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A compendium of daily image making by Craig Stephens
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- craigstephens
- I am an artist living in Northern California. In 1993 I graduated from U.C. Davis where I took classes from Wayne Thiebaud, Dave Hollowell and Roy DeForest. I currently teach high school art in Placer County California. On this blog I have posted 1000 paintings in as many days. I took a break from that strict schedule for a couple of years but since the beginning of 2014 I have been completing one small painting on a daily basis. The practice of completing a painting a day suits my disposition and aesthetic. I have also found that modeling this sort of daily practice for my students is important. I am making these paintings available on ebay. Thanks for stopping by and check back often if you like what you see.
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- lemon 5.5"x7"
- tootsie pop 5.5"x7"
- toast 7"x5.5"
- martini 5.5"x7"
- danish 6"x7"
- bird 7"x5.5"
- muffin 5.5"X7"
- ladle 5.5"x7"
- pinecones 6"x7"
- egg #2 7"x5.5"
- meatball 6"x7"
- pencils 6"x7"
- succulent 6"x7"
- baseball 6"x7"
- glove 6"x7"
- knot 6"x7"
- scissors 2 6"x7"
- Mike & Ike's
- cactus 6"x7"
- pencil 6"x7"
- pomegranate 6"x7"
- avocado 6"x7"
- kisses 6"x7"
- conch 6"x7"
- hammer head 6"x7"
- corndog 6"x7"
- white flowers 6"x7"
- sky 6"x7"
- canna lily 6"x7"
- pine cone 6"x7"
- tangelo 6"x7"
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4 comments:
Great paintings. They are realistic and warm yet simple and clean.
A question: How can you do a painting each day and then put it up for sale? Don't oils take a while to dry? Do you varnish?
Thanks, David
Thanks!
I put them up for auction on eBay. I do a seven-day auction and most of them are dry by then. Some colors take longer to dry than others and in those cases I might need to wait a couple more days before shipping the painting.
I don't coat over the paintings with anything after they're done. Sometimes I use a painting medium made from dammar varnish, stand oil and turpentine. It can sometimes dry pretty slowly depending on the pigment that it's mixed with. So far the slowest drying painting I've done took about two weeks to dry completely.
Hi Craig! Even though I am no longer at The Black Cow Gallery, I still check up on your work occasionally....I have to say that this one is amazing...I'm a plant fanatic! I know someone that would love to have this. If I wanted to buy it as a gift, would it be possible to have it framed? (for an extra fee, of course) I hope that all is going well....I really do enjoy your work!
-Amy Timmons :)
Amy framing would be no problem. Go ahead and email me so we can work out the details.
craigstephens@mac.com
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