Wednesday, December 31, 2008

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!

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Holiday treat

Kevin Turcotte
7 x 9 (approx.)
oil on cigar box

more goodness from Portos. 

Thursday, December 11, 2008

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...

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

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. 

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

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.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

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. 

Saturday, November 01, 2008

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. 

Thursday, October 23, 2008

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!

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Sycamores

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8
oil on cardboard
an older painting from around the corner of the studio, in Bette Davis Park.

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

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!

Sunday, September 28, 2008

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. 

Monday, September 15, 2008

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!

Monday, September 08, 2008

Beachwatcher

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8
oil on canvas

Thursday, August 28, 2008

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.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

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...

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

White Hat

Kevin Turcotte
8 x 10 
oil on linen

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Beachwall

Kevin Turcotte
8 x 10
oil on panel

Sunday, August 03, 2008

Green ring -- translucent

Kevin Turcotte
8 x 10
oil on linen

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Green ring -- transparent

Kevin Turcotte
8 x 10
oil on linen

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Bucket man

Kevin Turcotte
8 x 10
oil on linen

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Pink Board

Kevin Turcotte
8 x 10
oil on linen

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Beachwalker

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8
oil on canvas

Friday, June 27, 2008

Summerland cliffs

Kevin Turcotte
8 x 10
oil on linen

Friday, June 13, 2008

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.

Sunday, June 08, 2008

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.

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Girl in White

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8
oil on linen
Another image from the upcoming show at the Easton Gallery.

Sunday, June 01, 2008

Approaching Wave

Kevin Turcotte
8 x 10
oil on linen

Friday, May 30, 2008

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.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

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...

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

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.  

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Lunchtime Treeness

James Martin
10 x 8
oil on canvas board

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

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. 

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Lunch Time # 4

James Martin
8 x 6
oil on linen

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Subsurfacing Sushi

Jeremy A. Engleman

Maya, mental ray

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

Sunday, April 06, 2008

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...

Sunday, March 30, 2008

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...

Monday, March 24, 2008

Dusty Simplified Glass

Jeremy A. Engleman

Maya and mental ray

Sunday, March 23, 2008

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!

Sunday, March 16, 2008

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...

Thursday, March 13, 2008

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.

Friday, March 07, 2008

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. 

Tuesday, March 04, 2008

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.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

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. 

Friday, February 22, 2008

Monterey Beach

Kevin Turcotte
12 x 6
oil on panel

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

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. 

Saturday, February 16, 2008

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!

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

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.

Sunday, January 27, 2008

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.

Friday, January 18, 2008

Dying slave

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

Friday, January 11, 2008

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.