This little dog may look scrappy but his owner sure do love him.
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A Scrappy Looking Dog
Pence Gallery Garden Tour Exhibit
Every year the Pence Gallery holds the annual Garden Tour in Davis. Certain gardens are chosen for their designs and use of native Californian plants in their yards. I had an opportunity to be the artist on-site in two of these gardens.
These two paintings were from one home and were done from photographs. I attempted to paint plein air but the hot afternoon sun sweated my oils that I found difficult to work from. Painting exteriors scenes is something I normally don’t do. I think my approach here became more illustrative than painterly.
These paintings will be exhibited along with other arts done during the garden tour for the month of June at the Pence Gallery.
Corgie Relaxing
I stopped by a bookstore while in downtown Davis. The volunteer there had her corgie, Sutter, so friendly. Instantly she rolled on her back for a rub on her tummy. With the owner’s permission I took several photos since Sutter wanted more pats. Finally got a couple of good shots.
Capay Valley
Two Artists
Painting a person in the landscape gives a sense of scale.
The Slough on County Road 27
Another attempt at strictly palette knife painting. I like the idea of palette knife painting. It’s definitely cleaner than using brushes. No gamsol, just paper towels. There are two artists who are palette knives painters, Sharon Sprung and Christopher Gallego . Instead of the rough textures that I get their paintings are smooth.
Christopher Gallego was interviewed by Antrese Wood of Savvy Painter
In the Zinnia Patch
In Woodland, there is the ever popular Metzger Zinnia Patch. It covers two acres devoted to zinnias, rows and rows of zinnias of all different kinds. The owner, Mark Metzger donates the zinnias and provides buckets and water for visitors to pick for their homes or for places like retirement or convalescent homes. Read more about it here
I painted this painting from a photo taken about two years ago and it was just recently I was able to paint it.
Trees Sketches
The weather had been beautiful, people were out in the parks, and fortunately I had my pocket size Moleskine sketchbook.
I tried to achieve very minimal in these sketches. Just the shadow details and a touch of colors. Maybe too much color. But I enjoyed not being stressed out about putting in color.
Tree at Community Park, Apr. 21, 2017 by Marlene Lee
At the Corner of Central Park, Apr. 21, 2017 by Marlene Lee
Check out my Flickr page for more pen and ink sketches.
Dog Portraits Exhibit
Tanzi 2016,10 x10 x 1 3/8,oil on gallery wrapped canvas by Marlene Lee
SOLD, Bailey, 2016 oil on gallery wrapped canvas, 10x 10x 1 3/8 inches by Marlene Lee
Titamisu, oil on stretched canvas, 10 x 10 x 1 1/4 inches by Marlene Lee
Buttons, 10 x 10 x 1 1/4 in. oil on canvas – https://marleneleeart.com/2016/06/15/buttons/
Kava, oil on stretched canvas, oil on canvas, 10 x 10 x 1 1/4 in.
Topher, oil on stretched canvas, oil on canvas, 10 x 10 x 1 1/4 in.
My dogs portraits of various dogs that I met while walking my dog Kava is now exhibiting at the Avid Reader during the month of April. These are all sized at 10 x 10 x 1 3/8 inches oil on gallery wrapped canvas. Each one of these except for Kava (my dog) are available for purchase at my DailyPaintworks store or for commission go to my Etsy shop. The price is $175 for either the painting or commission.
