Paintings from San Clemente, 14th annual paint out

A beautiful place to paint ,the interior of  Casa Romantica 6 x 8 original oil on panel  available

A couple of weeks ago I painted in San Clemente with 100 other artists 
I did 11 paintings  three of them are still in San Clemente til the 31st of July ( check out the entries.  there were some amazing paintings.) at the San Clemente Art Gallery, next to the Library. Here are a few that I really liked ( I sold one)

Casa Romantica II, original 5 x 7 en plein aire (Sold)

4th of July Blast

The 4th was a blast lvie music, dancing.( That's me} so much food! Hula a great time! Saw a lot of friends I hardly get to see, nice.

Fourth of July Celebration

Three hundred of my closest friends are celebrating the the fourth today at Kalihiwai Beach for the 38th time. Kirby and Toby are our hosts. Providing fun, live music, hula, food lots of it , fireworks, and bon fires. I will post pics of dancing and hula tomorrow.

It is also a byob and pot luck so I can hardly wait to see what the good chefs are bringing. I'm just going to do easy deviled eggs, not showing off this year.

I came to a bump in the road. It's happened before but I don't remember how I got over it. Any way, I went to my favorite beach  Anini, and painted  horribly. It was in the after noon so I brought some wine and a nice wine glass and ice. so I sat at a picnic table and enjoyed the sight and sound and  the scent of the ocean. I am not showing my painting. Maybe if I take another look at it I can fix it?

Fourth of July Independence day

the sun is out again so we went to our favorite spot . ( the out to lunch painting bunch)  we had two new painters today Susie Hyer another professional artist from Colorado and Kyoko  Ishigami. She paints every day

.                                             Half way through 9x12 That's Susie in front of me
I always learn something when painting with other artists ( or I .remember something  forgot)  I learned to be more discerning in my values.  there are so many shapes and values in this scene; it can make your eyes crazy and of course it changes from moment to moment. I love it when it's a little bit hazy here in Kauai; it helps to push the mountains back.

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This 5 x 7 is from Sunday at the same spot I love it! SOLD

I did 3 more will post tomorrow

Early we are going to the Kilauea Lighthouse Lookout to ;paint. More Later.

Going to the 38th annaul 4th of july Celebratio n put on by Kirby and Toby at Kalihiwai  

procrastination

I get great advice from some of my many emails especially from Early to Rise. I have been procrastinating putting together a proposal for selling my property  to two interested prospects.The advise I got this morning made it happen  "Change your life in Five minutes".I can do that .So I wrote down the 3 most important things I had to do today and I did it!! and Two other important things. How easy was that? I also had a very nice lunch with two friends at  the  Roy's Tavern  at the Prince Golf Club. Very nice, great food and great atmosphereget over procrastination. and the Sun came out whoopee

The view From Roy's

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News and new images from Lundquist Studios

This is a painting i did the first day I quit smoking Bali Hai  Surf 8 x 10 on canvas panel, I have had it a while so I took a look and added the palm tree and the abstract cloud.  Now I love it and it gets a lot of attention. It's available

Kalihiwai view from the bluff 8 x 8 oil on panel This one I painted with my Out to Lunch Painting Bunch If I could have the best gift it is to paint with my friends en plein aire.

sold

Aloha Hale 8 x 10 on panel painted at 

Anini Beach with my Papoh group sold at Punahou Carnival art Gallery.  the owner of the house told me the only thing that's holding together is the termites holding hands

                              .Every Wednesday I teach a  oil painting workshop at Shearwater Wyndham Resort
These are my students from this week they had a great time and were very happy with their finished  work Very Nice. The class is $45.00 and includes all supplies, and a box to carry your wet painting( it's water mixable oil paint)

                   Sally Stuffman owner  of Kauai Inspired Gallery ( formerly Totally Kauiian, PatrickChing Gallery) at the Princeville center by Foodland  has asked me to teach a work shop once or twice a month in front of her gallery. there will be a limit of 7.  It will be a three hour class and you will take home a completed painting by YOU. We 're thinking two Thursday's a month Like some feedback This is my first post since 2010 I am intending to do it at least once week. wish me luck. Mahalo, Dawn