Art in the Park, Redlands 2007

Good Morning everyone! This past weekend I was one of the artist for Art in the Park in Redlands, Ca. The event was very well attended and I was so lucky to be set up right across the street from one of the historical buildings in our town. The Smiley Library. How perfect was this! I could not help myself but to set up my easel and paint while working the show. I worked on the piece for a couple of hours on Sat. morning until I lost the light and finished it up the next morning. Enjoy! Terry

Art in the Park-Dancing Palms

On Sunday my Plein Air Group -PAAR- was asked to paint at Fairmount Park for Target Day Art in the Park. Joan Coffey, Louise Smith and I arrived and set up for the festivities. I was taken by the beautiful palms in abundance behind the Boat House bell tower and the 3 little dancing palms set in the rock bed garden in front. I thought it made for a lovely composition.

During the day we were interviewed and video taped by the Press Enterprise of Riverside and actually ended up on their website video. Joan was explaining the procedure and I was painting with my knife. It is a quick blurb but we did make it in. Here is the link: http://www.pe.com/video/index.html?nvid=141535&shu=1


Here is a photo of the painting I was working on and finished.
This next weekend I will be participating in the Redlands Art Association Art in the Park on Sat. and Sun. Until next time, enjoy the art! Terry

Flowers are in the air

Flowers are blooming and the inspiration for 4, 5 x 7 oil paintings done in plein air with a palate knife. I am working on a series of florals for my notecard collection. I think these will work really well. I was afraid with the cold winter we had, actual freezing temps and losing a lot of my garden, that my flowers would not be in abundance this Spring. Boy was I wrong. My flowers are blooming and the blooms are plentiful and huge. Enjoy the paintings. Comments are welcome. Terry

Painting at Dusk

Yesterday the PAAR were invited to paint during the first Thursday downtown Riverside art's walk. This cute little painting was done around dusk. I used a brush for most of the painting and came back with my palate knife to add some nice edges and highlights. Appropriately named "Waiting for Antonio's Pizza". Another painting for my downtown Riverside series. Enjoy! Terry

First Rose

Early this morning I was out checking on the new garden Eddie and I put in last weekend. Making sure the watering system was working and that the plants seemed to be doing well, when I noticed our first rose of the season in bloom.....I ran in grabbed my paints and my palate knife and started painting. Enjoy a 5 x 7 in oil done in Plein Aire Alla Prima- "First Rose" by Terry d. Chacon. Available in my ebay store.

ID name: Afghanbuddies

Joshua Tree National Park 2007 w/PAAR

Today was such a relaxing and beautiful day with the Plein Air painters of Riverside. We met at 8 a.m. at a little cafe for more coffee and to order breakfast or lunch for the trip into the park. When we arrived I was so surprised as there was not a Joshua Tree in site. Great, now what to paint. I walked around until I spotted these lovely Yucca plants with some nice morning shadows. Quickly I got set up and captured the beautiful dark shadows under the Yucca plants as I didn't want to loose this very important part of the painting. The light was changing so fast. I like doing vistas and the view went on forever. The second painting included a formation of some large boulders up against another huge mountain in the background. The boulders remind me of the Flintstones. This was a smaller formation from some of the other huge one's that were behind me, but I liked this composition as I wanted to include some ground cover and another Yucca. Lots of climbers were coming and going all day. I saw some in the distance on the rocks behind me and could not imagine how they got up the nerve to climb these rocks. Made me so nervous to watch. All in all it was a delightful day doing what I love to do, PAINT! Enjoy the paintings. Terry

Hibiscus Oil Painting

This week I am enthused about starting a series of paintings from the flowers that are starting to bloom in my garden. April will have to be put on hold for a while, so I can capture these beauties. This week the deep pink/red hibiscus that is blooming became my subject. Done en Plein Air. This is a 5 x 7 oil painting on canvas board. I used a palette knife to capture the beautiful rugged edges and to add a lot of depth to the painting. Ready to be framed and hung in your favorite spot. This will bring a smile to your face. You can buy this wonderful original oil painting in my Ebay Store. Contact me at shacone@aol.com and I will give you the info on how to purchase this painting.