"Goleta Painters"

This Exhibition is up until March 28th, I wish i could see it myself, those who are near shouldn’t miss out!
 
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“The sketch hunter has delightful days of drifting about among people, in and out of the city going anywhere, everywhere. Stopping as long as he likes-no need to reach anypoint, moving in any direction folling the call of intrests. He moves through life as he finds it, not passing negligently the things he loves but stopping to know them, and to note them down in the shorthand of his sketchbook, a box of oils with a few small panels, the fit of his pocket, or  on his drawing pad like any hunter he hits or misses. He is looking for what he loves, he trys to capture if its found anywhere and everywhere. Those who are not hunters do not see things. The hunter is learning to see and understand – to enjoy.”

“Dont Try to paint Good Landscapes, try to paint canvases that will show how interesting landscape looks to you!”

Id like to thank our good pal Zach for making Goleta Painters Dot Com happen!

I am currently studying in NYC and cant wait to be back in goleta painting  the motherland all summer long. I’ll be posting various updates along with my 2 good friends  of  our recent studies. 

Enjoy!

-Andy

Andrew Leonard  portrait sketch By Jacob Collins

These here are two palms, I have painted before. However, this time I had the chance to paint  with out the thick of the fog. In this visit, The sun allowed me to truly enjoy their vulnerable yet whimsical appearance, which most likely goes unnoticed by hikers and locals in the neighborhood. Whom would other wise pass them by, much like one does, when passing a stranger in the street. This is why the job of the landscape artist is not only to copy the natural world or the all ready beautiful tree, but rather give the objects which one has become desensitized too, a chance to be captured ,so too  give it new meaning and a reason to be looked at and acknowledged. May that reason be that it is ugly,beautiful or deformed.

-Michael R. Leon

Plein-air of tree (overcast), Palos Verdes

I came upon this tree after I got lost in palos verdes trying to find an area to paint. It was located between large estates on a small bluff, I was attracted to it because of ts placement in the neighborhood. It made me wonder, if any one took into consideration the pathetic yet noble tree holding on for dear life  on the  edge of the cliff, being overshadowed by Spanish tiles and a cement wall. The only people taking advantage of it were the young smokers, paranoid, and looking over their shoulders wondering what on earth the guy with the weird paint covered box was doing painting the tree.

Plein-air of tree, Palos Verdes

 I Made the first painting (plein-air of tree) on the oddest of days, the weather patterns were not very steady so I had to paint quick and continuously wait for the overcast weather to either go away or stay.  At the end of the session it finally stayed clear for about 30 min,which gave me enough time to put the color in into the drawing.  As for the above piece (overcast) the day stayed relatively overcast, which helped keep the light consistent without a relative amount of change.

Yeah, we’re still at it! It’s just rare to get the shots onto the site.
We’ve got some plans in the works, possible summer shows, and other ideas that we’re kickin around.

Re-visiting one of my favorite views out at Elwood. Photo by Tim Shortell, a student of Brooks Institute of Photography.

Here are a few nightscapes done by Mike, Andrew and myself.

left to right top to bottom, Me, Andrew, Mike, Andrew.

Yup there’s my token tinnnnny painting. I really can’t help it! I figure if I make enough of em, I’ll be able to fill a gallery wall. Top to bottom.

A collaborative piece between myself and Andrew,

This is the second day, you can see mike up ahead in the distance.
I was using my palet knife for part of this painting, experimenting a little but with texture.

Amazing how you can go to a spot and totally miss something, go back again and have it pointed out from some fresh eyes and it quickly becomes a favorite composition to paint.

This one was painted along side Andrew, it was a weird day where fog would roll in and out again, I decided to tackle the fog, while Andrew right next to me, went for the sun. So after a full day of switching off, we had two very different paintings.