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Updated 6/23/10
Elin Pendleton Paints Skies in All Their Moods
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Sunrises
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Finally was able to finish this huge canvas, and get the values right on the focal points of the Springbok. They were too light in the earlier posting, and I had more work to do on the foreground. I hope you like it! It is on display through November 18, 2007, at the Colony Theater in Burbank, along with the other large paintings in the African Moments series.
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This is the second painting started in my before-dawn painting session at Grapevine Canyon Ranch. After doing the dawn piece looking east, I spun the easel around and painted the clouds coming up over the Dragoon Mountains behind the ranch. I'm quite pleased with the design of this one, as it seems to hold one's eyes for a long time, enjoying the many vagaries of the edges of the clouds. I'd like to be there again, enjoying the morning light! This little gem is for sale for $100 as an item in my new ebay store. |
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"Virgas" I have been told that when rain falls out of a cloud and doesn't reach the ground, that phenomenum is called a virga. Last night we had a bunch of them as the thunder and lightning moved away, and the evening light showed through the storm clouds in a glory of sunset glow that was changing as fast as I could paint it. This is the second canvas of the "Sitting Outside in the chair at the Opening" paint session while it was so hot. It is a 7 x 5 inch oil, and I feel it realy captures that light in the sky at this time of day. $100
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"Earth Day Light" What better for Earth Day than a celebration of light uplifting the soul on a glorious morning? this is a 5 x 7, and came off my acrlyic palette for several reasons: 1) I'm an optimist and know things are going to be OK, 2) it is wonderful to be alive and enjoy such sunrises, regardless of not sleeping great, and 3) I'm looking forward to another commission (Fritz) and a major show next weekend. So life is good, and you and I can bask in the sunbeams. Original acrylic on canvas, 7 x 5 inches.
$100
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"Winter Feed" This painting is the first draft of the third in the series of the four seasons with draft horses. In the low evening light, these ranchers are using the big horses to haul hay to their stock. Accepted into the prestigious 101st Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Show in Gramercy Park, NY. Also has been shown at the American Academy of Equine Art's Fall Showcase in Lexington, KY. Original acrylic on prepared panel, 18 x 24 inches.US$ 575 Purchase with your credit card or email Elin about this work. |
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Sunsets
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This painting was done this morning during a demonstration for the Associated Artists of the Inland Empire, over in Rancho Cucamonga. What a great drive, to a grand location, with a warm and welcoming group of artists in attendance. I started it about 9:45, and finished up the talk at 11 with a break in between.
Some of the ideas I shared were about painting as a process, not an individual product, and to think of your work as stepping stones to a distant destination, rather than putting too much of your emotional self in the current work. I also shared vestiges of my Color System, and also a joke here and there. Even though i say I won't do as many demonstrations now, when I get in front of a group like today's it is tough to think of not doing it any more!
This one is an oil, and might get a bit more tweaking before it goes up on the daily paintings web site. My goodness, I need to update that!
The workshop in Murrieta, California, is full now, with 15 people ready to paint up a storm on May 15. Directions and other information will be forthcoming to the attendees. |
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Ah, such nice memories I have of the fog and coastal ocean, especially when I exist here in 100 degree dry heat of August in California, sun baking the ground. However, deep in the cool depths of the inner studio, I'm painting away. I'm in oils again working on the three-dog commission again. It is going well. The scene to your right is one I did while thinking about all I'd seen and experienced while on Mt. Desert Island, and it is in acrylics with sand texture under it, and layers of the blue/orange complementary colors I so love. It is also backlit, which adds another dimension to the experience.
STOLEN from my boxes that were shipped from Georgia to my home in May, 2010
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"Kaua'i Coast" Our last evening on the voyage was just about as poignant as it is possible to be. The day dawned cloudy and rainy, which continued throughout the day. We sailed from Kaua'i at 2 pm, and went completely around the island. Around 5 pm, we came to the Pali coast of the island, with vertical cliffs rising right from the sea, an area totally inaccessible except by boat. The sun was setting as the six of us came together for our final dinner, and my brother proposed a memorable toast to our parents for creating this moment, and to us for completing their wishes. As the sun slipped away, we had the second of only two spectacular sunsets for our trip.
Here is the painting, a 10 x 8 acrylic done from the memory of those cliffs and that sunset. Our bags are packed and the painting rests within the checked luggage, and our arrival tomorrow in Oahu. Available for $200
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"African Moments, Giraffes" The digital camera cannot convey the sunlight intensity of this five foot tall painting. It just isn't rich enough. The light of the sunset is just so perfectly painted, I just cannot believe I did it! But, I know I'll have to let go of the good ones... It is on display through November 18, 2007, at the Colony Theater in Burbank. Original oil, 60 x 48 inches. |
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"Soaring at Sunset" Original oil 12 x 16
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"Long Harvest Days" Painting stellar pieces filled with light and color for exhibition at the Draft Horse Classic in Grass Valley, Elin pulls out all the stops with this 24 x 48 inch canvas. Original oil, US $2800 from the artist. |
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On the Lake Trail at Dusk Brillant color and deep values depict a scene of constant serenity, seen many times by packers with their strings of mules on their way through the high country. Original oil on canvas, 24 x 36 inches US $ 1200 Email to inquire |
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Moonlight
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"Moonlight Pause" This is the painting that was done for Elin's fourth DVD/video and first on color "Colorful Oil Painting 1" and is a wonderful example of how Elin uses color to depict a moonlight scene. Original oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches. US $ 900 Available from the artist. |
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"Moonlight Mood" As an example of how value is such an important part of the design of good paintings, Elin painted this mid-range and dark valued painting for the purpose of instruction. She'll take it with her to Lexington in June. However, it was STOLEN out of my shipping boxes in May of 2010. |
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