m. p i l g r i m (art)

  16x20”, oil on board.  “Holding the Light”

I currently have 13-14 paintings on display at the Sound Community Bank in Port Ludlow for the month of July. They are featured below:       ...

 For July and August these paintings are on display at this business. The vast majority of these are paintings that are about 9x12, framed, and were started on location, en plein air and finished in the studio.   9x12 North Bay Fog  9x12 Where the Water Slows  9x12 Shine Tidelands  9x12 Portage Passage  11x14 North from Port Ludlow  15x20 BC Coastline  9x12 Ludlow Creek  9x12 Old Alcohol Plant In  9x12 Moored  15x20 Guardian of the Hoh  9x12 Discovery Splendor  16x20 River of Light ...

    Into the Green , 8x12 on locally hand-built cradled wood   Sunrise, Port Ludlow , 8x12 on locally hand-built cradled wood   Inlet Light , 24x30 on cradled board

  I’ve opened a print shop on Saatchi art - more will be added in time. 

 I did a show today in Port Ludlow at the Resort Inn. I sold some stuff, and was reminded that I needed to update my Etsy page - Oh, my gosh was I behind. So far I've put 15 new listings. Still working on getting it caught up. I have been painting A LOT this year!  My Etsy Page  I'm also listed now on Saatchi Art, where you can get prints of my work.  That page is still under construction and I'll be adding more to it soon.  Saatchi Art

 I started working on these Wednesday but had trouble getting the hang of it - since I normally paint with a palette knife, working on a 4x6" panel was a challenge.  Eventually I figured out that I could use a small paintbrush and thickly dab on paint for these. I actually used acrylic, which makes them easier and they dry faster.   Here's some that I've completed so far, 5x7": After I did these, I did a couple more, these are 6x8"   It's a work in progress. I was hampered by the fact that I'm out of titanium white, which I"m waiting on.  I used my Guerrilla Painter Thumb box for these.  A nifty little nifty that my sweet baboo gave me for Christmas a couple years ago. I plan to do a lot more of these, because they're good practice. So far I can get one done in well under 45 minutes. 

Many times I take my own photos, and sometimes I use photos from a social media group I belong to, “reference photos for artists.” We’re able to use photos there for free. We are not, however, free to post them online or share them.  I’m still enchanted by the scenes on the western edge of the Olympic peninsula.  To be clear, I only use reference photos compositionally. I generally stop looking at them once the basic shapes are laid in, and make my own decisions.  For this 24x30 cradled board I put on a mid-tone ground of earth yellow, and then drew in the major shapes with chalk. After that, I put the photo away, because I find them distracting. They are distracting in the sense that i get too “precious” trying to copy a photo. I’d rather do my own artistic rendering of a scene, and what the scene means to me.  I always start with the sky. This was a complicated sky in the early morning, with altonimbus clouds spreading to the west. I started with the sky using anth...

 My beloved is preparing to go to woodworking school soon, so taht we can become a power creative couple. Meanwhile - he is able to make me lovely, well-finished cradled boards. Many of my latest paintings have been on these boards.     In order to maximize the number of cradled boards to be gotten from the sheets of Baltic birch he uses, after creating the medium size (15/16” x 20) he created several little ones (6’x12”). Now, I don’t normally work that small but it behooves me to create some smaller paintings as our local gallery is a small space, and also, it’s a good idea to practice what I’m bad at, I’ve learned.  So this week, I prepped three small boards, and created three paintings on them.  The first was a view of Cape Flattery, northwest from where I live. I started with a yellow ground, working through it back and forth. I’m fine with it, but not pleased.  The second was a sunrise over Port Ludlow piece, a study in which I wanted to show light us...