Hello Everyone!

I am at the show.. will be showing photos in a few...
Working on my booth and all, painting the walls & hanging art.. All the artists are running around to finish for the party tomorrow night...

Back to work I go...

"WESTBOUND GLARE"

Heading back to LA on a weekend just in-time to say hello to Riverside traffic, the saving grace was to be traveling with this fantastic sunset as my guide.. My final painting for the Laguna show.. This is an oil on canvas 24x20.. I will be painting my 6x6 & 6x8 inch Birch panels and so I will be posting... Might not be everyday but I will do the best I can and I will be posting the things that take place on the grounds during this two month event.... Talk to everyone soon and to the DP artist, keep painting...

"FOREVER AND A-DAY"

The sound of the surf against the the fiery sky set the mood for this painting.. Pushing color, exaggerate the horizon, position the viewer to be standing in the wave like I was, texture the sand.. And I have a new painting... The size is 36x36 gallery wrapped like all of my canvass..
It is a countdown before I stop my canvas works for this two month long show, maybe I can get one more... Maybe?... This Sunday the 27 I paint my booth, put up the track lighting, cabinet, then on Monday, security is on the grounds and all artwork can be hung. from a "125" artists .. All of my blog paintings will be there along with (12) new canvas paintings... July 3 is a black tie opening, invitation only... I will take some photos to post on this event.. There are two of us at the show (Myself & Susan Cox ) that are part of the DP.. We will be hipping the Daily Painter's sight so hopefully we can all benefit.... Opening night should have about 1,500 to 2,000 people.. It is a catered affair with two bars plus the wine that each artist has in there booths... It is quite the night.. After that there are about 2,500 people that come to see art and the famous "Pageant of the Masters" every night for two months... Yes! that many show up even in this economy... Enjoy, I will stay in touch...

"GOODNIGHT TILL TOMORROW"

There is so much more color going on in this painting and I cant get it in a photo??? Oh well!

This is I believe my last canvas for the show.. It is a 20x24" oil on canvas and now I think I can do a few of my 6x8inch.... I will try to post more.. Till then, I bed you ado..

"CHECK IT OUT"

This is just a tease... So go and take a look... "Click here"

"WEST COAST WAVE #6"

This was the sixth and final in the series on waves on the west coast. This has been a real treat to do and work on. After viewing this I decided to add some clouds in the sky, I needed to feel some movement on the horizon.. Always tweaking.. This is in La Jolla and their beautiful warmer waters. 6x6inch oil on archival board mounted on a 2 1/2" deep finished wooden box so no framing is needed. For availability E-mail:schwartzart@earthlink.net

"BACK-BAY AT NOON"

This is part of back-bay in Newport also known as the "Duns". Every July 4th they blow off a great fireworks show... This wetland area is also home to many migrating birds that come and rest, eat and continue on there journey... Just beyond the hills it opens up the the Pacific ocean, thus the waters are fed from run off and tides,otherwise known as "Brackish". Great place to bike if your so inclined, I personally never learned... I know how silly that sounds but it be true.

This painting is in oils, painted on a 6x6 inch Birch panel mounted on a varnished wooden box and is ready for your wall. For availability E-mail:schwartzart@earthlink.net

"WEEKEND GETAWAY"

My continued love for the airstream will never end.. Yes! and the iconic of all "the 57 Chev."... How much more Americana can I get... This was so much fun to paint that its silly... I smiled the whole time, from the sky to pebbles it was happy-time... May I remind all, from now till Jun 25 /09 any painting with a Paypal button can be purchased, after that date all my blog posts will be in my summer show for two months.. Any interest during that period will have to be through emails and based on availability.. The above painting is a 6x6 inch oil on Birch panel mounted on a varnished wooden box ready to hang.. For availability E-mail:schwartzart@earthlink.net

"ICE-CREAM PARLOR"

OK!.. Now I'm finished.. just made some changes,, lowered the clouds, bubble lines in the road, changed the white wall with ice cream on it... A bit of a workout but its finished... I think.... This was based from my little 6x8 inch painting that I posted last week... I knew I would do a larger version of it... This is it, a 30x36 inch oil on gallery wrapped canvas.. I still need some time with her to know really understand all that is going on in this painting..... Once I'm satisfied, I can sign it... Another for my summer show complete ... Checkout what will be in the "Show"

"SUM,SUM, SUMMERTIME"

Here is a place for me of much memories, "Balboa Island" in Newport Beach.. This strip of land has water on both sides and it ends at a place called "The Wedge". has some of the best surfing ability's in southern California... Now this relatively small section on Balboa Island is the fun zone, there is a barge that ferries people and cars back and forth, while yachts and Duffy's dodge this constant. I'm in a Duffy just cruising with some good friends, sipping on an ice-cold margaritas when this shot was taken. 12x4 inch oil on Birch panel, mounted on a varnished wooden box. (Sold)

"DOWNTOWN"

"Downtown" Just the mention of it denotes feelings in everyone. Everyone has a story, memory, recollection "Something" to contribute in the mer mention of "Downtown" Sunday walks, corner bakery, breakfast, lets meet for lunch.... Did you know there on the endangered list, Yes I know, every city has a downtown.. But real downtowns, like the one in long beach, they have one, I used to live just blocks away on Broadway.. Lot of the stores are gone... Changes they tell me..Glade I could paint them... Hold on to my memory's... I can still hear the cheater of voices setting in the diner with hot coffee, taking another bite of the best Linguisa Sausage..."Downtown"... Oil on Birch panel, mounted on a 6x8 inch varnished wooden box. This will be at the "Laguna Arts Festival" this summer. For availability E-mail:schwartzart@earthlink.net

NEW & EMPROVED/ "ROASTED PEPPERS"

Here I go again making changes to my work, but I cant help myself.... I really like this better that I completed the peppers, I liked the other but for me... "This one is it"...
After seasoning them with E.V.O.O. salt & pepper I roast them on the B.Q. just when I get them where I want them, they go into the bowl and wait patiently while the steaks have there turn at the grill.. So as all this is going on, I look over and the peppers and think, there is my next painting. Oil on archival board mounted on a 6x8 inch deep varnished wooden box. (Sold)

STARRY STARRY NIGHT

Yes this is a repost of this painting, but after a long look like I do of my work I felt it to be a little bar and because its my painting, I can do whatever I want... I added the electric & phone poles with wires and all along with headlights coming down the street... I feel, it made such a difference to the composition and look, it deserves another peek...
Living in and around LA is a real treat. The stories that float in the air and tabloids is very much what LA is about... Its a city not for everyone, the pace, the rhythm, the sights & sounds is a living entity onto itself.... I moved to California a long time ago when I was just a little lad. Lived all over this part of southern California... People mark there spot and status by saying where they live, even if its only a block over.. I live "West of" or "East of" all that denotes a hierarchy even if its only in the mind of the person that is telling you... I do get a kick out of it all... The greatest eye-candy in the world and for good eats.. Its a no-brainer... Oil on Birch panel, mounted on a varnished wooden box thats almost 1-5/8" in depth. $130 (Sold)

"BURGERS & SHAKES"

This was a labor of love to do and accomplish.. after painting this I need to re-do my prescription for glasses... Oh! it was fun painting and working it all out... Also good burgers at "Big Bills".. This along with my other blog paintings will be going into the Laguna show in the summer. I mentioned before that on Jun 25 all paypal buttons are removed from my blog site and there will be a price increase as of that date do to the nature of the show. I hope to post more blogs between now and then at present prices unless otherwise indicated. During the summer I will accept emails if there is any interest on a painting, all emails will be checked every evening for two months... Just as a thought, this painting , as much as I would have loved doing it in one day, wasn't gonna happen... This is a 6x8 inch oil on Birch panel, mounted on a varnished wooden box. E-mail schwartzart@earthlink.net

"THE STAND THEATER"

Traveling through the heartland a couple of years back, the small town feel of time standing still captured my mind. In pulling off the road for food or gas, I just stare and feel the wonder that these places still exist.. Those buttermilk skies made me want to stay and never comeback to the speed that I live in.. This is an oil on Birch panel, mounted on a 6x8 inch varnished wooden box. For availability E-mail:schwartzart@earthlink.net

"SUMMERS GLARE"

The painting is from the Laguna Canyon, one of many trips up & down I'll be doing this summer. The canyon runs from east & west, west ends at the ocean and just a few block up is the Festival of Arts... In this painting I wanted to capture the glare at this time of day so I needed to paint wet into wet to get the distortion of color in the trees and light racing over the land.. This is an oil on Birch panel, mounted on a varnished wooden box. For availability E-mail:schwartzart@earthlink.net

"ALMOST SHOW TIME"

A drive by photo of the entrance of the show


Above is my good friend Dan who runs the sales booth so when one is away from there booth, he takes care of all the customers needs down to shipping.

This is the beginning of my summer show. There are 126 booths being constructed in an outdoor park like setting with a permanent roof for protection. Every year a different configuration is put into play. Each booth is like a mini gallery with dry wall construction and gallery lighting... Each artist is responsible for his or her booth coloring and lighting, above is my booth from last year. This year I will have one wall that will have only my blog paintings on it, the other my canvass that I rotat with new works every two weeks...Thus, after the Jun 24th, all Paypal ability to purchase my work on my site ends... The paintings can possibly be purchased with an email to me if available. During the show pricing is up as it becomes supply & demand as I can see from 800 to 1200 people every day for two months... On the grounds we have a major show that happens called "THE PAGEANT OF THE MASTERS" this nightly event is held in an outdoor ampa theater that holds almost 3000 people.... From 12 noon tell 8pm we have a stage with three rotating top notch groups that play from Laten, Jazz and Rock & Roll.... My point is, I see a lot of people and past clients that come to this once a year world renound happening... There is no other show like this.. Well, its time for me to go paint, see you later.

"PEEK-A-BOO MORNING"

Caught this at 5:45 in the morning this last weekend and had to stop and take this shot. it was already 79 degrees in the Springs ( Palm Springs that is) and was going to really heat-up, so time was of the essence to get home and out of the sun. The layering of the hills and pushing of colors and shadows is what I wanted to convey, I just might do a canvas of it for the up-coming Laguna Festival of the Arts that I'm in.. This is a 6x8 inch oil on Birch panel, mounted on a varnished wooden box ready to hang. $130 (Sold)

"TRAVELING THROUGH"

For me, it was making the painting work with a minimal of color and subject matter and still giving substance for the painting. There is, as I have said before, so much with so little.. I keep working on capturing my love affair with the vastness of the planes. In this painting, the challenge was positioning all the elements so it read correctly, whatever that means, for everyone has their own point of view. Oil on Birch panel, mounted on a 6x6 inch varnished wooden box. (Sold)

"THE CROSSING"

Shapes, shadows, color and patterns, put them together, and a mood is presented in the simplest of things.. As much as there wasn't much going on in the middle of the heartland, there seemed to be volumes that one could find between nature and man. Oil on Birch panel, mounted on a 6x8 inch varnished wooden box. For availability E-mail:schwartzart@earthlink.net

"SMELLS LIKE RAIN"

I love playing with the abstraction clouds give me, not just shapes but also the mottling of color within... The colors in the hill, the negative space around the clouds all form designs and add elements to explore and vital to this mix, the linear foreground of green supporting it all. Oil on Birch panel, mounted on a 6x8 inch varnished wooden box$130 (Sold)

"OLD FRIENDS"

From the beginning stage to the finish line. The process of moving through and thinking of what is painted first, how the colors would feel and just what I wanted this to look like at the end is such a wonderful stimulating experience .. Oh! there where many steps, but not to bore anyone, I'm just showing three, like with any of our paintings, the stages are numerous, I'm lucky to have photographed these, I get so into it, I forget to take pictures.. I indeed had fun playing with all the geometric shapes, then to accentuate them a bit further, the pebble effect came into play... I then looked at this for sometime before deciding on the sign post in the foreground and where to place it... A little to the left, a little to the right, here, there???... I walked in & out of my studio half a dozen times before committing, I did not want to feel.."Oh No!" why there... Yes one can change it, but what a hassle.. "Enough on this" .. Look and enjoy.. 6x8 inch oil on Birch panel, mounted on a varnished wooden box.

For availability E-mail:schwartzart@earthlink.net

"MOONLIGHT RIDE"

My continuation on the them of trains. These giant that crisscross the lands of this spinning ball has had an attraction for me since childhood... The sheer power in what they are is what gets to me... I used to take my kids to a place and we would wait at the entrance of this tunnel. We would stand on the tracks and when we felt the vibration we new... then wait again..., hearts beating a little faster staring into the giants black cave, then we would see the light beam swaying back & forth against the walls, we could feel and hear its deep throaty rumble, it is at this point we jumped back as this monster of steel shows itself, a blast of an air-horn, fallowed by the warm wind created by this magnificent machine as it rolls past. Great stuff... I can still feel the excitement talking about it....A memory forever... I have to go paint another, talk soon.... Oil on archival panel mounted on a 6x6 inch varnished wooden box.

For availability E-mail:schwartzart@earthlink.net

"SUNDOWN ON THE CSX"

My love of these giants that crisscross the lands never ceases to enthrall me time and time again..

Every time I go to paint a train, I get caught up in all that is going on on these beauty's... Really fun to paint.. This is a 6x6 inch oil on Birch panel that is mounted on a varnished wood box.

For availability E-mail:schwartzart@earthlink.net

New "MEADOWLAND"

So after looking at my painting for sometime I decided to make this change to the painting..
In deepening the sky, getting into the shadows in the mountain and added a little color to the foothills I thought I would do a new post.. Its my painting & I can do what I want..
Mountains are not usually my thing to paint, I feel a bit claustrophobic when surrounded by them, thus my love for the plains. Give me those open spaces and I feel free... All that being said, I do paint them on occasion. Here is one occasion. I'm at a safe distance and behind me, it opens up to a wonderful meadow so I can run, skip, tumble and roll... "That of course is, if I was inclined to do so". This is a 6x8 inch oil on Birch panel mounted on a varnished wooden box. For availability E-mail:schwartzart@earthlink.net

"LATE NIGHT FILL-UP"

In early winter coming through Bakersfield here in California, you can run into "tule fog" a very heavy low to the ground kind of fog that makes driving a bet tricky, sometimes it will open up and and within seconds your looking at a gray wall that your headlights cant penetrate so you come to a crawl.. It felt good to pull off, get gas and take a breather before heading back on the I-5 to LA and then Orange county... I have made this run so many times that its silly... As a side note.. If your ever on this run, you must stop at a place called "Harris Ranch" it is the best place to stop and eat or stay the night... Its the only place I have been that has eggs that taste like eggs.. An oil on Birch panel mounted on a 6x8 inch varnished wooden box.For availability E-mail:schwartzart@earthlink.net

"MORNING TIDE"

Along the California coast heading up to Big Sur on I-1 about 6:40 in the morning, I took the chance of finding a place to pull off and take some shots.. This place is named "And rightly so" "Ragged Point" I used to live in Pismo Beach and made numerouse runs up this coastline some time back, "Still wondering why I left", but like the tide in this painting moving back and forth always there, always changing so goes my life.. This was a challenge I wanted to paint of this angle. I was inspired by fellow artist and good friend Mark Kerckhoff from the festival that we both are in during the summer. He did such an angle in a painting last year and nailed it, I was next to him and threatened to cover the painting for it was getting too much attention..:) So I in turn just finished this one, I hope you enjoy. 6x8 inch oil on Birch panel, mounted on a varnished wooden box.For availability E-mail:schwartzart@earthlink.net