by MonSalon | Feb 20, 2021 | Catalogue Raisonné, Pacific Northwest Paintings, Twilight
This was a thrilling painting to create, standing on the bluff looking toward Discovery Bay. To some, these paintings appear to be merely grey. Actually they are mixed from a full, prismatic palette (no black, few if any earth tones) by using complementary colors...
by MonSalon | Feb 19, 2021 | Catalogue Raisonné, Nocturne, Pacific Northwest Paintings, Twilight
I did a series of sky studies in Tonalist palettes last fall/winter, I love this especially moody one. Sometimes the sun appears white in the sky at sunset, due to cloud cover. I like the ambiguity of this piece, it could either be the moon or the sun. Painted on a...
by MonSalon | Feb 14, 2021 | Catalogue Raisonné, Pacific Northwest Paintings, Snow Scenes, Twilight
Close-ups Showing Detail and...
by MonSalon | Feb 13, 2021 | Available, Catalogue Raisonné, Nocturne, Pacific Northwest Paintings, Snow Scenes, Twilight
Snow scenes are my favorite things to paint. I have been painting them for over three decades, and for me, the ultimate snow scene is created during the snow storm—the snow mixing with my oil paints as I work. In this way the painting is an artifact of the...
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