sale

A beautiful sunny 65degree day in February on top of Sugarbowl looking down at the untouched backside behind the Crow's Nest lift.



This painting is for sale. Email me for purchase information.

DORNANDREW - daily painting - bell peppers with knife 10" x 8" - SOLD

SOLD

DORNANDREW - painting for upcoming show - Piping Hot French Presss for Two - oil on canvas - 8"x 10" - $149

It has been a while since i have painted coffee.




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DORNANDREW - commissioned portrait - Tigh - oil on canvas - 8" x 10" - private collection

Tigh the Boston Terrier-


Email me at dornandrew@hotmail.com to commission me to paint a portrait of your beloved pet!

DORNANDREW - daily painting : Kona Wilson - 5"x 7 - private collection

This is a small 5" x 7" oil portrait on canvas of a cute little Yorkshire Terrier that goes by the name of Kona. While this puppy portrait is spoken for I do accept portrait commisions.


Email me at dornandrew@hotmail.com to commission me to paint a portrait of your beloved pet!

DORNANDREW - plein air painting : Morning Trees - oil on panel - 8" x 10" - $149

This morning i painted plein air with Philippe Gandiol. I like this and i call it Morning Trees. Philippe seemed to like it too.




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check out Philippe Gandiol's work:

http://www.philippegandiol.com/

DORNANDREW - daily painting : study of (Gregory Kondos' "Monterey Bay" 2002) -10 x 8" - $99

On Saturday Jan 12, 2008 I took a painting workshop with Gregory Kondos. It was such a blast. I made this 10" x 8" study of his Monterey Bay painting done in 2002. Painting a study of one of his works helped me to understand his painting style that much better. He spoke about painting and about the world of fine art. I could tell by his passion and comfort with teaching that he has been teaching for a really long time. I am thrilled to have had this opportunity to work directly with him and learn from him. He makes an incredible role model as a painter.



Here is an image of Gregory Kondos' original painting: Monterey Bay - 2002

DORNANDREW - Art Review - Davis Enterprise - Christmas Eve 2007

Check out this Art review by Suzanne Munich in the Davis Enterprise from Christmas Eve 2007- Merry Christmas to me!

DORNANDREW - commissioned painting - Studebaker 1936 President rumble seat coup - oil on canvas - 20" x 16" - Private collection

This painting commission was a blast (as usual) and it is part of the reason for so few daily paintings lately.

It was almost as challenging as a portrait as the owner of the car would spot any missed details or incorrect proportions. I love it.

DORNANDREW - daily painting : a lemon amongst persimmon - 10"x 8" - SOLD

I took a wondrful still life workshop today with Philippe Gandiol and after taking my painting home and touching it up in my studio, this is the result:




SOLD

DORNANDREW - daily drawing - 1936 Studebaker President rumble seat coupe - charcoal on paper - 10 x 12" - private collection

This is a value study sketch for a commissioned painting of a most beautiful vehicle. I am really excited to begin painting this in oil.

DORNANDREW - daily painting - Apple Ladies and Liberties - oil on panel - 8"x 10" -$149

This was a few days in the works:



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DORNANDREW - daily painting : This painting is BOSS! - oil on canvas - 40"x 60" - for sale thru Natsoulas Gallery

This was superfun! I had such a good time. I painted on stage to the jazz music of the band RACE! This is my interpretation of their music:

Click on the painting to see photos of me painting it live:




My photographer friend Corey Yeaton was there taking pics of me performing and i will post those as soon as i get them.

This painting is on sale through the Natsoulas Gallery with half of it's sale price to go to the Davis High School Jazz Band. For more information go to :

John Natsoulas Center for the Arts
521 1st Street, Davis CA 95616
Tel: 530.756.3938

DORNANDREW - daily painting : Interpretation of Ki-tun - 30"x 34"

I am preparing to paint a live interpretation of Music today. The last couple of days i have been practicing in my studio. This is an interpretation of a live recording of my good friend Camilo Nascimento's Ki-tun.

To listen to the music that i painted this to click on this link:
http://www.myspace.com/arhantakitun


While i love painting in this free form expression style i rarely show these works so please feel free to leave comments on this piece. (any constructive critique is appreciated)


Today i will be at the Davis Jazz Artist Festival painting live to the music of RACE! I will be painting at 1pm on the Davis Commons Stage. Look for me there and look out for that painting to be posted right here!

DORNANDREW - daily painting : onion lemon apple triptych - three 4"x 6" canvas - SOLD

SOLD!

DORNANDREW - daily painting : gala apple - 4"x 6" - SOLD

This painting of a gala apple completes this triptych.




SOLD!