A compendium of daily image making by Craig Stephens
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Folsom nocturne 6x6
This is the kikomon soy sauce plant from the bluff above Lake Natoma. Painting this was sort of an experiment. I took my dog for a walk and tried to commit the essentials of the scene to memory and the painted it as soon as I got back to my house.
Nice bit of nocturne.....so much of art is spent painting in the light, but oh how the dark can be equally beautiful as well. I feel inspired to head out tonight, or maybe the next full moon.
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 art at Chana High School in Auburn California. On this blog I have posted 1000 paintings in as many days. Lately I have not been as strict with my painting schedule although I still update this blog regularly. I want to do some larger paintings that may take me more than a day to complete. Unless marked otherwise, these paintings are for sale. Please direct all purchase enquiries to Elliot Fouts Gallery. If you are unsure about the availability of a painting, please don’t hesitate to email me.
4 comments:
This is really cool, good work!
Nice bit of nocturne.....so much of art is spent painting in the light, but oh how the dark can be equally beautiful as well. I feel inspired to head out tonight, or maybe the next full moon.
From twinkie to twinkle! Nice nightscape; interesting subject.
Beautiful!
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