Friday, March 12, 2010

Bend and Stretch

Not plein air, but it was fun to paint! 30x30 oil on canvas c2010.

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Daily Painting 1025 Cloudy Day at the Boat Launch Miniature Plein Air Alla Prima

It was really cloudy here, looked like rain the whole time. It wasn't bad though, not cold at all and I saw lots of dolphins. Its 4 x 6 inches, oil on hardwood plywood. Buy this painting on PayPal
Price: $100 USD
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Daily Painting 1023 Heathcote's Triple Sabal Palm Tree, Plein Air Alla Prima



The top picture is my painting I did at Heathcote Botanical Gardens. Below is the sign that is under the tree, I thought it was an interesting story. Then I included a photo of the plant so you can see I didn't make it all up. The painting I did from life is 8 x 10 oil on hardwood plywood. $300.


Monday, February 22, 2010

15 Minute Sunrise # 274


Painted 2/16/2010 from my studio window - too cold and a bit old to sit outside these days. We still had snow with much more on the way. The sun this morning was in it's cadmium orange stage when I first noticed it, a nice change from the normal cadmium yellow I get to see most of the winter. I also see it a bit earlier because its moving from behind the trees. I quickly set up, but missed this particular stage. I thought you might like to see what I did get.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Dawn - study #221


Painted from life 1/16/2010
This morning the sky was this wonderful coral and blue, still somewhat dark I made it my warm up study for the day. I used Cobalt Blue in place of my normal French Ultramarine and Holbein's Scarlet Lake for the suns glow

Sunday, December 27, 2009

December Snow 4 # 190


10x8 Oil on linen panel painted from life 12/22/09 started 7:30 am completed 8:00 am

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

December Snow 2 # 188


10x8 Oil on lined panel - painted from life 12/21/09 started 7:30 AM completed 8:30 AM.
We had a great snow fall here, great because we didn't lose heat or power this time. It also stayed cold with sunny days since it stopped. We still have tons of snow. Great to study the snow and it's colour palette. I added Burnt sienna back in, works especially well with French Ultramarine. I did a number of panels over the last days, mostly of the sun.

Friday, December 18, 2009

A Fabulous Friday in Fall by BJ Wright

8"x10" oil on RayMar panel, painted en plein air, alla prima, on November 13th (completed at 11:20am)...$85 including shipping. In trying several different painting ideas, I had pre-toned some canvas panels using alizarin crimson, cad yellow and ultramarine blue --- brushing the thinned paint on in a somewhat planned but otherwise haphazard way. Letting the toned canvas peek through serves to unite the painting. The pear trees, with their red foliage, contrasted with the evergreens nearby. As noontime approached, shadows were quickly disappearing. Although it appears that black paint was used, it was actually a mixture of ultramarine blue and burnt umber. Contact beejw@charter.net for purchase.
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Sunday, December 6, 2009

Savanna's Bridge, landscape with egrets

"Savanna's Bridge"

About This Painting:
Beautiful morning at the Savanna Recreational area in Fort Pierce. Not too hot, lots of birds, nice breeze, very few bugs.....It was a great day!
Media: acrylic on hardboard
Size: 6 in X 6 in (15.2 cm X 15.2 cm)
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Open, water lily

"Open"

I am trying to use my watercolors more for plein air studies. Went to White City Park on Tuesday morning. It was lovely out, birds everywhere, and flowers blooming in all the ponds. This lily had just started to open up when I got there. By the noon hour it had completely unfolded, and the petals were even hanging down in the water!

Ready to frame.


Media: Watercolor
Size: 5 in X 7 in (12.7 cm X 17.8 cm)
Price: $75 USD

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Daily Painting 970 Beautiful Day at White City Park


Its oil plein air, alla prima. I painted it at the park today, really pretty out. The big white egret was in the bottle brush tree for most of the painting. Little birds were singing in the oak tree that I was sitting under and pooping on my palette. ( I had the painting tipped a bit so it was safe.) Its 8 x 10 inches, $300.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Daily Painting 962 By the Inlet, Indian River Plein Air

Its plein air, alla prima. I had a lovely time painting it, it was beautiful out at the Causeway park in Fort Pierce. Nice day, not too hot or cold, perfect!
Its oil, 8 x 10 inches, $300.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Lynchburg BBQ Fest (Acrylic 5x7) *SOLD*


I set out at the annual Jack Daniels BBQ Championship in Lynchburg and painted this last Saturday. Can you spot the UT Vols fans? A bit chilly and overcast but the sun was starting to pop out around noon.

Friday, October 23, 2009

what's wrong here??

As Sandra painted the Dalton (GA) depot, this white van parked directly between her and her subject. He smiled, acknowledged us, and pulled into this particular (one of 15) parking space. It was too incredibly funny to be upsetting. What are people thinking????
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Daily Painting 956 Fun at Heathcote Botanical Gardens

Its oil, 8 x 10, from life or plein air. I painted it today at lovely Heathcote Botanical Gardens here in Fort Pierce. I have started our paintouts for the season today, next tuesday morning we will be painting here again. You are welcome to come join us or just watch. It was perfect today, not too hot or cold with a nice breeze. $300.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Waiting by BJ Wright

10"x8" oil on RayMar panel, painted en plein air, alla prima on September 20th 2009 (completed at 1:05pm)...$85 including shipping...The annual "Battle of Tunnel Hill" Civil War reenactment weekend was rainy, muddy and overcast. But that didn't dampen the spirits of the artists who painted onsite both days. Contact me for purchase at beejw@charter.net.
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Saturday, October 3, 2009


"New Love"

About This Painting:
I have been trying to get out more and work on location. It is alla prima (all at once).
I had set up near my driveway and then found out I was in pile of ants. Not fun! Had to get some ant killer and relocate, but I didn't want to change the view. Got close enough, and it seems to have turned out alright!

Media: watercolor
Size: 5x7
price: $100.00

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Thursday, October 1, 2009

On the Double, hibiscus flower

"On the Double"
About This Painting:
I painted this doble hibiscus yesterday in the late afternoon out in my yard. It was done alla prima (all at once).
I used watercolor this time, which is not my usual medium. But I hope to start using watercolors more often. I love the watermarks and cool effects you get sometimes, like little surprises!

Ready to frame
Media: Watercolor
Size: 5 in X 7 in (12.7 cm X 17.8 cm)
Price: $85 USD

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Friday, September 25, 2009

Meadowlawn Morning by BJ Wright

8"x10" oil on RayMar panel, painted en plein air, alla prima, on September 8th (completed at 10:30am)...$85 including shipping....This was a rather interesting painting being somewhat of an experiment. I had pre-toned the panel using random areas of ultramarine blue, yellow ochre with alizarine crimson designating the focal point which was the stand of trees in the upper left. In the actual painting, my palette consisted of yellow ochre, indian red, prussian blue and white. I may have used a touch of ivory black in the greens. Using a limited palette in the toning process, then using another limited palette in the final painting is something I'll explore further.
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