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 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.
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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