Log Pond At Arcata Marsh by Andrew Daniel

Log Pond At Arcata Marsh by Andrew Daniel

Log Pond At Arcata Marsh by Andrew Daniel 8"x10" (20cm x 25cm)

I have been really enjoying the muted colors at the Arcata Marsh lately. They are really challenging to paint because the colors tend to run together. I revisited this view twice to complete this painting. After scraping off the first attempt I I tried again the next day painting over the ghost image that was left on the panel. In order to make the scene work, I had to adopt a different painting technique, in which I layer contrasting colors over each other to get the atmospheric qualities of the bushes; first painting the shadow tones of the bush then layering over the wet paint with the light tones.

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Eel River View painting by Andrew Daniel

Eel River View by Andrew Daniel 7" x 12" (12cm x 31cm)

I've picked up a job in Fortuna, Ca three nights a week. It has been really lovely to see so much of the regions landscape during my commute.

Sometimes, on my way back from work in the morning, I stop to make a painting. The region around Fernbridge and Ferndale have been really speaking to me, with the open spaces and the green fields.

If anybody has recommendations for landscape painting spots, I would love to hear them. I especially like rivers and wetlands, because of the reflected sky colors...

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Truckee Snowscape by Andrew Daniel

Truckee Snowscape 7" x 12" (12cm x 31cm)

Every Christmas I have been traveling out to Truckee California to see family and fantasizing about painting the landscape. The snow and the muted winter colors are compelling to me. This year I actually got out and gave it a shot!

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Pomegranate and Mandarine by Andrew Daniel

Pomegranate and Mandarine by Andrew Daniel
5" x 7" (13cm x 18cm)

Well I have been admiring the rich crimsons that I've seen in pomegranates as well as the vibrant oranges in mandarines, so I thought I would make a small painting of them.

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Portrait of an Aristocrat by Andrew Daniel

I got to paint this debonair fellow at Frances Kuta's studio. He had strong facial structure, dynamic hair, and a dashing suit!

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Common European Black Bird by Andrew Daniel

This is another little guy that I just had to paint after finding the photo on the 4freephotos website। I really liked how the Black Bird was blending into the background. It turned out to be quite a challenge to paint for this reason. There were so many neat shades of brown and gray in the plumage and in the ground cover!

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Pears and Cheese by Andrew Daniel

Pears and Cheese 9" x 12"

This painting will be featured along with 4 others in the First Street Gallery Holiday Invitational during December. The show features 20 local artists. In the next room over will be solo shows for Jim McVicker and Steve Porter as well.

The opening reception is Saturday December 4th from 6:0-0pm - 9:00pm.

Rooster Head by Andrew Daniel

I've been watching Rachel Schlueter create really fun lyrical paintings from photos of animals and it has gotten me a bit inspired. I found this photo of a roosters head from the creative commons website 4freephotos and it moved me to act!

It was such a treasure hunt discovering all of the colors in the birds plumage. It can get addictive painting from photos. My next step I guess would be to go out and take some photos of my own...

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Bartlett Pear on Plate by Andrew Daniel

Painting pears is fascinating to me, because they have such great color variances and the shape is so sensual. I wanted to see what painting on a rough surface would do to my painting style. It was fun to let the aesthetic be rougher around the edges.

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Bartlett Pear On Powder Blue by Andrew Daniel

I thought it would be fun to make up some colored surfaces to place still life objects on. So, I painted some pieces of card board with Alice's left over paint samples. It was really nice to set this yellow and green Bartlett Pear on a powder blue background. You know what else was nice is how patiently that pear sat there and waited for me to finish the painting. It didn't ask for breaks or scratch it's nose. I could really get into painting still life!

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