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- FALL COLORS, JACKSON LAKE by Susan Fox
- "MAD RIVER BLUES", Oil Painting by Kathy O'Leary
- "LIGHT AND SHADOW-ELKHORN SLOUGH", Oil Painting by Kathy O'Leary
- Nov 2009 Press Release: Lost Coast Daily Painters Release 2010 Calendar, Host Holiday Sale
- "8th Street, Eureka" by Amy Stewart
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"Fall Colors, Jackson Lake" 8x6" oil on canvasboard- I was driving around Jackson Lake in Grand Tetons National Park and came upon this simple, but attractive scene of fall colors. I liked the combination of the bright orange aspen and the yellow willow with the lake in the background.
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This painting was done on location (en plein air) at a favorite place along the Mad River in Humboldt County, California. Up in the coastal mountains, this beautiful river meanders among naturally tinted blue rocks and boulders, while the river itself reflects colors of lavender and turquoise. This is one of the paintings done during a week long annual trip with several other women artists. The painting measures 8 x 10, and is done on canvas covered panel. To learn more or bid, CLICK HERE
This is a painting done from a photograph I took on a grassy overlook on the Elkhorn Slough Wildlife Refuge at Moss Landing, Northern California. Known mostly by the locals, it's a beautiful region of mudflats, tidal water flows, rich with bird life and surrounded by chaparral, trees and wild grasses. It measures 8 x 10, and is painted on canvas covered panel. To learn more or bid, CLICK HERE.
Last spring, a group of Humboldt County painters joined together to sell small works online through their blog, Lost Coast Daily Painters. The effort proved more successful than they could have imagined: collectively, they’ve sold over 150 paintings in six months. The group continues to attract new members: painters Alicia Tredway, Terry Oats, and Steve Porter have joined this month. Now they’re celebrating with the release of a 2010 calendar of Humboldt County scenes, and a holiday sale at Kathy O’Leary’s studio at 208 C Street in Eureka on December 5 for Arts Alive.
The calendar features paintings by O’Leary, Linda Mitchell, Rachel Schlueter, and Amy Stewart. Scenes include Indian Island, the Ferndale racetrack, and the AA bar. Some of the images are already part of Humboldt’s past. “As we were putting it together, we realized that already some of the places we painted had changed,” Mitchell said. “I went to O-H’s the night it closed to get one last painting. We also included Rachel’s painting of Gepetto’s in Eureka, and Amy’s painting of the pulp mill when it was still operating.”
In keeping with the artists’ use of technology to sell art online, the calendars can be ordered online through Zazzle.com. “The nice thing about Zazzle is that it lets us design a high-quality calendar without having to invest thousands of dollars in up-front printing costs,” said Schlueter. “We’re also designing notecards and even T-shirts, all of which are printed only when someone orders them. None of this was possible even a few years ago.”
Samples of the calendars will be on display at the Lost Coast Daily Painters Holiday Sale at Kathy O’Leary’s C Street studio, where the artists will also offer small paintings for sale at affordable prices. “We’re even offering gift wrapping and shipping,” O’Leary said. “We want to make it very easy to get some holiday shopping done.” The sale starts at 5 pm on Saturday, December 5 and continues throughout the evening for Arts Alive.
Visit lostcoastdailypainters.blogspot.com to see new work by each artist, and visit the Zazzle store at www.zazzle.com/lostcoast.
This is a scene I walk past almost every day--a cluster of Victorians and Craftsman bungalows near my house. The sun sets behind that palm tree, so there's always pretty light hitting those buildings. Eureka has a lot of nice architecture, always in various states of repair or disrepair, which makes for interesting subject matter. I should really do more of it.
This is 8 x 10 inch oil on board, and it's the 1/2 inch thick panel with dovetail slots in the back so it can be hung, unframed, on a nail with no extra hardware. The sides are painted black.
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