"LAST SUMMER"

A more impressionistic view of a place I stayed this last summer... The friendships, good food, wine and a place I could call home are memories forever... The fact that I painted this with a much freer brushstroke is most symbolic of my time there. I did it without thinking, a real letting go, something I should do more off... What a fun thing to have presented itself to me...

Here is a 6x8 inch oil on archival board mounted on a deep finished box. Buy this now at $145

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"STILL-LIFE & SHADOWS"

I wanted to return to still-life painting and at the same time keep my sky paintings as a recurring theme. I thought. "Why not paint the still-life casting a shadow on the sky". That way I keep each separate allowing the viewer to sense the whole as a composition in mood. I hope you enjoy these as much as I in painting them. Here is the forth in the series.
"MELON & STARLIGHT"
No need to say much more other then it was very tasty. Oil on a 6x8 inch archival board mounted on a varnished 2 1/2inch deep wooden box. (Sold)

"STILL-LIFE & SHADOWS"

"RUBY RED AT SUNDOWN"

Such simple shapes and yet we all know the taste of what happens in that first bite. Oil on a 6x8inch archival board mounted on a 2 1/2 inch varnished wooden box.

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"STILL-LIFE & SHADOWS"

"GOLDEN PEAR AT NIGHT"

What I wanted in this, was to feel the volume of the pear and still feel the coolness of the night.Oil on a 6"x6" archival board mounted on a varnished finished 2 1/2inch wood box.(SOLD)

"STILL-LIFE & SHADOWS"

“TARTNESS AT SUNSET” Oil on a 6x8" archival board mounted on a deep finished wooden box with no framing needed.
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"WEST COAST WAVE #5

This is up near Cambria along the central coast line on California.. A wonderful place for all the senses.. My one regret is I did not go there enough and I lived so close... 6x8inch oil on archival board, mounted on a 2 1/2" finished wooden box so no framing in needed.

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"WEST COAST WAVE #4"

Walking along the beach in Corona Del Mar in Orange county after summer is the best time for you can get to it without all the traffic. 6x6 inch oil on archival board mounted on a deep 2 1/2" wood box so no framing in needed. For availability E-mail:schwartzart@earthlink.net
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"WEST COAST WAVE #2"

Newport beach at a place called the "Wedge" for the angle the waves come in making it a great place to surf. Oil on archival board mounted on a 2 1/2" 6"x6" finished box, No framing needed.

"THE WEST COAST WAVES #1"

La Jolla and the seasons first storm still far out was beginning to showing its beauty.
6"x8" Oil on archival board mounted on a 2 1/2" finished box with no framing needed. (Sold)

"EASTSIDE WESTSIDE U.S.A."

This wet and wintry street is a real place that I've been. Each of us has been there and know of this place, to stop at, to think about, to remember and feel.... Thus I gave it its name for its all of ours to claim and say I've been there too.
This is a 6"x8" oil on archival board mounted on a deep finished box with no framing required. (Sold)

"BALBOA"

Taken from my good friends Duffy in the bay at Newport, I was able to get this shot. We, the three of us parked the Duffy and went an had some snakes, drinks, good laughs then back to there house and continued the evening with a great barbecue, good wine as always and that finished off my evening, I then looked forward to the painting of it. So here is this 6"x8" oil on archival board with no framing needed. (SOLD)

"SOUTH TEXAS"

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My first of many to come as I have been away from my blog and all of you for a long time...

The show I was in is over after two month and so I looked forward to getting back to my painting. Here is a little warm up done on a archival 6"x8" panel in oils.

"YES! I PROMISE"

Yes I promise to do more of my blog paintings and post them...
I will start this week as I miss not doing them. but it is time and so I must begin..
I have time to think on what I want to do next, not just with my blogs paintings but my larger canvases... I feel or sense a change coming on, its like being aware of something behind me that will come forward and revel itself... I welcome this new arrival to be displayed on my canvases and perhaps blogs... Till then, bed you ado.

"RAIN ON THE PLAINS"

A ride through the desert in monsoon season is a real thrill knowing that it is going to dump a lot of water on the road and you have no place to go but but to keep driving.... This is a 6"x6" oil on archival board mounted on a 2" deep cradled box so no framing is needed... $225 + s

"MURAL PROJECT"

This was painted at the Laguna Beach art show that you have heard me talk so much about... Here is one of many projects that came up. This one I had to get involved with for it seamed apprapo for our effort at the DP this coming month.... This is a 12' long by 5' high mural on canvas that was a collaborative effort of four artists from the show..... I was asked if I would work on this and I said "yes" without knowing what it was about, but I thought it would be fun to do with three other artists on this one mural and four artists on another ... My team painted this one that you see in 4 hours... I painted the sky first then we each jumped in and did something to pull this off.... Dagmar came up with the planets, Bruce the grasslands, Shockley the dragonfly's... We danced around never disturbing the efforts of the other..... There were no egos so everyone could make a mark, add a color, take over if one got side tracked and always kept in mind what this was about " The Children & The Planet" This entire project was filmed and in the end some 5200 murals totaling 12 miles will be wrapped around a pyramid in Egypt in 2010.. This project is for the ( www.the-art-miles-mural-project.org ) Take a look and get involved, for we each pass through here only once.

My team :
Dagmar Chaplin
Bruce Burr
Tim Shockley
& yours truly
Gerald Schwartz

GS

"NIGHT TRAVELS"

Going through the desert with this wonderful soft clouded sky made this a perfect dreamy subject to paint. It is a 6"x6" oil painting done on archival board mounted on a 2" cradled box so no framing is needed. $250 includes shipping in the US. (Private)

"LADYBUG, LADYBUG"

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Playing with shapes & color this seamed to fit well with me in my sheer joy of just painting.
8"x6" oil on archival board mounted on a 2 1/2" deep cradled box with no framing needed.

"SEASIDE"

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Just a quick stop at Newport beach before I go and see just how my booth is coming along at the up-coming show... lots of paint on this light hearted seascape.. It is painted on a heavy gesso coated surface that is mounted to a 2 1/2" deep cradled box so no framing needed for this one or any that I do for that matter. schwartzart@earthlink.net

"BARHAM BLVD"

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Gosh! I'm so familiar with this off ramp that it's silly... Just getting to it is an experience all in itself... Beeping horns, fast traffic, big trucks and the crazies of the world all on one freeway and they all want to get off on Barham blvd at the same time... I love LA... I really do... 6"x6" oil on mounted clay board and absolutely no framing needed.

"MEL'S DINER"

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Just a playful little painting for me and a place I remember. Mel's Diner , not to be confused with Mel's Drive In.. I think if I'm not mistaken, but there is a Mel's "The one I'm familiar with" Hollywood, the Vally, San Francisco, I think Miami... Breakfast at Mel's, "Who could forget" 6"x8" oil on archival board & no framing needed. :schwartzart@earthlink.net

"SUMMER TIME"

Summer time on balboa Island in Newport beach. Yet another painting I have done on this place, the palm trees, shadows and the famous ferris wheel keeps me coming back for more... Candy apples, popcorn & runaway balloons, good places to eat, just a great place to have fun on a summer time day. 6"x8" oil on archival board with no framing required. (SOLD)

"ISLANDS"

Taken from some past photos and a nice change from my urban landscape's I enjoyed the process of this painting. It is a 6"x8" on archival board with no faming needed. schwartzart@earthlink.net

"ASSUMING THE OBVIOUS"

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We are so quick to assume the obvious.
Setting on the side of the road with no sign of anyone around car nor person I was struck by how clean this little beauty was from just a quick glance as I drove past. There seem to be nothing wrong with it so why was it left.. Then I thought, Maybe, just maybe it was not left but was waiting, waiting to be connected to begin its journey...6" x 6" oil on archival clay board with no framing required.

"MORNING SHADOWS"

A trip to Portland and getting into town just as the sun had a chance to break through the clouds. The contrasts of lights and darks and the rich tones of the land against the sky is what I wanted to capture in this 6" x 8" oil on archival board mounted."No framing required". (Sold)

"HOLLYWOOD & VINE"

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Not sure how many times I have driven, walked, looked and talked about this place over the last fifty years of being in the LA area.. lots of memories of places to eat, movies, first dates and broken hearts... So now I look back in thought and paint a bright sunny day of my past. 6"x6" oil on archival clay board with no framing needed.

"RUSH HOUR"

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Working on beating the rush hour only to know that some construction is taking place on the freeway which means I get to meet and have light conversation with the people in the next car, this will be fun seeing as I don't have enough friends.... This painting is handled as a B&W with that crazy mixing that I do and some color thrown in for some good measure. 8"x6" Oil on canvas mounted on archival board and no framing is needed for this or any other that I post. schwartzart@earthlink.net

"THE SPRINGS"

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A trip to Palm Springs on the 10 with the big clouds ahead of me gave me a good moody morning to do this as one of my B&W.. This is a 6" x 6" oil painting on an archival clay board and nor framing is needed. schwartzart@earthlink.net

"WEDNESDAY NIGHT"

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Going home one late night on a rainy Wednesday night I turn to see the glare of the city give the nighttime sky a wonderful glow, so I take one shot and head on out... After looking at the image I decided to paint it as a B&W. I make my black using about five different colors and mixed into this a dry pigment color is a secret.
What this pigment does is alter the tone of whatever it is mixed into giving it a depth that I love. I also mix it into the white which further pushes the gray scale... This pigment was given to me by an artist that came in to my studio about three days prior just to make some light conversation... She tells me I should use this pigment and hands me this plastic bag with about a pound of this iridescent beautiful color... She tells me to handle it very carefully, and to wear a mask when mixing. It is lighter then talcum so fans are off and windows closed so there is very little movement in the studio when I opening the bag. Just that movement alone makes the pigment float and twirl like smoke.... In using it I feel like a sorcerer making colors appear before me. In the nine years and fifteen B&W paintings that I use this with, I am always surprised at the outcome and I have never had to go back and change the color...I Love this stuff... 6"x7" oil on a gessoed oak panel.. PS. I never saw her again after that day.

"JUST A TRIM"

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I found this barber shop that time stood still for and I was compelled to paint this with all of the shapes & shadows and past memories of a disappearing moment in time. 6"x6" oil on canvas mounted on archival clay board with no framing required.

"L.A. HAZE"

Working this painting a little more gave it what I felt it was missing. There is always a tweak here a tweak there, the never ending saga of painting... Yes, I probably analyze my work to much but I don't know how not to and yet, I know, there are those that I have painted that I must say "STOP" and its on to the next. 6"x8" oil on archival board with no framing required.

"RED BOOTH DINER"

A nice departure from my skies was needed for me so I dug around in some old photos and found one form my "Johnny Rocket" series that I did some years back... I handled this loosely giving more movement to my brush work then my usual smoother approach, I must say this was really a lot of fun to do and hope you all like it too.. 6"x6 oil on archival clay board with no framing required. (SOLD)

"WINDING ROAD AHEAD"

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Still working with the glare and all that takes place in that given moment when other tones of colors that normally are hidden, come out to play if only briefly in the light of the setting sun... I just might make this into a larger canvas for my summer show, it would make a nice contrast amongst all of my sky paintings. This is a 6"x8" oil on canvas mounted on board with no framing required.

"IN THE SHADOWS"

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>Oh! this is a painting that I wanted to revisit again and play with the shadows amongst the trees. There is so much to learn every time I pick up a brush and start painting.. The notion that it will never end is without-a-doubt the joy of what I do. 8"x6" oil on canvas mounted on board and no framing needed.

"THE DRIVE HOME"

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In looking at my most recent paintings, the feeling of space and time I conveyed has become a metaphor of my life at this time. The going to or leaving depending on which way I might be looking at this road of life as an artist has been an interesting one for sure. Not an easy one, but interesting nevertheless. Oh! There have been maps for me to follow, but not all lead me to where I thought I might stay, you know, a real homecoming of a place.
Dusty and bumpy and an assortment of dead ends and wrong turns and always believing, “there is light at the end of this journey” and having another painting to do, I must still paint on, after all, I am an artist and I alone have chosen this road. Oil on board 6"x8" and no framing needed.

"BIRDS ON A WIRE"

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I have a thing for back roads.. Most of the time I get to see places that look and feel like time stood still for, maybe its my want to go back to a time of innocence for me.. Again, the lighting in the sky was perfect for this shot to be made into this 6" x 8" oil on archival board and "Yes" there is no framing needed.

"MORNING TRIP"

Heading out of town and always looking for these air-streams cruising the highways is a joy to see, photograph, then paint... This thunderous sunrise was the beginning of my morning. 6"x8" oil painting with no framing needed.

"OVERPASS AT 5:42 AM"

Going into Palm Springs in the morning I took this shot knowing I was going to paint this one... It is painted direct with little under-painting going on. It is done on a heavily coated gesso board then oil primer is applied then the colors in the sky are blended giving the brightness that I wanted to depicted the glare of the rising morning sun. 6"x8" oil on archival board mounted on 3/4" cradle so no framing is needed.

"405 NORTH"

The countless trips over and into the "Valley" at 4:45 pm.. This might not have much meaning for those not from Southern Cal, but for us that travel this stretch of the many freeways, this has a lot of meaning... I risked my life taking this photo in order to do this painting of this wonderful town L.A. 6"X6" oil on board with no framing needed can be yours. (SOLD)

"CANYON RUN"

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This is painting is dedicated to the thousands of trips I have made up and down this canyon road in the last 30 some odd years.. I painted this in oils on canvas that has been mounted on a 2" deep wooden box so no framing is needed.