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Find news about my art, paintings, prints, and drawings.artofandrewdanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276703925777113998noreply@blogger.comBlogger252125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12794220.post-83644077012020482582019-01-14T07:21:00.001-08:002019-01-14T07:21:56.300-08:00Brokeoff Mountain<div data-ux="BlogContent" class="x-el x-el-div px_-text-transform-none px_-c-rgb94__94__94 px_-lh-1p5 px__CA_AS-mb-20px__important px__CA_AS_last-child-mb-0__important px_-ff-_Source_Sans_Pro___arial__sans-serif px_-fs-16 _mdpx_-fs-16 _lgpx_-fs-16 x-d-ux x-rt" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5;"><p style="color: rgb(94, 94, 94); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px;"></p><figure class="x-el x-el-figure px_-text-transform-none px_-d-flex px_-justify-content-center px_-align-items-center px_-max-width-100P px_-ml-0 px_-mt-0 px_-mr-0 px_-mb-20px px_-text-align-center px_-ff-_Source_Sans_Pro___arial__sans-serif px_-fs-16 _mdpx_-fs-16 _lgpx_-fs-16 x-d-ux" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; margin: 0px 0px 20px; max-width: 100%; align-items: center; justify-content: center; text-align: center;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img src="https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3032f4a2-d6c8-49ca-a387-c5e0de4dfdda/0cf27d0e-2566-4a67-ab68-4ea2902fac70.jpg/:/cr=t:0%25,l:0%25,w:100%25,h:100%25/rs=w:1280" class="x-el x-el-img px_-text-transform-none px_-max-width-100P px_-w-auto px_-ml-auto px_-mr-auto px_-mt-0 px_-mb-0 px_-vertical-align-middle px_-ff-_Source_Sans_Pro___arial__sans-serif px_-fs-16 _mdpx_-fs-16 _lgpx_-fs-16 x-d-ux" style="box-sizing: inherit; vertical-align: middle; border: 0px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; width: 354px; height: auto;" id="id_ef83_200a_5e7a_b6d6"></span></div></div></figure><p></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Brokeoff Mountain" by Andrew Daniel</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">16" x 20" oil on canvas $900</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Last time I visited John Crater's studio to paint with him, we selected this photo of Brokeoff Mountain near Mount Lassen. I liked it because of the picture within a picture effect. The far mountain is framed by the foreground trees.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> My initial approach had been to try and paint everything with one main layer, only allowing a second layer for accents. However, once I got it home the piece felt too simple. There just wasn't enough there to hold my interest. My initial thought was that I needed to enhance color relationships to get more there into my there. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But ultimately, I realized that what I needed to do was slow down, and move through the painting, making each section come alive with detail and a stronger sense of intentionality. This was a long process, of putting down refining layers, but I was determined to paint smart, so instead of killing my painting by overworking it, I endeavored to keep my brushwork spontaneous, looking for solutions to problems that were surprising to me. In the end, I'm happy with the way the image turned out. However, I can't escape the impression when I look at it, that it was a painting that was built by an architect instead of an expressionist painter. Still, the quality of light that plays through it... in a kinda cool way. </span></p><div style="color: rgb(94, 94, 94); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br></div></div><p data-ux="Text" class="x-el x-el-p px_-text-transform-none px_-word-wrap-break-word px_-overflow-wrap-break-word px_-c-black px_-fs-16 px_-fw-700 px_-lh-1p5 px_-mt-20px px_-mb-0 px_-ff-_Source_Sans_Pro___arial__sans-serif px_-d-flex px_-align-items-center px_-mr--10px _mdpx_-fs-16 _lgpx_-fs-16 x-d-ux" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; display: flex; align-items: center; word-wrap: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.5; font-weight: 700; margin-top: 20px; margin-right: -10px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"></p> artofandrewdanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276703925777113998noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12794220.post-89508753327001818462018-12-30T21:09:00.002-08:002019-01-08T23:30:26.158-08:00Paintings From Mendocino-Journal<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="6k4m0" data-offset-key="5qn1-0-0" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: gdsherpa, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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<span data-offset-key="5qn1-0-0" style="box-sizing: inherit;">These were painting I did at the Mendocino Open Paint Out in Sept. of '2018: </span><a class="LinkEditor__link___3Hyne" data-aid="mte_link_editor_link" href="http://www.mendocinoartcenter.org/pleinair" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1976d2; display: inline;" target="_blank"><span data-offset-key="5qn1-1-0" style="box-sizing: inherit;">http://www.mendocinoartcenter.org/pleinair</span></a></div>
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<span data-offset-key="36us-0-0" style="box-sizing: inherit;">We had a week to wander the local streets and beaches, looking for subject matter. There were artists talks, receptions and prizes; with over 60 artists attending! My focus for the week was to work on brushstroke immediacy. I wanted each painting to have the energy of a sketch, laying the paint in a spontaneous open and unrestrained way. So that the viewer could get a sense of the day and the artist's hand involved in the creative process. After a summer of slow and labored work, it was exciting to have a full week to focus only on painting and a box full of small stretched canvases to fill with whatever the whim of the moment guided me to paint. This isn't my typical way of approaching things, but I was ready for a change, to take some risks and see if I couldn't paint my way out of a creative rut! </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="a76o6-0-0" style="box-sizing: inherit;">In Fact, by the time I had gotten my paintings on the wall before the deadline, I was about ready to take a nap on the spot!</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="6pnu4-0-0" style="box-sizing: inherit;">9" x 12" oil on canvas by Andrew Daniel $300</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="scu1-0-0" style="box-sizing: inherit;">When I initially arrived at the Headlands, I had a short amount of time to get set up and start painting before the sun set. I found this spot where the rocks in the foreground led the eye into the painting. The foreground rocks were sunlit while the further away ones were becoming obscured in mist. My goal was to paint it all quickly and loosely, using brush work to create motion and move the eye. by the time I was finishing up, I practically needed a headlamp the sun had gone down so far! </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="d672u-0-0" style="box-sizing: inherit;">One of things I kept doing during this trip was putting too much white into my mixtures, when I was out looking at the seaside air, I tended to want to interpret the haziness as varying amounts of white mixed into the paint. Unfortunately, this sapped the color intensity or saturation out of my paintings. By the end of the week, I started trying to really push the amount of pigment I used in my mixes, which you can see in the bottom sunset and sunrise paintings. All in all, I'm still not sure if the white was the right call tho. The piece that I used the most white in was singled out by one of the judges, Wendy Brayton, for Judges Choice Award. Then later it sold to a fellow painter from Britain who said the piece had subtleties that she typically doesn't see in American painting. I guess I was shooting for a subdued almost introspective mood. It was nice to have these two people recognize my efforts! Guess I was just born in the wrong country! </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="fbkbe-0-0" style="box-sizing: inherit;">12" x 16" oil on canvas by Andrew Daniel Sold</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="749ll-0-0" style="box-sizing: inherit;">This painting was from the first morning. My notion was to play the solid geometry of the road, the house and the strong horizontal lines of the headlands against the organic brushwork of the foreground.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="2nv2m-0-0" style="box-sizing: inherit;">One of the iconic characteristics of Mendocino was the old wood water towers. The Peninsula has water trucked in, so you see these structures standing tall among the cities buildings, a reminder of another time. I liked them for their structural lines and "chunky" (as the Brits say) character. In this piece I used lines to create a compositional network, pulling the eye from side to side and front to back.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="7al28-0-0" style="box-sizing: inherit;">For this painting I had been wandering the town at daybreak, looking for something that could show off the beauty of the morning light. This spire with the warm sun reflecting off of intent to the cool sky was the scene that finally grabbed me. I also enjoyed the repeated handicap parking spaces, thought it combined some contemporary elements with the older architectural ones.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="7nchd-0-0" style="box-sizing: inherit;">This was the first in a series of three paintings I did, in which I framed the distant cliffs with the Coastal Cypress trees, creating a focal point painting within a painting effect. I wanted the rhythms of the trunks to play off of each other to create a more dynamic/whimsical dance.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="anr15-0-0" style="box-sizing: inherit;">This piece was a bit of an experiment. I had decided that week to try new things with focal points, after the previous painting I thought that a figure might be just the ticket. Then along came a couple that were traveling through on a trip to the coast to escape the heat, I asked if they might sit there a while and let me put them into my painting. I only had enough time to put in their silhouettes but that was enough due to the backlit nature of the light. </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="7pcp7-0-0" style="box-sizing: inherit;">By the time I got to this painting, I had already done two that day and I felt ready for an unusual challenge. The thought of painting this garden made me chuckle, what with all of the peculiar grey and brown shapes, the driftwood horses head and pagoda, the narrow but very tall out house and the stacked up shapes of the buildings in the back... I knew the piece would be more about draftsmanship than colors, so I decided to play up the lines and the whimsicle shapes. The Whole time I felt as if I was in uncharted waters, but the sensation was starting to become addictive! It's really fun now to start paintings that I have no idea how I'm going to pull off. Probably, if I'm feeling that way, than I will get a result that is unlike what I have seen before and that has it's own rush to it! </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="1eotp-0-0" style="box-sizing: inherit;">This painting was really done as fast as possible, chasing the the sunset as it ran for the horizon, I wonder if it was simultaneously sunrising in Japan... probably takes a bit longer than that. I hadn't done many sunset or sunrise paintings before this trip. The colors really grabbed me, making me wonder why I don't do more of them at home? Usually have stuff to do at that time of the day I guess... Anyway, nothing like having the light condition change faster than you can paint it to make you learn to be more econiomical!</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="86jri-0-0" style="box-sizing: inherit;">I found that painting sunrises was a little bit easier, because the light over my canvas didn't disappear on me. Still painting light that changes so quickly makes one have to be very strategic. Decide the look and get down whatever color notes you need, then fill in the rest without getting too distracted by the now changed light in front of yah. That's the best advice I could give at least...</span><br />
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<span data-offset-key="erinq-0-0" style="box-sizing: inherit;">This painting was from our farewell session, the last morning of the event, about 10 of us met at the Big River parking lot at Sunrise. There was a glowing cream colored mist coming up the river valley, silhouetting the trees and obscuring the distant hillside. Evan Garber set up in the middle of my scene, conveniently providing me with a more interesting focal point then the logs that had been washed up on the shore. For the last couple days I had been trying to gauge whether it is better to use white in my mixtures to create subtle value shifts to capture the seaside atmosphere, or "punch the color saturation to make more exciting paintings. One of the comments that the Judges had passed onto me was that I needed to pay closer to attention to how I dealt with values as they receded off into the distance. So in this piece, I tried to really take special care with that aspect, embracing white, but making sure to be strategic in how I depicted the space with value.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="6ls04-0-0" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Also, I had been looking at John Hewitt's Watercolor paintings from the show. He often simplified his subject matter down to an essence of color and shape. I thought I might do that too.</span></div>
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artofandrewdanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276703925777113998noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12794220.post-39277605167045147112018-09-15T12:01:00.001-07:002018-09-15T12:02:21.267-07:00 “John’s View of Mount Shasta”<img id="id_bad1_5dac_8d5d_5aa0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-S3odv9oORAk/W51XGoYJyUI/AAAAAAAADYY/zgLYphhbpcwf1KX-BqEhK6cnXTOz4yeUACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is one of four of my paintings on display at the Westhaven Center For the Arts in the Representational Art League annual “New Works” show on display Sat./Sun. Afternoons until Oct. 28th. Several weeks ago, I met with John Crater at his studio on a foggy day and we pawed through his collection of photos taken from his many hikes. This subject caught my eye, because it had the warm hued boulders in the mid ground. I’ve been trying to train myself to pick out a section of the painting to focus the eye more than others, so that the viewer has a sense of where to go, and so the painting has a center of gravity. I did this by making the colors and contrasts slightly more crisp, and the edges slightly more sharp in the focal point region. Now that I’m gaining more comfort with this concept, it makes me want to repaint all my old paintings!</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Available at Westhaven Center For the Arts</span></p><div><br></div>artofandrewdanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276703925777113998noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12794220.post-41857976556590836012018-09-10T18:29:00.001-07:002018-09-10T18:29:48.080-07:00Girl Playing in the Tide<img id="id_1a3_c823_974f_33c9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-C26BTGdObHw/W5caijD5OgI/AAAAAAAADYM/uPhmcmRh-qI-EW-jvxtTZJVQt8oqBdzZgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br> <div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This was the painting that I created and sold at the auction with a little help from Matt Stanton Beard for the Trinidad Coastal Land trust 40th anniversary celebration! It was a fun celebration with great food, lots of good peeps and the perfect party music by “The Sand Fleas”. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Several of us took turns on another painting that was set up next to the band, tapping each other out when we thought we had an idea for what it needed next. Pretty fun! It evolved into a sunset scene with rocks and stylistic waves.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This piece in the photo was another of my attempts at putting figures into the landscape. Initially I had her father standing to the right, waiting, but he looked kinda creepy, so I scraped him off and let her swim unsupervised instead. Another thing that was interesting, was after the encouragement from Matt, I scraped off the two foreground rocks and repainted them darker to make them pop forward in space. I just painted them quickly and unselfconsciously and it seemed to work a lot better than before. I think Matt also lightened my Trinidad head mass in the far background when I wasn’t looking, which helped the depth as well.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The effect is termed “atmospheric perspective” for those of you who haven’t been indoctrinated in the science behind creating landscape paintings. As items are further away from the eye, they tend to get lighter and cooler, due to having to look through layers of atmosphere. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Thanks to Jim for being the top bidder of the night!</span></p></div>artofandrewdanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276703925777113998noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12794220.post-26791656970074736462018-09-02T07:38:00.001-07:002018-09-02T07:38:50.798-07:00Surf at the Mouth of the Klamath<img id="id_61bd_9960_d58f_652b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Itfg3Eers-8/W4v1-W3xWsI/AAAAAAAADX8/HK5Srp61dEAGYC5eaWr12hu2AcmqU-XCwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br> <div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Opening today(Sunday Sept. 2nd) at the Westhaven Center for the Arts from 1pm to 4pm. The Representational Art League will be doing a group show there until Oct. 27th. This is our big show for the year; each member was invited to bring 5 pieces, so it ought to be an interesting display. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This piece was a break through for me. I decided to go back to working smaller(11” x 14”), so that I could really work on getting my technique to flow. Often, I meet with John Craater to paint, if the weather is poor, then we paint from his big screen monitor in his studio. The source photo was one of his, taken at the mouth of the Klamath. I really liked being able to go after the vivid warm earth tones on the rocks, and set them off against the crashing surf! Sometimes if a source is challenging enough, I have to turn of my analytical brain and just trust in the process in order to get through it!</span></p></div>artofandrewdanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276703925777113998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12794220.post-92198044083518208152018-08-30T08:04:00.001-07:002018-08-30T08:04:37.127-07:00Samoa Neighborhoods<img id="id_d71f_85a8_3d44_8f6c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Hd__Z7mL6Ao/W4gHgZIEKaI/AAAAAAAADXo/lq92OEWWN4YdlSCCqlrK6p1f5iFNf1QWwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br> <div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">One week left for the big show at the “Garden Gate” in Arcata. This piece “Samoa Neighborhood” is up with another one Samoa piece at the Redwood Artist’s Association for September. It features the house of Debbie Krug, so if you know her, she might be tickled to see it! I really liked how the house shapes were stacked up on each other, then cordoned off with a picket fence, later on a lower point cordoned off with a bit of razor wire, can’t be too careful! The washed out, dogged out tones on these old pastel houses said both “beach town” and “mill town” to me. There’s a bit of working class dignity to the scene! Painting so many straight lines is usually something I avoid, but lately I’m trying to face my demons, because they seem to be powerful teachers!</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><img id="id_df81_d527_4710_6703" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7XIXuT5yTcA/W4gHgY_Uw2I/AAAAAAAADXs/seIL4HoOODE9yWBKnRjXenyb8Dp_Ioc7gCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This painting is part of a series of paintings I’m working on as I try and confront my fear of painting architecture. The pastel hued houses are from the Mill town of Samoa. My notion with this painting was to be more aware of using a focal point in the composition. In the past, people have told me that I needed to do things like “put my lightest color next to my darkest color in the focal point.” Well it recently really struck home that I need to make the focal point more tightly focused, and then make the rest less interesting and less tightly focused. I needed to really slow down and enjoy making subtle relationships happen in the focal area, so that the viewer would in turn enjoy looking at it. This feels like a big deal to me, but I’m sure it all sounds obvious to you all.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 13.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;">
</p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The other thing I’m finding is that as my standards for paintings rise, my productivity falls! I end up working and reworking small paintings for several days, figuring that one good painting will do much more for my career than 10 mediocre paintings... oh well, it’s a good thing I have two day jobs!</span></p></div>artofandrewdanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276703925777113998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12794220.post-69376496280506155092018-08-19T19:29:00.001-07:002018-08-19T19:29:32.147-07:00Pierson Horse Barn<img id="id_340c_b3b3_fd9a_bcc6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CXyQ2LpdVO4/W3onihXOjCI/AAAAAAAADXc/UFEQSS0stfEQj8mvvyPvd7aRaG9Ut71mgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br> <div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">My show at the Garden Gate in Arcata is still up until Sept. 4th. In this piece I set out to break a long streak of overworked paintings. My goal was to work through this piece from start to finish in one morning. So, I ended up painting this in two coats, a thin coat, and then a thick one. It felt good. It felt right. I think I’m going to continue on in the same vane for a while. Small works. Done economically.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Today I was excited to paint the horse barn on the Cathy Ray Pierson and Hank Pierson Property, (thank you Cathy for inviting us!) It was so fun getting together with the Sunday Paintout Group today. Painting alongside Burleigh Wilson and Richard R Stockwell and getting to know them better! “Pierson Horse Barn” oil on canvas</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">$400</span></p></div>artofandrewdanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276703925777113998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12794220.post-64226263254136936212018-06-07T07:16:00.001-07:002018-06-07T07:16:14.661-07:00Whacky Goats Northcoast Open Studios<img id="id_bb97_8ab0_32d2_870d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CkVvn2GgVus/Wxk-JUFFxGI/AAAAAAAADVo/3FWgfpC-uQIYZse9J5lvOY1U3pfd1tIWwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_b231_2b42_f818_c048" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JzArUOhzG6Y/Wxk-Jwliw-I/AAAAAAAADVs/b5tH_7P4PGssa1yOHGC0hnBTXIWr0V1ugCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_7ab5_daa2_d4e6_96b4" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DUPWRX9EWbE/Wxk-J-nFe7I/AAAAAAAADV0/wkscBytXpicMbqK2mPDezYsL6p72ZjVNgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_b75e_3a87_1cdc_df4d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--5Ki6L7YdIk/Wxk-J06airI/AAAAAAAADVw/NFOdjepB1Kwz8OuHDVgphATnVH-MSoFhgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><div><br></div><div><img id="id_2c4a_f1f6_871a_5519" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xMk2VE17yJQ/Wxk-LA7JuZI/AAAAAAAADV8/mKrnQ5x7d7cyK0OEWP-Y8_cqwhKRhzewACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_affb_5def_4f0b_35dd" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-N9c1mclQALg/Wxk-LP4nYdI/AAAAAAAADV4/gDh75PZndRg5aJzMnBQ9PLsIfBzpgo-PACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;">This collection of whacky goat portraits will be on display this weekend at Northcoast Open Studios June 9,10 (info below). Sometimes I just get a wild hair in my brush and want to make silly paintings. When I got into this series I had been painting a bunch of portraits and had two in a row with bad proportions to the point where I scraped off two day’s work and abandoned the paintings. Still in the mood for painting portraits I landed on goats. No goat is going to come bleating and naaaging you for getting their eyeball placed an inch away from its rightful position. There just gonna eye you up and down, in hopes that you might look away long enough to get a bite of your shirt. Anyway, I started having so much fun, that one portrait begat another until I had myself a herd of whacky goat paintings. I’m not proud, it was just something that needed exorcising. </span><br>
<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This piece along with 300 paintings (many older pieces marked down) as well as cards and prints will be on display for Northcoast Open Studios. Over a hundred other artists will also be showing their work. Find catalogs around town or follow the link below for the online directory. Hope to see you there!</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">http://humboldt.northcoastopenstudios.com</span></p></div>artofandrewdanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276703925777113998noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12794220.post-62840913205342040952018-05-29T19:52:00.001-07:002018-05-29T19:53:39.181-07:00 View from Luffenholtz Point<img id="id_330f_bce6_e637_9f00" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kbmu6k7K12U/Ww4SBB1RwqI/AAAAAAAADVc/egsw2Hgd22EHkazCuC7WwN2z-QybI5AoQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Rick Tolley convinced me to go out Painting this morning with Paul Rickard when I should have been preparing for Northcoast Open Studios this weekend (info below). I’ve attempted this view a few times, but this is the first time that I have put bushes in the foreground. That would have been something I avoided in the past, but now those kinds of elements are really appealing to me. Humboldt is just overflowing with life, bushes growing on top of bushes, with trees reaching through. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In this piece I tried a new technique, by making a thinned down monochromatic painting in violet, then painting the scene on top. It turned out to be really helpful because I had a strong feeling for the shapes, compositions and values before even starting to plug in the observed colors of the scene. It actually really felt easier.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Northcoast Open Studios is this June 1,2,3,9,10. Pick up a catalog around town or follow this link to the online directory. A ton of artists all over the Northcoast will be opening their studios. My Arcata home will be opened up to the public with around 300 artworks on display,(many older works steeply discounted) as well as prints and cards. I hope you come by!</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If you are interested in seeing more of my art and the work of many other artists pick up a Northcoast Open Studios catalog around town or follow this link to the online directory. I’ll have about 300 artworks on display along with cards and prints. Hope to see yah there! </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">http://humboldt.northcoastopenstudios.com</span></p></div>artofandrewdanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276703925777113998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12794220.post-80034994329060636752018-05-20T07:55:00.001-07:002018-05-20T07:55:17.101-07:00Painting at Morris Graves Property then/now<img id="id_6c5e_bb9c_5cc3_3619" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JttV2x0pxJI/WwGMUmqT4nI/AAAAAAAADUw/DDjQVhvfKyQ4HwusngtfUzhTWaapsTP1ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><div>Northcoast Open Studios is June 1,2,3,9,10 link below. This piece was also painted at the Representational Art Leagues retreat. It was a really windy day, so I tried to let the kinetic energy in the air influence my brushwork. It was a bit of a chaotic dance that had and goal of depicting the scene! I tried this same angle 3 years earlier at a painting workshop with Jim McVicker, where he helped me out a bunch. Every time he passed by, I would hand him my brush to see how he would solve that stage of the painting. It was super helpful! Wanted to see how much of that information got internalized over time, and wanted to see what it would look like with just me behind the brush. I’ll post a pic of our collaborated piece below.</div><div><br></div><div>Northcoast Open Studios guide is right here:</div><div>http://humboldt.northcoastopenstudios.com</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_3ff4_6df0_9671_9192" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5wuw_y38068/WwGMUgoEUII/AAAAAAAADU0/JBS3ZXq_byQybNB85dPzZ2g-RzQjD_EMwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><br></div>artofandrewdanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276703925777113998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12794220.post-85870094944247062492018-05-18T18:57:00.001-07:002018-05-18T18:57:25.355-07:00Dark Reflected Forest<img id="id_b017_6b14_39f_1bb6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1e3V0FcCQZk/Wv-EgxGMXkI/AAAAAAAADUk/H8CGdGCpNaUzCpassNAmU95s9CwtbzroACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br> <div><div>Northcoast Open Studios is coming up June 1,2,3,9 & 10. This piece was painted during the Representational Art League’s annual retreat out at the Morris Graves property. I worked fast and loose and atmospheric. Was surprised at how much can be said painting in this manner.</div><div><br></div><div>Find the directory to Open Studios here:</div><div>http://humboldt.northcoastopenstudios.com/</div><div>#ncos2018</div></div>artofandrewdanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276703925777113998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12794220.post-38183226008700113882017-02-21T21:22:00.001-08:002017-02-21T21:22:15.321-08:00Pigeons on Green #2<img id="id_b44e_bee1_eac0_6537" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--AJlqRnOsfI/WK0gBntrIJI/AAAAAAAADOQ/linDiplV2ms/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"> <div><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is another one of my series of 100 pigeon paintings. In this one I broke up the forms of the pigeons to work more fluidly with the abstract background and used some blue and green pearlescent inks in response to the way the pigeons feathers shine.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Available here:</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">https://www.etsy.com/listing/513819289/pigeons-on-green-2</span></p></div>artofandrewdanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276703925777113998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12794220.post-81083775700004802992016-12-13T22:40:00.001-08:002016-12-13T22:40:20.874-08:00The Portrait Project<div><img id="id_e992_38bf_47f8_11db" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YjzdTtuRcP4/WFDpUWdYS1I/AAAAAAAADM8/tlAODcfF-3Q/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_c781_aa43_62e0_e3cb" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J5iu12QJzDI/WFDpUO4_5WI/AAAAAAAADM4/6CxpT3fIZFg/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div> </div><div><img id="id_54fe_a2ac_323b_4434" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JfbJY8aamqY/WFDpVFUySQI/AAAAAAAADNA/ULDu981LPeE/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">For the last three weeks I have been painting a portrait a day in watercolor and casein paint, with the goal of setting up a series of daily commissions at 70$ a piece. Each painting is posted on Facebook, Instagram and Sktchy. So far I have received 4 commissions and sold two of my "practice paintings'! This has been really exciting to see that things are already coming together! If you would like to commission a portrait contact me through andrewdanielcomissions@yahoo.com</span></div><br><div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I have included some process pics this week to show how this piece evolved. I chose this photo from the Sktchy App, because I admired how the models face looked like a classical sculpture. In the painting I wanted to accentuate the geometry and flow of the shapes. So, initially I drew out the planes of the face in pencil. Next I put in a few layers of watercolor wash. Once this was done I decided to put some opaque casein paint on top to see if I could explore the form further. The process took about three hours.</span></div></div>artofandrewdanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276703925777113998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12794220.post-75866235660032656032016-10-18T22:15:00.001-07:002016-10-18T22:15:04.569-07:00Stream with Alders<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GMLfs-R7WjQ/WAcBVwCFAJI/AAAAAAAADKQ/g0ZYLyeJQyc/s640/blogger-image-899501401.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GMLfs-R7WjQ/WAcBVwCFAJI/AAAAAAAADKQ/g0ZYLyeJQyc/s640/blogger-image-899501401.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Stream With Alders by Andrew Daniel</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Oil on canvas 12" x 12"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This was an interesting experiment for me. I wanted to try using a Japanese composition technique called Notan. This is where the painting is devided into shadow shapes and light shapes, both need to be interesting compositionally. Then I built up the shadow and the light while being conscious of retaining their opposing identities.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The stream had looked overwhelmingly complex, but this device helped me to break it down and maintain some drama. </div>artofandrewdanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276703925777113998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12794220.post-83524447848605263832016-08-23T22:27:00.001-07:002016-08-23T22:29:47.800-07:00Sunny Morning at Hurdygurdy Creek<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PCpG56ywRZs/V70wW_cjNKI/AAAAAAAADJg/B26A5tVILcg/s640/blogger-image--1488684705.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PCpG56ywRZs/V70wW_cjNKI/AAAAAAAADJg/B26A5tVILcg/s640/blogger-image--1488684705.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I just put the final touches on the piece from our trip to the South Fork of the Smith River. I was standing on a bluff overlooking Hurdygurdy Creek with Rick Tolley, Antoinette Toni Magyar, and John Crater. The sun was blazing hot at 10:00 in the morning. We painted until we were about to drop from heat stroke both mornings, then went down to swim in the cool water!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Sunny morning on Hurdygurdy Creek"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Oil on canvas </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">20" x 16"</span></div></div>artofandrewdanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276703925777113998noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12794220.post-7707342440625001432016-06-21T20:33:00.001-07:002016-06-21T20:33:33.423-07:00More set pieces and decor<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="/var/mobile/Applications/282070F8-1A96-4277-B71A-5246A8E0B56A/Documents/Blogger/blogger-image-384399660.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" src="/var/mobile/Applications/282070F8-1A96-4277-B71A-5246A8E0B56A/Documents/Blogger/blogger-image-384399660.jpg"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">My second iphone theater set piece. From an Insagram group selfie.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="/var/mobile/Applications/282070F8-1A96-4277-B71A-5246A8E0B56A/Documents/Blogger/blogger-image--2036676864.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" src="/var/mobile/Applications/282070F8-1A96-4277-B71A-5246A8E0B56A/Documents/Blogger/blogger-image--2036676864.jpg"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Decorations for my daughters graduation dance.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="/var/mobile/Applications/282070F8-1A96-4277-B71A-5246A8E0B56A/Documents/Blogger/blogger-image--2014440217.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" src="/var/mobile/Applications/282070F8-1A96-4277-B71A-5246A8E0B56A/Documents/Blogger/blogger-image--2014440217.jpg"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="/var/mobile/Applications/282070F8-1A96-4277-B71A-5246A8E0B56A/Documents/Blogger/blogger-image-1620422097.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" src="/var/mobile/Applications/282070F8-1A96-4277-B71A-5246A8E0B56A/Documents/Blogger/blogger-image-1620422097.jpg"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="/var/mobile/Applications/282070F8-1A96-4277-B71A-5246A8E0B56A/Documents/Blogger/blogger-image--1851098756.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" src="/var/mobile/Applications/282070F8-1A96-4277-B71A-5246A8E0B56A/Documents/Blogger/blogger-image--1851098756.jpg"></font></a></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">These photos show some of the other decor. Just imagine low light, music and 80 kids in formal attire!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="/var/mobile/Applications/282070F8-1A96-4277-B71A-5246A8E0B56A/Documents/Blogger/blogger-image-264915202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" src="/var/mobile/Applications/282070F8-1A96-4277-B71A-5246A8E0B56A/Documents/Blogger/blogger-image-264915202.jpg"></font></a></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I have been too busy messing around with set paintings and graduation dance decorations to do any "serious painting" these last two weeks. It's been fun to work big again, especially for an assignment that has very little "fine art" expectations. All of these were done as fast as possible, without time for hesitation, without time to shade or even mix extra colors. It is fun also to be thinking in terms of decoration vs. focusing on reproducing a realistic reproduction from life. Probably ideas I need to spend more time with. Years back I had pictured painting more imaginative imagery, but when I switched to oil, I couldn't help but want to go paint landscapes again. This was a chance to feel some of the potential in that direction of exploration.</span></div>artofandrewdanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276703925777113998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12794220.post-70926622661138605272016-06-14T20:34:00.002-07:002016-06-14T20:34:32.056-07:00Painting Theater Sets this week<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Phew! It's been a whirlwind few weeks! The last couple weeks I
had been prepping for Open Studios, then as soon as that was over, I
had to get right onto the next deadline! I'm painting two of these giant
Iphones for my daughters dance recital with No Limits Tap and Jazz
Academy. The theme is time travel, so a few weeks ago I was doing disco
dancers and this week I'm doing modern times, hence the Iphones... My
daughter took a couple work in progress photos to share. I finished this
with just minutes to spare before going to work. Tomorrow I start a
different project, designing a fantasy environment for my daughter's
middle school graduation dance. It's top secret though. Maybe next week I
can share some photos of it! Once these are done, I promised myself I
would read a book! I picked up a couple from the library and they are
taunting me!artofandrewdanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276703925777113998noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12794220.post-12307616424651471762016-06-07T20:47:00.001-07:002016-06-07T20:47:58.710-07:00Morning Reflections<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Eqbq9id7Sis/V1eVVg10yzI/AAAAAAAADG0/Cb8Y4HzgMnc/s640/blogger-image--1890125662.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Eqbq9id7Sis/V1eVVg10yzI/AAAAAAAADG0/Cb8Y4HzgMnc/s640/blogger-image--1890125662.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Morning Reflections" by Andrew Daniel</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">9" x 12" oil on canvas</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I knew that in this painting, the thing I wanted to express was the beauty of the combination of brilliant green of the floating plants against the rich periwinkle of the water, so I leaned on that first before it could change. Then I just built the rest of the scene around it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">North Coast Open Studios started off slow this weekend, but then turned into my best yet! Many people came to take advantage of the over one hundred pieces in my "Make Me An Offer Room". Where I have pieces marked down and am open to haggling. There is still a tone of work left in there if you want to come check it out next Sat. And Sun. 11:00 to 5:00pm at 1885 Zehndner Ave. Arcata, Ca. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Some people even bought pieces through Facebook just seeing stuff they liked in the photos!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-L1ID1lUOCuw/V1eVYVG_1TI/AAAAAAAADHE/hgbpXyuV5EM/s640/blogger-image--1707926239.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-L1ID1lUOCuw/V1eVYVG_1TI/AAAAAAAADHE/hgbpXyuV5EM/s640/blogger-image--1707926239.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-L90ROQAIjGo/V1eVbXxcb9I/AAAAAAAADHU/oPSpRLzuN3Q/s640/blogger-image--2071992082.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-L90ROQAIjGo/V1eVbXxcb9I/AAAAAAAADHU/oPSpRLzuN3Q/s640/blogger-image--2071992082.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CUP2zVzoyP4/V1eVZ0-P0KI/AAAAAAAADHM/JFoigl-dOxI/s640/blogger-image--406297416.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CUP2zVzoyP4/V1eVZ0-P0KI/AAAAAAAADHM/JFoigl-dOxI/s640/blogger-image--406297416.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-f_g0jpb2bXY/V1eVUXblr7I/AAAAAAAADGs/ukSuarjT8bM/s640/blogger-image--479513363.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-f_g0jpb2bXY/V1eVUXblr7I/AAAAAAAADGs/ukSuarjT8bM/s640/blogger-image--479513363.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dbtLnfOk0zI/V1eVXMxhSoI/AAAAAAAADG8/vwJe3Ig8xo8/s640/blogger-image-1981946471.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dbtLnfOk0zI/V1eVXMxhSoI/AAAAAAAADG8/vwJe3Ig8xo8/s640/blogger-image-1981946471.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></span></div></div>artofandrewdanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276703925777113998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12794220.post-43929778329483683962016-05-24T18:57:00.001-07:002016-05-24T18:57:56.518-07:00Apples and Pears on Green<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qPrJP4smlA0/V0UGozR1pcI/AAAAAAAADFY/nV5O-pJQ5BU/s640/blogger-image-1422655981.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qPrJP4smlA0/V0UGozR1pcI/AAAAAAAADFY/nV5O-pJQ5BU/s640/blogger-image-1422655981.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Andrew Daniel</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Apples and Pears on Green"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Oil on canvas</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">12" x 12"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">400$</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Northcoast Open Studios is June 4,5,11,12. Come hang out!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This is a still life I did about a year ago. I always fantasize about doing still lives. When I do them I really enjoy it too. The problem is, whenever I'm in the studio to paint vs. out on location I get overwhelmed with the stacks of unfinished paintings and end up grabbing one with the hopes of closure.</span></div><div class="separator" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div></div>artofandrewdanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276703925777113998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12794220.post-80843910539106913202016-05-10T20:42:00.001-07:002016-05-10T20:42:32.420-07:00California Poppies<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jsdfcHbFjdw/VzKqJ4gdUoI/AAAAAAAADEQ/HcdhrfmZhsM/s640/blogger-image-232011609.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jsdfcHbFjdw/VzKqJ4gdUoI/AAAAAAAADEQ/HcdhrfmZhsM/s640/blogger-image-232011609.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"California Poppies" by Andrew Daniel</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">12" x 12" oil on canvas</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">$400 contact artist</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Northcoast Open Studios is June 4,5,11,12. Come on by!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This was my first floral for the spring. I did it in response to an invitation to a themed group show made up of Native Wildflowers. Initially, I had trouble finding a wildflower that had the presence and personality I was looking for, but once I came across some photos of California Poppies, I knew I had met my match! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This painting was the start of a thematic exploration, that I had mentioned in an earlier post. I'm seeing that the demands of the flower's dynamic shape and delicacy is making it necessary for me to approach paint application in a very different manner. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ideally I want the shapes to dance like a free form abstraction, which means that I have to be very conscious of how I manipulate the edge of shapes, so that the eye isn't grabbed too strongly. Also, I have to be selective in how heavy I put down the paint, at times using thick impasto to grab the eye, at other times letting the shape trail off into mystery.</span></div></div>artofandrewdanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276703925777113998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12794220.post-78380169280410188142016-05-03T16:07:00.001-07:002016-05-03T16:07:35.307-07:00Lazy Bend in the Slough<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TLohFpZdLKk/VykvNl6QCpI/AAAAAAAADDw/ZBMYKN6sdtQ/s640/blogger-image--974434014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TLohFpZdLKk/VykvNl6QCpI/AAAAAAAADDw/ZBMYKN6sdtQ/s640/blogger-image--974434014.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Lazy Bend in the Slough" by Andrew Daniel</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">12" x 12" oil on canvas</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This last weekend, was the grand opening event for a new public nature trail at Freshwater Farms. The event was put together by the Northcoast Regional Land Trust and included a whole ton of Plein Air artists working along the trail with over 1000 people attending. The weather was perfect, like it felt like the day would never end, so perfect one felt grace in it. I set up in the shade and got to gander on this beautiful bend in the slough for a few hours while chatting with visitors.</span></div></div>artofandrewdanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276703925777113998noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12794220.post-6213900435402948892016-04-26T22:02:00.001-07:002016-04-26T22:04:01.314-07:00View of the Lost Coast<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KOxKJ-bUBm0/VyBH2Pl_EVI/AAAAAAAADDM/eixPHZcI_0E/s640/blogger-image--15360571.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KOxKJ-bUBm0/VyBH2Pl_EVI/AAAAAAAADDM/eixPHZcI_0E/s640/blogger-image--15360571.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"View of the Lost Coast" by Andrew Daniel</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">10" x 10" Oil on canvas</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">North Coast Open Studios is June 4,5,11,12!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This is a little 10" x10" painting I did with friends on the Lost Coast last weekend. We spent the day driving down the road and stopping at different outlooks. This was the third and final spot, which had a nice view looking up North along the coast with Sugarloaf rock far off in the distance. The painting came together really quickly in the field. I was able to put some embellishments on it at home this week. In the process, I had a nice break through about being more confident, trusting my brush and my personal calligraphic style. Paul wanted me to stop when it was only 40 minutes in. I chose to keep going and lost a lot of the spontaneity. Ended up having to use a different set of skills to finish than just bold spontaneity. Maybe next time I'll try and stop earlier!</span></div></div>artofandrewdanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276703925777113998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12794220.post-73106311901829752572016-04-19T21:39:00.001-07:002016-04-19T21:39:44.734-07:00Poppies in the Sun<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1pPAAgykxj0/VxcID72OkmI/AAAAAAAADC0/_-RTtYlwMBw/s640/blogger-image-343266168.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1pPAAgykxj0/VxcID72OkmI/AAAAAAAADC0/_-RTtYlwMBw/s640/blogger-image-343266168.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Poppies in the Sun by Andrew Daniel</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">12" x 12" oil on canvas</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Contact artist</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This month I participated in a group show at Upstairs Gallery at Umpqua Bank in Arcata. Initially I really struggled with coming up with the right source photo, but finally settled on Poppies because they have such vibrant colors and make such interesting compositions when their shapes interact. I showed up an hour late to the hanging with a painting that was crazy with wet spackled on paint everywhere. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Trying to nail on a homemade frame to a wet painting like this was no easy task! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Anyway, the painting seemed to open up some sense of direction that I wanted to explore. It had been very narrow in it's color range, mostly yellows and sky blue.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sorry I don't have a picture, I was in too much of a hurry to drop it off.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I had made a dynamic composition, with lots of movement and texture, but ultimately, I just wanted something more. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So I painted this piece. I started with a bright pink gesso layer, so that I could have more colors showing, as they come through the paint. I then focused on bring more economical with my brushwork so that I could allow more pinks to show. Also I had chosen a source that had more colors to start with and as I painted it, I focused on mixing lots of warm and cool versions of each color. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The piece evolved very quickly and I got really excited, thinking I could replicate and expand on what I had learned, I tried a new one straight off. However that one bombed...</span></div></div>artofandrewdanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276703925777113998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12794220.post-41121078751971383592016-04-12T20:54:00.000-07:002016-04-12T20:54:04.006-07:00Baker Beach and Trinidad Bay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"Baker Beach and Trinidad Bay" by Andrew Daniel</div>
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9" x 12" oil on canvas</div>
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This was a painting I did during one of my Wednesday morning ongoing
classes as a demonstration. It was a lot of fun. My intent was to work
against my typical mode, which is to work and rework the image until the
spontaneity is buried under distractingly thick impasto paint. Boy it
was fun! And the end product feels like it has a lot more energy and
vibrant colors. </div>
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