Dappled Red

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A few weeks ago my husband and I drove down to Hamilton, MT, a small town about an hour south of us. We wandered around enjoying the lovely weather and I snapped a few photos when I felt inspired. We got into a conversation with a lady who had lived there all her life and was quite proud of her "work truck." Unfortunately hers was not in great light, but this one was.

Red Pickup

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This is an oldie, from Eugene. I just painted it, but took the reference years ago. A big thank you to all those who keep old vehicles in good condition and park them in accessible locations!! I could just kiss you all.

If you're interested, I posted a reference for this truck (from a different angle) as a DPW challenge, back in 2012. Take a gander and ... paint it! If you dare (evil laugh...)

What Carol? You go from kissing to laughing evil-y, all in one short post? Yes.

Big Rig

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I have been happy to find MANY old trucks all around Missoula, and Montana in general. Unfortunately I often see them when I don't have my camera, or I'm on my way somewhere and can't stop. So I will just have to systematically comb the streets. Or something. Here's number one.

Out to Pasture

sold. (24x30in. - $1700 - optional frame [+$300])

For a few years I've been experimenting on the side with larger paintings, and new techniques. My goal was to build up a body of work and then start getting back into galleries. But (long story short) galleries don't seem to be in the cards for me, right now, so my NEW/old plan is to sell them directly.

But for these larger paintings I am going to try a little experiment:

1. I will set fixed prices, and shipping will be free (within the US).
2. I will refund all $ for returns within 30 days - the only thing you pay for is to ship it back to me.
3. I'll ship them in a box that will make them easy to return, and email you a return label (optional).
4. I'll use these room pictures to show the approximate size of the painting & frame.
5. I'll also show closeup images of the painting and the frame (click to enlarge).

The truck I found out in a field in Taos, New Mexico. I was there painting with some friends a few years ago. If I had been alone I probably wouldn't have ventured into the field, but I find I am much braver when I have other artists around me. Fierce, we are.

Behind a Ford

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A fabulous artist, and good friend, Cathleen Rehfeld, sometimes paints on black gessoed boards. I was so inspired by a recent painting of hers that I decided to try it myself! I will admit I've had as many failures with it so far as successes, but this one worked. At least I think so. : )

NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! I didn't put out a new book at the end of last year (like I usually do) because of my surgery and recovery. But I had plenty of paintings, so I decided to go ahead and do it a little late. I just picked up a big box of volume 9's from the printer!! -->

I only like to carry five volumes at a time, so I am phasing out volume 4, which I have put on sale until they are gone.

Get books here.

Trash Talk

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Here's a quaint Oregon scene. I took the reference photos a few years ago, on the way to visit some friends out in the country. What you can't see is the washer/dryer set off the left. And the 15 other cars in various states of disrepair.

Sunset Hills Truck

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I found this old guy at the bottom of the sunset hills in San Francisco earlier this year. I realize I might be wrong about the location. If so, I apologize.

Yellow Plate

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There used to be a whole row of these old trucks right outside of town. I went by one morning and took a bunch of photos when the light was good. And apparently just in time - soon after they disappeared and I haven't seen them since.

Something Old and Blue

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This is another scene from around my town (Eugene). The big tree and background trees were quite a challenge, but I'm quite happy with the way it turned out. For the background I basically just squinted and painted what I saw as simply as possible. But then I guess that's sort of how I paint in general. : )

And speaking of Eugene, I'm giving a talk at the local art supply store next Thursday. If you're in the area, and you have $5, come see me! Here's all the deets.

Baked Boneyard

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Detail from Baked Boneyard

It started raining here in earnest today. And the sky was so dark all day that I didn't have a chance to get a very good picture of this painting. UPDATE: I took a better one and re-posted. I took the reference photo last summer when I was driving home from a workshop I took in California. I don't remember exactly where I was, but I'd love to go back! I only stopped a couple of times along this road because I was in a hurry to get home, but I could have take a gazillion photos - old trucks/cars, barns, houses, fields, mountains. I'll find my way back, someday.

Means Business

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I found this guy in Lake Tahoe, on a trip this summer. Do you take a pink truck more seriously when it's carrying giant logs? Not that it was going anywhere - I'm pretty sure it was all just for show. I had to paint this twice to get something I really liked. Number 2 was way better than number 1. I'm thinking I should do that more often and then just wipe whichever one didn't work.

Here's another couple of pages from my book (in the section that highlights other daily painters and their stories):

Red Ford

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Well, I know I said I would post a few paintings while I was in Maine, but the internet connection wasn't good enough, alas. But it's a good thing I'm still ahead because I am having some sort of allergic reaction to ... something, not sure what. I am covered in itchy hives. Ack! I saw the doc yesterday and she gave me Prednisone, which will hopefully help with the itching, because it makes me feel terrible otherwise. So while this sorry sack that is my body tries to recover, I don't think I'll be painting much.

This is another little scene from around here in Eugene.

Back End, Back Lit

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I have a last-minute cancellation for my workshop next week in Springfield, Oregon. If anyone is interested, please sign up here.

Meanwhile, this is a scene I found wandering around my hometown of Eugene.

Still Runs

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New Workshop Teaser: I will be announcing a new workshop for 2014 on Tuesday, Sep 3rd at 9am (morning) CST. This one is going to be in Texas, and will be an advanced workshop, which means you have to have taken my regular workshop already. It will be May 5-9, 2014.

Also I created an email list that is just for workshop announcements. If you're already on my regular list, you don't need to be on it, because you will hear anyway! But if you aren't, and you only want to hear about upcoming workshops, please email me.

There is a whole line of these old trucks just west of town. The ghost town I mentioned a few posts ago turned out to be a disappointment, but I had my heart set on painting trucks, so I dug through my files for this one. I completely changed the sky color and am quite pleased with how it worked out.

Frapple Dapple

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I just announced my workshop for Oregon next year. In case you missed it, here's all the info. Don't worry, there will be more, but I am cutting back. I will only be doing 6 next year total, rather than the 12 I've been doing a year for the last 6. I'll try to get the rest announced as soon as I can.

Meanwhile, I'm diggin' dapples! This is from an old photo reference I took in Arizona. I just heard tale of a ghost town about 2 hours NE of my house with lots of oldies, so my goal for this next week is to carve out some time to go there. Road trip!

Work Truck

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This old truck is owned by a guy who thought it was "totally cool" that I painted old trucks and insisted I take a picture of his. When I saw it I thought - nah - but he was right there so I oohed and ahhed appropriately and took a few pictures for his sake. When I got it home I still wasn't inspired, so I filed it away. Yesterday I was browsing through my files again and had the sudden desire to paint it. I am happy to say I am quite pleased with the result! Luckily this guy doesn't read my blog (I hope) so he'll never know how uninspired I was originally. It's our secret!

Parked in a Row

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First real quick, this is from a photo I took at the Gold King Mine in Jerome, AZ. Second, I've been on Facebook for a while, but I am now ON Facebook. My plan is to post behind the scenes stuff there, sneak peeks at new paintings, photos of me dancing on tables at workshops ... stuff like that. So if you're interested, please like Carol Marine Art. Today I posted some process photos for a painting I haven't posted yet!

Shadow Monster

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The rose garden near the zoo was more than spectacular! Miles of roses ... ok, maybe not that much, but a lot of freakin' roses. The zoo was pretty awesome too. Today we saw a movie, wandered around downtown and played in the hotel's indoor pool. A pretty typical vacation. Today I am ready to go home, which I think is the mark of a perfect vacation - to stay just long enough to appreciate what you have at home.

This truck is from the Gold King Mine is Jerome, AZ.

Red Ride

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If you check out Daily Paintworks on a regular basis, you've probably seen a few of these red trucks already. That's because I used the photo as the Challenge reference for this week - the Old Truck Challenge. I found this gem of a truck on a walk through Eugene. I didn't have a camera so I took the picture with my husband's iphone.

Ford on Filmore St.

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Tomorrow at 11am PST I'll be a guest host on the Artists Helping Artists radio show. The title of the show is "A Conversation with Carol Marine and Leslie Saeta" (that first one's me). We'll be answering questions sent in by listeners - we've got some good ones! If you can't make it at 11, you'll be able to listen to the recording anytime. Either way, live or not, listen here.