http://ontheeasel.com Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:15:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Those who know me well may appreciate this more than most.  I have eliminated about half of the things that were cluttering up my studio. Josh asked me if it was more difficult to concentrate in such a clean space . That is a pretty good question.  I did manage ... http://ontheeasel.com/2010/03/08/spring-cleaning "Tera Rosa" 36"x48" Oil on Canvas "Flower Girl" 24" x 36" Oil on Canvas I’ve become the occasional blogger. But that is a good thing because it means I am spending the majority of my time painting. These two paintings will hopefully be in the Energen Art Show in Birmingham next month. ... http://ontheeasel.com/2010/02/24/studio-news Tuscaloosa News Article http://ontheeasel.com/2009/11/29/tuscaloosa-news-article-on-the-jack-warner-art-institute Daniel Garber, Tanis, June-July-August 1915. Oil on canvas, 60 x 46-1/4 inches. From the Warner Collection of the Westervelt Warner Company, displayed in the Westervelt Warner Museum of American Art, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. On the 23rd and 24th of November I taught an introductory course in pastel painting at the newly formed ... http://ontheeasel.com/2009/11/28/jack-warner-art-institute Kentuck 2009 is over and it was a blast. We had cold, we had mud and we had customers. I don't think you could have come up with a more interesting combination. Below you will find some photos of paintings I did for the show as well as some photo's ... http://ontheeasel.com/2009/10/21/kentuck-09 8"x20" Oil on Panel Thought I would try a larger painting of the dunes. I've really gotten use to using the smaller brushes. I felt like I was putting paint on with a shovel on this one. The painting will be available at the Kentuck Festival in Northport Alabama in October. http://ontheeasel.com/2009/09/29/going-through-the-dunes This is a drawing I did  a couple of years ago. It was just sitting in a stack of papers so I thought I would post it. I always enjoy drawing males because they have harsher lines which makes them easier to see and easier to draw. http://ontheeasel.com/2009/09/26/drawing 24"x24" Oil on Canvas Here is the still life I have been working on the past couple of days. I have changed my palette rather drastically this summer, which has been a lot of fun. As a result my still life paintings are turning out much brighter. I also set up ... http://ontheeasel.com/2009/09/23/flowers-and-apples 14'x11" Oil on Canvas This scene is from the Westervelt Gardens here in Tuscaloosa Alabama. The gardens are beautiful and start on the top of a bluff and work their way down through arbors and arches to the lake below (Lake Tuscaloosa). I have done four paintings of the gardens and ... http://ontheeasel.com/2009/09/16/arches-westervelt-gardens-by-john-kelley 6"x8" Oil on Raymar Panel Well, I unwillingly took a week off of painting. I was just a little under the weather but it made it very difficult to paint. Hopefully I will be able to spend some extended time in the studio this week. This is the first fall that ... http://ontheeasel.com/2009/09/14/palmettos-2-by-john-kelley