Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Coals to Newcastle


A Texas artist sending a West Coast seascape to an art show in California feels a bit like sending coals to Newcastle. Nevertheless, the California Art Club has accepted this painting into this year's Gold Medal Exhibition -- and for that I am grateful.  You can see all of the paintings in the show here.



Indian Beach, near the town of Cannon Beach, Oregon.




Video by Justin Tennison



"Indian Beach - North View"   14" x 21"   Watercolor


4 comments:

  1. The watercolor of Indian Beach and video with the awesome sound effects are wonderful. Love your work, James.

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  2. Congratulations, James. Lovely painting, as always. After clicking though all the paintings at the CAC website two things are clear: you are in wonderful company and there was a great deal of coal sent to Newcastle -- seascapes may be the most plentiful subject. The video seems to show this painting developing from the top down. Is that your regular watercolor strategy?

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  3. Thank you, Steve! I don't always work from top down on watercolors. Each painting seems to dictate a different approach.

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