Today we’re sharing with you announcements of two separate shows, one for just one afternoon and the other for another week and a half. The first really is a concert, with the art an extra, just for the ambiance. Stands to reason: how many art shows have we been to where the music was background? The event will feature the Alcantara Piano Trio and will be held at the spectacular St. Edwards Catholic Church in Dana Point, just a block from where we live. That’s especially handy as a reception follows, at our house. For anyone interested in the concert, the full info is below.*

Chamber Trio 1, Oil on Canvas, 36×48

I’ll be showing a number of paintings, large pieces that can be seen across the room. Besides showing what I already have, I got inspired to do a few new ones for the occasion. The piece above could be the Alcantara Trio. Not that I’ve ever seen them, but it is the correct mix and done with a “soft-edged” style so no one can really know anyway. We’ll see if they recognize themselves.

Chamber Trio 2, Oil on Canvas, 16×20

While the first painting is large (3 ft. x 4 ft.) this second one is small. I wanted to do another of the same subject with a yet looser style and with one of the figures very much in the foreground. I just noticed that I didn’t paint in the cellist’s bow. Maybe I yet will, or maybe I’ll just leave it implied.

Violinist, Oil over Acrylic on Canvas, 43.5×24.5

This third one, done first, is not from that same trio. I just found a photo that I couldn’t resist painting. It’s mostly in acrylic with just a bit of oil paint applied to the face. Both mediums look virtually the same when dry so it doesn’t matter, but they go down differently so sometimes I prefer one, sometimes the other.

Julia Sitting, Charcoal, 24×18

Drawing Show at Esther Wells Gallery*

Once a year the Esther Wells Gallery in Laguna Beach exhibits miscellaneous drawings done by the gallery’s artists. Just a handful of these participate, being normally occupied with painting only, or sculpting. But as I do draw and had some samples done from models over the years, I submitted ten, of which we’re showing six here (the clothed ones).

Julia Standing, Charcoal, 24×18

If I get the name, I write it down, and maybe the date, and sometime how long I spent on it. The above two are of one Julia done back in 2004. They are not long studies, sometimes in fact very quick, just enough to get the essence.

Zovinar Perched, pencil, 24×18

Generally my drawing is for the sake of practice, not to sell. Though I have sold some lately, even to fellow artists who were drawing with me. (A nice compliment.) Form is everything on these, as is gesture, proportion and, of course, style. Sometimes I think my paintings should look more like my drawings, but brush and pencil are different and handle differently, and so are, then, the results.

Zovinar in Ink, roughly 18×18

These poses can be very brief, sometimes only a few minutes during the warm ups. And sometimes I experiment with different media, different kinds of pencils, charcoals, ballpoint, pastel, or paint. For this one it was ink, applied with a big fat Chinese calligraphy brush made of  horsehair. I sometimes use those in painting too. Very freeing.

Male Face in Conte, roughly 16×16

My sketchbooks are full of faces, or should I say “heads.” I’m fascinated with the face most of all, but as I’m usually drawing surreptitiously, without the person knowing, I rarely get the face straight on. And then they move anyway. Here it was a model, holding his pose as long as necessary. I can’t remember how long, as it was several years ago. The medium is brown Conte “crayon” with a bit of white chalk for the highlights.

Kerry in Color, Water Soluble Oil on paper, 24×18

This is a recent one, done in studio with other artists (as with all of these). My intention was to draw, but I had my paints with me and soon enough I had them out. I was experimenting with a different kind of oil paint that’s water soluble and thus, if used thin, drips. That’s something I like, and use often in my paintings (normally with acrylic which will also drip). To me it reveals something of the spontaneity of it all, the energy and the life that’s required to make a painting and what the painting should, when finished, still have. In the end, everything is about life. And life is rarely “neat.”

Anne at the opening explaining the magic of printmaking

Golden West Printmaking Show*

As mentioned last time, Anne is presently part of a printmaking show at Golden West College. It’s a spacious venue and a handsome display, with some notable artists included. Here is Anne on the opening night responding to the request of another printmatking instructor on the process of how she makes these pieces. The show continues through this Thursday only (see below for details, and other events coming up).

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Ongoing and Upcoming Events

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*Dana Point Coastal Arts Concert Series

Featuring Alcantara Piano Trio and Hyatt Moore, painter
St. Edwards Church, Dana Point, March 27, 2 pm, $12
Reception following at the Moores’ home/studio/gallery
For full info click here.

*Drawings Show at Esther Wells Gallery, featuring Hyatt Moore and others

Now through April 1, daily 11-5
1390 South Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, California, 949-494-2497

*Printmaking Show at Golden West College Fine Arts Gallery, featuring Anne Moore and others

Continuing through March 24, Monday–Friday, 10 am–2 pm, Wednesday evening, 6–8 pm
15744 Goldenwest Street, Huntington Beach, CA 92647

Figurative Painters Show at Golden West College Fine Arts Gallery, featuring Hyatt Moore and others

same info as above
Opening Reception, April 7, 7–9 pm

Lecture/Demonstrations by Hyatt Moore

Seal Beach Art League
March 24, 2011, 7–9 pm
562-431-2301, 714-504-1472

Tustin Art League
April 14, 2011, 7–9 pm

Huntington Beach Art League
May 4, 2011, 7–9 pm

Lecture/Demonstration by Anne Moore

Orange County Fine Arts
April 28, 7–9 pm

Oceanside/Carlsbad Art League
May 13, 2011, 1:30-3:30 pm

Studio Show and Sale

Semi-Annual Spring Show at the House
May 7–8
33752 Big Sur, Dana Point, California 949-240-4642

Loosen Up Workshops for Painters

San Clemente, California, May 21–22
949-369-6603

Glen Eyre, Colorado, June 23–24
719-520-9494

Semi-Private Coaching for Painters

Offering 2-hour sessions on Mondays, and now also on Saturdays
in the Hyatt Moore Studio, Dana Point
Call  949-240-4642

Printmaking Classes

In the Anne Moore studio, Dana Point
Call for info: 949-240-4642