Get outside and paint!

Kevin Turcotte

6 x 8 

oil on linen mounted on panel

The title is just a reminder of what I  need to do more of during the coming year -- Happy New Year to all!

Holiday treat

Kevin Turcotte

7 x 9 (approx.)

oil on cigar box

more goodness from Portos. 

New dessert

Kevin Turcotte

7 x 9 (approx.)

oil on cigar box

a painting from the current holiday group show at the Easton Gallery in Santa Barbara. This original pastry was from the great Porto's Bakery in Glendale. Always  a line, but always worth it...

Matador Beach surf

Kevin Turcotte

9 x 12

oil on panel

another from the most photographed, most painted beach in Southern California -- Matador Beach. I think I did three or four paintings this particular day -- this one was the first. 

Approaching Storm

Kevin Turcotte

18 x 24

oil on panel

This is from a current show of my work at the DreamWorks studio. I painted this from Mount Lassen in Northern California, one of my favorite places to paint -- a very under-visited national park.

Windsock

Kevin Turcotte

6 x 8

oil on linen mounted on panel

This is from the helipad atop the parking structure at the studio. Headed home after a late day at work the orange glow caught my eye -- I sketched it out on a loose piece of paper and painted it soon after. 

Alma

Kevin Turcotte

11 x 14

oil on canvas panel

once again our weekly painting time is being put on hold until new facilities can be arranged -- this is from a session a month or two ago. We have painted Alma while she played the violin for us (she's quite good!) but not this time. 

Anacapa Light

Kevin Turcotte

4 x 4

watercolor on hot press paper

I booked a trip out to Anacapa Island -- part of the channel islands off the coast of California -- a few weeks ago, and invited an artist friend so we could do some watercolors.  Unfortunately the one day of rain in the past six months was the same day we were out on the island and the squalls kept coming in regularly. Our paints stayed in our packs and I had to do this from a photograph. Still, the islands are an impressive, nearly pristine environment to visit -- and I will return!

Sycamores

Kevin Turcotte

6 x 8

oil on cardboard

an older painting from around the corner of the studio, in Bette Davis Park.

Morris Graves Wall of Art

Kevin Turcotte
A photo from the reception held last Saturday at the Morris-Graves Museum of Art in Eureka, where I'm part of a group show, "An Animator's Avocation." The show also features of paintings of fellow DreamWorks animation artists, James Martin, Simon Otto and Fabio Lignini. The show was held on the second floor of the rotunda in the museum and we were each given a separate wall. Thanks to all who made this possible!

Prickly Pear

Kevin Turcotte

6 x 8

oil on board

another lunchtime painting from a few years ago. I went back to paint another version of this shortly after and the entire plant had been cut down.  Gone. So this is the only version there will be. 

Group Show

Kevin Turcotte

I'm part of a group show in the city of Eureka, at the Morris-Graves Museum. These six pieces are on exhibition with work from three other DreamWorks artists; Fabio Lignini and Simon Otto from insertnamehere.blogspot.com and fellow Paintopolis citizen James Martin. The show will be up for several months -- if you're on the north coast stop on by!

Beachwatcher

Kevin Turcotte

6 x 8

oil on canvas

Hologram Show

I've been busy generating some holograms which are on display in a group show at the new Gnomon Gallery. The show is up through September 10, with a closing party on September 11. These are Rabbitholes prints, which allow for a wide range of view and 10 seconds or so of animation.

Super Rica

Kevin Turcotte

9 x 12

oil on canvas

this from a great little restaurant in Santa Barbara -- many great tacos have been enjoyed here...

White Hat

Kevin Turcotte

8 x 10 

oil on linen

Beachwall

Kevin Turcotte

8 x 10

oil on panel

Green ring -- translucent

Kevin Turcotte

8 x 10

oil on linen

Green ring -- transparent

Kevin Turcotte

8 x 10

oil on linen

Bucket man

Kevin Turcotte

8 x 10

oil on linen

Pink Board

Kevin Turcotte

8 x 10

oil on linen

Beachwalker

Kevin Turcotte

6 x 8

oil on canvas

Summerland cliffs

Kevin Turcotte

8 x 10

oil on linen

Crumble

Kevin Turcotte

6 x 8

oil on canvas mounted on panel

The cliffs are eroding between Refugio and El Capitan beaches near Santa Barbara -- a fitting subject for a painting.

At the Edge of the Ocean

Kevin Turcotte

10 x 24

oil on linen mounted on board

This was on the reverse of the invitation for the show.

Girl in White

Kevin Turcotte

6 x 8

oil on linen

Another image from the upcoming show at the Easton Gallery.

Approaching Wave

Kevin Turcotte

8 x 10

oil on linen

Gallery Invitation

This is the reason there hasn't been much activity here for a few weeks -- I've been busy! The show opens next week and is up for a good part of the summer.  I'll be posting more images from the show in the coming days.

same model, different session

Kevin Turcotte

8 x 10

oil on canvas panel

this is the same model as the previous post with a little more time to develop the art...

Ink drawing

Kevin Turcotte

India Ink and sharpie pen on paper

11 x 17

One of the benefits of working at an animation studio is the life drawing sessions offered to the artists. In this particular session we were required to draw in indelible media so we couldn't erase. This was a quick pose -- one of many, but I kinda liked the way it came out.  

Lunchtime Treeness

James Martin
10 x 8
oil on canvas board

Under the Freeway

Kevin Turcotte

6 x 12

oil on canvas, mounted on panel

from a while ago...painted directly under the 2 freeway in Los Angeles, near Dodger Stadium. 

Lunch Time # 4

James Martin
8 x 6
oil on linen

Subsurfacing Sushi

Jeremy A. Engleman

Maya, mental ray

I finally figured out a use for Maya's "wood" procedural texture. Fish.

Lifeguard shack

Kevin Turcotte

9 x 12

oil on linen

winter on the beach, a guardstand shut down for the season, a perfect reason to paint...

Surf rock

Kevin Turcotte

10 x 12

oil on linen

keeping with the coastal theme, another from Matador Beach, late in the afternoon, painting with some friends...

Dusty Simplified Glass

Jeremy A. Engleman

Maya and mental ray

Leo Carillo beach

Kevin  Turcotte

8 x 8 

oil on canvas mounted on panel

this is the kind of day it is here in Southern California -- Happy Easter to everyone!

Matador Beach

Kevin Turcotte

9 x 12

oil on panel

it seems like every outdoor artist in Los Angeles has painted at least one painting at Matador Beach in Malibu.  This is but one of many I have...

Procedural Plums

Jeremy Engleman

Maya, mental ray

Entirely procedural plums and water drops. A little schematic of how the surface was derived can be found here.

Lassen slope

Kevin Turcotte

6 x 8

oil on panel

this is one of the least visited National Parks in the country -- and that's part of the reason I like it so much -- you can pull off to the side of the road, paint and nobody bothers you. 

Sandpit

Kevin Turcotte

5.5 x 6.5

oil on cardboard

another older lunchtime painting, a sandpit on a threatening day -- lots of atmosphere right before a storm.

Longhorn

Kevin Turcotte

4 x 4

watercolor on hot press paper

I was painting up at Vasquez Rocks (the location of many a television and movie shoot -- whenever they want an "outer space" look) a few weeks back and saw a few of these guys at a nearby ranch.  Those horns had to have been at least five to six feet across. 

Monterey Beach

Kevin Turcotte
12 x 6
oil on panel

Saturday at the cemetery

Kevin Turcotte

5 x 8 (approx.)

ink wash in sketchbook

I received a nice notice in Charley Parker's great "lines and colors" blog today -- thanks! This is from last Saturday in an old cemetery in downtown Los Angeles. A quiet place to sketch, amidst the veterans of the Spanish-American War. 

Rocks and Foam

Kevin Turcotte

8 x 8

oil on panel

from a trip out to Matador Beach north of Malibu -- great rocks and sea caves to explore!

Golden Hills

Kevin Turcotte

8 x 10

oil on panel

from a small series I did of the hills above Gorman, California, right off the I-5.

Grove - late afternoon

Kevin Turcotte

4 x 4

watercolor on cold press paper

looking down into the San Gabriel valley from the foothills above Pasadena.

Dying slave

Kevin Turcotte
11 x 14
oil on canvas panel
Trace, our model, provided us with your basic dying slave pose.

Cypress

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8
oil on panel
another in the continuing series of lunchtime paintings -- this is the back of the building I work in.