Santa Barbara Courthouse Commission - 8x10 Oil Painting

It's been at least a year since I've done a painting of the courthouse.  This commission was a welcome reminder of one of my favorite buildings, something about all that white is just so fun. 

Oil on panel, 8x10 inches

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Sunset at the Bluffs - 6x6

I was really sad to not participate in the annual studio tour this weekend, but since most of my studio is packed in boxes waiting for our approaching move date I guess I didn't have much of a choice :) 

I'm really fond of how this little piece turned out.  It was one of those afternoons that was just perfectly warm and sunny, and the purple sunset shadows were just beginning to creep up.

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Bluffs Panorama - 10x30

I'm finally making an effort to do larger paintings of all those small works I really loved.  This was definitely at the top of the list. 

Oil on 2" cradled panel, 10x30 inches 

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Rice Fields of Nepal - 12x12

I was a little nervous about this one.  It's definitely a different type of landscape than I'm used to, but I'm really enjoying how it turned out. 

Oil on canvas panel, 12x12 inches

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Kathmandu, Nepal - 6x12

Something about this orange building against the blue sky, I just love that color combination. 

Oil on cradled panel, 6x12 inches
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Before the Tide - 8x10 Plein Air

Finished this piece just in time before the tide got me (but not before I got a sunburn!).  This was one of those paintings where I hated it the whole way through, until suddenly at the end I liked it. 

Oil on canvas panel, 8x10 inches

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February on the Bluffs - 8x10 Plein Air Painting

A bit of a unique situation of how this painting came to be, let's just say I felt a little more "watched" than normal,  and you'll be able to see photos of me painting it in the summer issue of Carpinteria Magazine :) 

Oil on canvas panel, 8x10 inches

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Long Beach Lighthouse - 6x6

Zach and I took a trip to Long Beach recently (aquarium anyone?).  And I happen to find a few fun things to paint while I was there too :) 

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Blue and Gold - 6x6

This is the last of the storm series, I had a bunch of extra paint when I finished yesterdays painting and  I thought I might as well have some fun with it. 

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Bluffs Path, Sunset - 8x10

It's been a while since my last post! I took a long break for Christmas and New Years, very refreshing :) But now it's back to work, there's so much to do, including a very large commission (the panel of which is currently staring at me, trying to intimidate me with its size!) 

I painted this piece long before Christmas but neglected to post it until now. I love the bluffs at sunset, all these wonderful purple blue shadows appear cooling off all the yellows and oranges that are usually present. 

Oil on panel, 8x10 inches

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Central Coast Mountains - 8x10

I liked the softness of these colors offset by the bright pop of red in the flower field. 

Oil on panel, 8x10 inches 

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Autumn in Carpinteria - 6x12

I'm not usually a fan of fog, but since we had such a beautiful sunny summer these last couple days of clouds and rain are a welcome autumn change :) It's making me feel like we actually have seasons! It also makes me want to eat candy corn...

Oil on stretched linen, 6x12 inches

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Swiss Castle - 5x7

I snagged this shot on the cable car ride down from Mt. Pilatus.  So many places in Switzerland seemed too quaint to be real, and this was one of them. 

Oil on panel, 5x7 inches

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Train Station, Santa Barbara - 5x7

I loved this late afternoon light on the station in Santa Barbara

Oil on panel, 5x7 inches 

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Lifeguard Tower - 6x6

Oh man has it been gloomy here lately! June is definitely living up to it's reputation.  Luckily I've hoarded lots of reference photos of sunnier times for weeks like this, I guess I'm like a squirrel, or an ant....anything as long as it keeps me from having to paint gray things. 

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Abstracted Sky - Landscape Oil Painted - 18x24

Another big one today. I've had these canvases sitting around forever because I really hate painting on canvas, but this sort of painting on them isn't so bad.

Oil on stretched canvas, 18x24 inches

Sides painted

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Kauai Stormy Day - Original Hawaiian Landscape Painting - 6x12

I had a lot of fun painting this one, I especially liked the way the clouds turned out. Which is good, I'm sure I'll be painting many more cloudy scenes now that June gloom is upon us.

Oil on cradled panel, 6x12 inches

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Somehow Familiar - Landscape Oil Painting - 6x6

There's a certain part of my new neighborhood that really reminds me of the Dharma houses in Lost...I thinks it's because they're all painted in pastel colors or bright yellow. I feel like I should look out for polar bears when I walk through it.

Oil on Ampersand Gessobord, 6x6 inches -SOLD

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The last few days of painting have been terribly frustrating. I was on a good streak for awhile, for five days in a row I loved everything I made. Now, nothing, everything looks horrible to me. Luckily I've learned that these things go in cycles, I just have to keep at it.

Giveaway?

I want to do a giveaway soon (where I would giveaway one of my small 6x6 paintings). But I can't decide which would be a better choice, a landscape or a still life? Anyone have thoughts about which they would rather win?

So a landscape giveaway might look a little like this one:

And a still life giveaway would probably be of avocados (so fun to paint) and might look a little like this:

thoughts?

Carpinteria Salt Marsh - Daily painting by Sharon Schock

I was trying something a little different for today, I felt like maybe some of my paintings were too bright and I wanted to see what it was like to tone it down a bit. I'm trying to be more open to experimentation, because I know that's a great way to learn.....it's frustrating though.

6x6 inches, oil on gessobord panel - SOLD

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