"Artist Colony- Balboa Park", 20x16, oil on wrapped canvas-by Maryanne Jacobsen

"Artist Colony- Balboa Park", 20x16, oil on wrapped canvas by MAryanne Jacobsen

One of my favorite cities in the United States is San Diego. In addition to fabulous weather year round, it has so many things to offer- a dynamic area with beautiful museums, trendy restaurants and a gorgeous beach on Coronado Island. I was there last year for a visit and I had brought my new Mabef French easel on the plane, determined to do some plein air painting while I was in beautiful southern California. So while my hubby visited the space museum, I sat down and started to paint this colorful scene in the little artist's community in Balboa Park.

The place is so colorful that it's hard to explain. Bougainvillea greets you at every corner,and there are colorful umbrellas and potted plants that adorn each of the brightly painted buildings. I chose this scene because I loved the perspective looking up the street (and all the colored umbrellas, of course).

Well, since it was a large canvas, I had promised myself I would go back every day that we were in San Diego to continue to paint the scene. (Hmmmmm... guess what didn't happen?)

Anyhow, this painting was not completed on site and sat in my closet for months unfinished. Truth be known I think I was unable to finish it because I was pretty intimidated by those colored tiles in the sidewalk. I had read that when you are painting even roof tiles and sidewalk tiles that you need to maintain the perspective in the scene. Well, as if it isn't hard enough to figure out how to paint the tiles without overwhelming the viewer, I was pretty intimidated about trying to keep the danged things in perspective as well!

I finally finished it a while back, and it's one of those happy paintings that you don't mind looking at over and over again, even if the perspective is not quite perfect! I even put my hubby in the scene! (Psst! He's the one with the bald head!) Here's my reference photo:


The painting was painted with a palette knife and has nice impasto throughout. I have priced it below my current pricing structure because it was completed over a year ago. If you would like to purchase this painting for $550 plus $15 shipping and handling, please visit my blog at Paint Dance.

To see more of my original art, please visit my official website at Maryanne Jacobsen Fine Art.

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Weekly Challenge Fries

Diane Mannion, SMALL FRIES, 4x6"oil

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Daily Painting 1257 Grassy Waters

Its oil on masonite, 5 x 7 inches. I wish I could show this one in person, I think it looks much nicer in real life. It has lots of nice textures. $100.

Weekly Challenge

Diane Mannion, GARLIC ON SPOON DISH, 6x8" oil

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Daily Painting 1256 Hibiscus Fire Abstract Oil Painting

I had lots of fun with this one, it just flowed off my knife. Its oil on masonite, 5 x 7 inches, $100.
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Weekly Challenge

Diane Mannion, RED PEPPER, 6x6"oil

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"Children on the Beach, II" after Edward Henry Potthast

"Children on the Beach, II" after Edward Henry Potthast
(4x4") - 201127
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I spent some time exploring a different color approach to this study, which I originally worked on last week. It's a tad more contemporary, not only in color selection, but in technique as well. These Potthast studies have been wildly popular with collector purchase interest way, way up there. I'm curious to see a comparison in positive response - traditional vs. contemporary. My feeling is that traditional will be preference, but we'll see. I'll keep you posted!
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Lynn Morgan Contemporary Pastel Paintings

"After the Day"

21" x 27"
Pastel on paper

Mother's Day

Diane Mannion, MY MOTHER, 6x6" oil

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"A Walk on the Beach" after Edward Henry Potthast

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL FELLOW MOTHERS!!

"A Walk on the Beach" after Edward Henry Potthast
(4x4") - 201126
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What I loved about doing this one was the intensity of the blue hues in the background. I usually shy away from blues this bluesy, but wanted to stretch again and see about getting comfortable with it. Lots more ultramarine in this than I usually do in my mixes. I purchased 7 new colors from Gamblin the other day. All very non-traditional. I always mix my own colors, which is very time consuming, so I wanted to see how I would like the more pastelly hues already mixed for me. They're not too bad actually. But I found it necessary to go ahead and mix in a bit of the surrounding colors in order to create the harmony that is needed to bring a painting closer together. My mixing time was less, which allowed more time for the real fun!
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Weekly Challenge

Diane Mannion, ASPARAGUS, 6x6" oil

I'm so excited!  It's my idea for the weekly challenge this week, check it out:

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Pink Pipes, Abstract II

Image is 8 x 10in Gouache and ink with large white border on a 22 x 30" white deckle edge watercolor paper.

Daily Painting 1255 Morning Mists at Hackberry Hammock

This is loosely based on a photo I took out at Hackberry Hammock. Its oil on masonite, 5 x 7 inches. $100. http://lorisart.blogspot.com/

Still Life Painting

Diane Mannion, MY MUG, 6x6" oil

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"Maitland Art Center", 16x12, oil on masonite by MAryanne Jacobsen

"Maitland Art Center", 16x12, oil on masonite by Maryanne Jacobsen

Well, after yesterday's rather disastrous Hensche study with my hubby, today he wanted to try the same painting again, only this time using brushes instead of a palette knife.

I am glad that I obliged him. He was very happy with how his painting came out! (It was actually quite good- very impressionistic, but he won't let me post it.) I was abundantly more pleased with my own painting as well. I like the softer look that I get with brushes, and I was more confident going into this painting, because I already knew what needed correcting value-wise after doing yesterday's painting.

In case you didn't read yesterday's post, my husband has taken an interest in art. He asked me to teach him the Hensche method of landscape painting and so I said that I would. Unfortunately, between the heat and the lovebugs here in Florida, neither one of us wanted to go outdoors to paint, so I pulled out an old photo that I took at the Maitland Art Center a few years ago.

I chose the scene above because I thought it would be easy to paint, but as it turned out, the low light contrast made it more difficult, IMHO. In addition, painting from a photograph is never ideal. The hubby gave up on the Hensche idea before he could get through the first notes, and because I had a ton of paint on my palette, I decided to finish my painting. Just scroll down the page or go here, to see the same scene painted with a palette knife.

The Maitland Art Center is located in Maitland Florida. It has many activities year round and is a very popular spot for weddings year round as a result of the lovely gardens. The architecture is very eclectic, with a strong Aztec/ Toltec emphasis as a result of the founder's travels and influences.

The painting that I did today is exhibit quality, so I am selling it at a higher price than last night's painting. Please visit my blog at PaintDance in order to purchase for $450 plus $10 shipping and handling, and allow at least a week for the paint to harden enough to ship.

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Daily Painting 1254 Iris Shadows

I have been playing hooky lately, felt wore out.

Allie at Hackberry Hammock made this nice still life when we were at the paintout there. I took a photo and then painted from it. Its oil on masonite, 5 x 7 inches, $100. http://lorisart.blogspot.com/

Weekly Challenge Portrait

Diane Mannion, MY PAINTING HAT, 6X6"oil

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Kitchen Table Top

Moved to a different city after 22 years a while back! Very exciting and so is my new kitchen table, yellow-green lacquer! Early morning sun streaming down through the window blinds on chrome circular candle holders! TA-DA!

"Nude" after Edward Henry Potthast

"Nude" after Edward Henry Potthast
(4x4") - 201125
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More good lesson material in this one. Again and again and again, it's all about values! And colors too, but the value shifts are what I'm learning about most. The figure here was quite difficult to bring together because the darkest dark and the lightest light were so close on the value scale, and it took me a while to figure that out. It's an example of painting what you see; not what you think you see, or what you think you have to paint in order to create a good representation of whatever it is you're painting.

Now then - I want to write more about the controversial issue of working from another artist's work. It's a sea of factual copyright mish-mash, flavored with varying personal ideologies. In this case here, after torturing myself with the ethical aspect of doing such studies and selling them, I have determined for sure that Potthast's beach paintings are now considered to be public domain and most of them are noted "date unknown". What we do know for sure is that these beach paintings were created in the summer months (in any one of a number of seaside art colonies including Coney Island & Far Rockaway) after his final move to Manhattan in 1896. More specifically, they are generally known to have been painted somewhere between the years of 1910-1920. The latest possible US copyright expiration date would have been 1997, which is 70 years after his death. Sooooo - I have not violated any copyright issues in painting and posting these studies. For good measure, I'll add that my references were downloaded from the internet, and therefore were not copyrighted duplicates of the originals. (Had I referenced a poster, greeting card, book, etc. - it might be a different story). Next up is the issue of whether or not to sign my studies. This too seems to be a confusing topic with differing opinions of what is acceptable, unethical, or just plain rude & disrespectful. My comfort level here lies with signing the front with just initials (SCS), and the back with my full signature, plus "after Edward Henry Potthast". And finally, the issue of selling these pieces. Again - it's a sticky topic with stances ranging from "how dare you" to "sure, why not, you need the cash-right?". Somewhere in between is the subjective area of just how interpretive my studies actually are, and whether or not my derivations bring forth anything identifiable as my own. I believe these studies are unique by way of how I apply the paint; the shape, size and direction of the strokes. My technique, if I may say so without raising eyebrows, is pretty much easy to spot. So there you have it!

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A Magnolia Memory for Niki, a large Magnolia Blossom by Judy Batterson

My friend commissioned me to paint a large magnolia blossom for her home. This flower has much meaning for her. The good news is that my neighborhood had blooming magnolia trees at the time of this painting. I studied the bowl of each petal and the way the light hit the curl. I used warm colors for the background to bring life to the bloom. And I have more appreciation for Georgia O'Keefe now. A large blossom makes a dramatic statement. I let my friend name her painting! 20 x 24" oil (sold)