For those of you who have wondered what goes on in that nifty blue building on the Phoenix, OR main drag —- > click.
I kind of like the preliminary drawing too –
Ephemera
Tag: rogue valley
Lyda Rose
I’ve written about Rogue Valley Roses before – and I’m still such a big fan. Mrs. Janet Inada graciously hosted myself and two other artists for an afternoon of painting on her A M A Z I N G rose farm in late May of this year. She grows and sells roses on their own root stock – heirloom and new varieties, and trust me, growing these roses is addictive. I have 5 and am planning for at least 5 more. Any patch of sun in my yard gets a rose!
This is Lyda.
And this painting is in my show that opens tonight!
Land That I Love: Southern Oregon en Plein Air
Come to my show opening, Friday, July 18, 5 -8 pm at the Rogue Gallery, Medford, OR!
There are 20 plein air landscape paintings created in the Rogue Valley. The pieces are arranged geographically and while some have been shown before, but many are new. If I didn’t title my pieces so literally we could have a contest to see who could guess the most locations!
Kim’s
Pretty much anyone from Medford knows – and loves – this place. It’s been closed for years, and I hear it’s been purchased by some big outfit and will likely be torn down soon. ALL RUMORS, of course. I don’t really know anything, except that it’s a great place to paint, although the black top gets pretty hot, even this early in the warm season. It’s funny, I listen to audio books when I paint, and often I’ll look at a painting and flash back to segments of a book. Carl Hiaasen for this one – not very deep, I’m afraid, but if he wrote stories in Southern Oregon, maybe this place would be in one.
18″ x 20″
Oil on Panel
Pompadour Panarama
I had a great time painting in rainy weather a few weeks ago – Pompadour Bluff, a notable rock formation just outside Ashland, OR.
They are separate paintings but were done in the same scale, from the same place, so they flow together.
Skull and Tea
Smithfields has another painting to replace the Rabbit that found a good home. I painted this one on a high shelf while I was sitting down and it is hanging above the vegetable piece (like so) and the perspective kind of works together in the room. Not quite trompe-l’oeil but sort of tromp-l’oeil inspired.
More Paintings of Phoenix, Oregon
This pear packing plant by First, Colver and C street is a great painting location. Just a few blocks from my house, I run past it several times a week and keep seeing more good vantage points to paint from. This is a warm up, I’m getting my feet wet for the outdoor painting season.
If you were to walk into the painting 50 or so feet then you would come to this point.
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Life Drawing – Long Pose at Ashland Art Center
Graphite on Paper
by Sarah F Burns
I moderate a weekly uninstructed long pose life drawing session.
- Every Wed from 6:30 – 9:30 pm
- $10 AAC Members, $12 General, cash or check only
- Two weeks in a row (6 hours total) of the same pose.
- Held at Ashland Art Center, 357 E Main St. Ashland, OR 97520
- Drop-in
- Bring your own materials, we have easels, chairs etc. No mineral spirits, painting okay but use distilled or rectified turps.
- Questions? sarahfburns [at] gmail dot com
- I am always looking for models. No experience necessary. Just be willing to work hard and hold PERFECTLY still for three hours at a time, with breaks.
Thunder Clouds
We had the most beautiful thunder clouds this summer (they brought us some brutal forest fires but that’s part of the deal). Measures 16″ x 20″, oil on panel. Of course it’s at my show at APU this month. : )
