Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Shark Fin Cove

Wow! What a glorious place, cannot figure how I've driven past dozens of times and not gotten a glimpse of this spectacular cove.  Arrived late in the day and had the good luck of high surf and huge waves crashing in, therefore many photographs were taken along with getting a little poison oak which is almost gone.  Here is the (hopefully) first painting:
I'm not sure if it is completed since I've been staring at it too long.  Here is the video of it being made:
This is 24"x36" oil on canvas in the deep frame.  I'm most satisfied with the water and rock area in the lower right quadrant which pulls a bit from the pale blue shimmer along the left.  Enjoy!

Friday, March 14, 2014

Hoover Tower 3

Finished up a 12"x16" 'sketch' of Hoover Tower on linen board.  This one is working on the effect of a lit background with the foreground in shadow.  This is the case when looking at the hills on the east side of San Jose and Milpitas. 
Hoover Tower 3
2014 Catherine K. Moore

Here is the previous one I did:


and the video of the current one is here: