STUDIO WORK

NORTH SHORE IN THE STUDIO

Here's what I put together from the plein aire pieces and the views from the North Shore last week . . . 8x10 oil on canvas $200 . . . e-mail kellyapgar(at)hotmail.com if interested . . . Enjoy!

ANOTHER NORTH SHORE

NORTH SHORE SEPTEMBER SKIES

Another North Shore . . . a little bit cooler in color. . .8x10 $200 email kellyapgar(at)hotmail.com if you're interested . . .Enjoy!

NORTH SHORE

NORTH SHORE - SEPTEMBER

One of three (2 plein aire & one studio piece) from yesterday . . . nice to finally get back out even thought we only had about 5 minutes of sunshine . . . that is until I packed up and got home . . . sunny late afternoon and evening . . . oh well . . . this piece is available 8x10 $200 unframed . . . kellyapgar(at)hotmail.com . . . Enjoy!

de ja vue

DOCK ROCKS

MAKE THE CLOUDS GO AWAY

DE JA VUE

Bottom painting in the one I did for a "Quick Draw" Auction in June based on the painting MAKE THE CLOUDS GO AWAY which I also did in June . . . Ironically the same people that bought DOCK ROCKS in August had bought DE JA VUE . . . unfortunately it got smudged and scratched . . . obviously because it was "wet" . . . so when I delivered DOCK ROCKS I got DE JA VUE back . . .and WAH LA! I fixed it today! . . . and will deliver it back to them next week . . . not a very exciting project but that was the extent of my painting today . . .Enjoy!

ANOTHER ONE

EGG TEMPERA IN PROGRESS

Okay so here is the other one I started . . . you can see how the values are built up "slowly" . . . not really my thing but I am going to try and go back to this in between projects . . . stay tuned . . .

UGH EGG!

FIRST TEMPERA

Some of the new supplies I purchased included a set of egg tempera paints . . . here is a little 4x6 study I did with them. . . it is a very slow tedious process . . . and I went too fast on this one as you need to let each layer dry and add the next very carefully . . . like watercolor but much harder . . . it is extremely easy to damage the layers underneath . . . probably not something I'll stick with but worth a try . . . Enjoy!

A LITTLE MORE RED!

ANOTHER RED UNDER PAINTING STUDY

Got a little heavy handed with this towards the end . . .it is amazing how much the red under painting changes the colors . . . I used my "regular" palette but all the colors look different and like I said yesterday the dark values pop right up . . .Enjoy . . . NFS!

READY FOR RED

UNDER PAINTING IN RED

back to a little something I tried late last winter . . . under painting in red . . . really like this technique although it can get away from you quickly and you'll end up getting darker values than planned . . . I'm also not as patient as one should be . . . you really need to allow the under painting to set up a little longer before continuing . . . too wet to paint plein air but will try this some more when I get back out. . . Enjoy!

PAINTING PALS

MARY AT LAKESIDE -Sorry NFS
Here's a quick little oil sketch of my painting pal Mary Kelley . . . see her work at http://www.marykelleyart.com/ . . . she is going to say "oh darn my website isn't very up to date". . . I haven't met an artist yet that can keep their site up to date . . . thank goodness for my blog. . . Enjoy!

ROCK ON!

LITTLE ROCK STUDY

Done at Lakeside before I went to the coast . . . love the texture of the linen panel . . . hate the styrofoam "fuzzies"from the inside of my wet panel carrying case. . . white spots all over the bottom I will hvave to pick off by hand when it's dry . . . Enjoy!

TO THE END OF THE EARTH

AT THE END OF THE DAY

One of 880 photos I took during the past 5 days. . . yep! we went on vacation . . . obviously to the coast . . . plus I picked up several hundred dollars worth of paints & art supplies . . . so back to work! . . . posting new paintings soon!

VOLUNTEER PARK

VIEW FROM THE NEW PARK

Lakeside, MT has a new public lake access park called Volunteer Park . . . it is wonderful! . . . Here's one from when we painted there Thursday . . . 8x10 oil ($250) email if you are interested in purchasing . . .kellyapgar(at)hotmail.com . . . enjoy!

I Think This Is IT!

SUNSET ON THE FLATHEAD

This should cover all the Paint Out pieces . . . have to finish framing this weekend . . . Enjoy!

Like 7 or 8

NORTH SHORE 10:15 THURSDAY

Apparently this is what happens when you paint 7 or 8 paintings during a three day Paint Out . . . this is another one I did Thursday night (during the event) . . . actually I didn't even paint plein aire on Friday . . .so these are from just two days . . . all going to BMAH Tuesday so e-mail ASAP if you are interested in purchasing . . . .kellyapgar(at)hotmail.com). . . then I promise posts of other stuff . . . i.e. painted in Lakeside yesterday . . . .Enjoy!

Hey Remember This!

PAGE ONE OF PRINT PORTFOLIO

I'm please to announce my relief printing portfolio was reviewed by the Western Heritage Artist's jury and I have been selected as a member to this wonderful association. I am now eligible to exhibit during the WHA show held each March in Great Falls, Montana. Currently I am on the waiting list due to space availability, so I'll keep you informed. It's interesting and ironic, after all the work I've done in cattle markers and oil painting, my tangent into relief printing is what I chose to present and is what I was selected for. To review the complete portfolio see the post titled Back To The Future from August 13th. . . Enjoy!