Monday, July 25, 2011

MY VERY FIRST PAINTING IN PAINTING CLASS

I wanted to share with you, my very first painting that I painted after my head injury in Ceramics class 3 years ago. 

This painting is simply black and white with lots and lots of texture and was even more of a challenge for me. It stretched my abilities to a place I didn't know or go before.  As I mentioned in another post, I had been used to creating in bright, bold and saturated colors.  Another unusual thing was that I painted the entire painting with a palette knife. It did not occur to me to use a brush.  The palette knife seemed natural and familiar, although I had only used it on two paintings that I attempted back in the day, somewhere's 1992-1993 ish!

CARDBOARD TUBES IN BLACK AND WHITE
OIL ON CANVAS 16x20
(c) Loren Fidalgo 2009

Saturday, July 23, 2011

MORE STILL LIFE PAINTINGS ON MY BLOG

These are two paintings below,  that I've done in a yellow ochre, black and burnt sienna color palette.  I've mentioned that I love this color palette.  It is limiting in some ways and freeing in other ways.  When I only have three colors to use, there is not much thinking or decision making that bogs me down.  I've found that each color has a purpose and needs to be there when I am only using three colors.

To see more of my paintings in my portfolio, check out my Portfolio  Page.

SOME NEWS...
I wanted to mention that I will soon be posting the details about my head injury 3 years ago and how I began painting and working in mixed media after it.  Keep checking back to see when I post the "story".


A FINE BALANCE AND A PEPPER
OIL ON CANVAS  18x24
(c) Loren Fidalgo 2010
A TALL PITCHER AND A PEPPER
OIL ON CANVAS 18x24
(c) Loren Fidalgo 2011

Friday, July 22, 2011

NEW STILL LIFE PAINTINGS ADDED TO BLOG

I wanted to share some more paintings that I've done.
I hope you enjoy these paintings below in yellow ochre, black and burnt sienna.  Intially, when I started some of these paintings I did not like the color combination.  I've always created art that is full of color and saturation so these colors were a real challenge for me.  Now, I love this way of painting.  I love seeing if I can truely represent the colors of the still life I am looking at with just the three colors
CHUNKY FRUIT IN A BOWL
OIL ON CANVAS 16x20
(c) Loren Fidalgo  2009


This painting below is very textured with thick paint in the flowers.  I love to paint with texture and with a pallette knife.




A LUSCHIOUS VASE OF FLOWERS AND A PEPPER
OIL ON CANVAS  18x24
(c) Loren Fidalgo 2009

A PEAR, APPLE GRAPES AND A WOODEN TOY
OIL ON CANVAS  18x24
(c) Loren Fidalgo 2009

      

FRUIT IN A BOWL AND TWO BOTTLES
OIL ON CANVAS  18x24
(c) Loren Fidalgo 2010

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

NEW PAINTINGS ARE POSTED ON BLOG

ABOUT FLOWERS
OIL ON CANVAS 16x20
(c) Loren Fidalgo 2009
Hello, and welcome to my blog.
Well, I have finally posted some paintings on my blog. I wanted to post them as a group on my Portfolio page, however I had to load them one at a time.   So, to view them, go to Portfolio and scroll down the page. They are just some of my paintings in still life subject matter. I will be posting more paintings soon and they will be more still lifes and a whole bunch of fantasy paintings.

Hopefully, I will be able to figure out how to put my paintings up in a group. Until then, I will post them up one at a time. If anyone knows exactly how to do this, please fill me in. I will be so grateful!




Sunday, July 17, 2011

PAINTINGS COMING SOON!!!

It's almost 5:00 A.M. on the east coast and I'm seriously trying to get this blog up and running. This is a post to let everyone know that I will be featuring my paintings from the last 2 1/2 years very soon on this blog. I am working out the kinks in this blog formatt.. UGGHHH!!!. Keep checking back to catch them when they are uploaded.

JUST A NOTE; If you would like to see some of my designs for Licensing, you can take a peek at my blog http://www.lorenfidalgo.blogspot.com Loren Fidalgo Mind Giggles TM and to see my website www.lorenfidalgo.com.

You can view some of my products on etsy shop www.dabblingdelights.etsy.com


Thanks so much for being patient.

Cheers,

Loren