Friday, December 31, 2010

It's a New Year - make some noise!

Kevin Turcotte
12 x 16
oil on canvas panel
our model suggested the title "Does this gun make my ass look fat?" -- can't argue when a Thompson submachine gun is pointed your way...

Friday, December 24, 2010

Hollywood Christmas

Kevin Turcotte
5 x 6 inches
watercolor on hot press paper
some noir christmas greetings from Southern California!

Monday, December 20, 2010

Model color study

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 12 inches
oil on panel

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Adair

Kevin Turcotte
12 x 16 inches
oil on panel

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Hillside sunlight

Kevin Turcotte
10 x 12 inches
oil on linen mounted on panel
from a show a bit ago -- the view is across the river from where I work.

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Old Firehouse

Kevin Turcotte
8 x 10 inches
oil on linen mounted on panel
another from the current show at the Easton Gallery in Santa Barbara.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Sunset reflections

Kevin Turcotte
8 x 10 inches
oil on panel
There's some subtle color in the darkness -- not sure it all comes out in this scan. Another piece from the current 20th anniversary show at the Easton Gallery in Santa Barbara.

Monday, November 08, 2010

Trees by the Sea (dusk)

Kevin Turcotte
8 x 10 inches
oil on panel
I dropped this off at the Easton Gallery yesterday for the upcoming 20th anniversary show and not ten minutes after I left I got a call from the gallery owner telling me that a customer who used to climb this very tree had just bought the painting. Fastest sale ever.

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Little Lake Bryan

Kevin Turcotte
5 x 7 inches
oil on gessoed cardboard
a deserted beach on an overcast day -- water that looks like anything could be lurking beneath it's dark surface. Happy Halloween!

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Marisol

Kevin Turcotte
6 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches
oil on gessoed acid free matte board
another recent life painting session -- a little over two hours of work.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Aycil

Kevin Turcotte
12 x 16
oil on canvas panel
Aycil -- rhymes with Rachel, from a recent life painting session.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Farm Truck

Kevin Turcotte
10 x 12 inches
oil on linen mounted on panel
this was done for a book and gallery project a few years back featuring the nearby agricultural area of the Santa Clara River watershed.

Sunday, October 03, 2010

Crystal Cove Rocks

Kevin Turcotte
9 x 12 inches
oil on linen mounted on panel
from a few years back when several friends went to the Laguna Beach area to paint. This was auctioned off this weekend for yet another charity auction.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Study in Green

James Martin
10 x 8
Avocado on canvas board

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Laura

Kevin Turcotte
11 x 14 inches
oil on canvas panel

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Hamilton Branch Powerhouse

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8 inches
oil on panel
painted a few weeks back when I was on vacation in Northern California. This was done as the sun was sinking - quickly - leaving no time to worry about finessing anything.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Peacock

Kevin Turcotte
10 x 24 inches
oil on panel
these birds are all over the Los Angeles Arboretum, acting like they own the place.

Monday, September 06, 2010

Kinga reclining

Kevin Turcotte
12 x 16
oil on canvas panel
I usually like to paint more on the shadow side of the model but this pose was strongest (for me) from the front lit side.

Monday, August 30, 2010

Overcast Path

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8 inches
oil on panel
I started this and painted under overcast skies for about 30 minutes before the sun broke through and my painting time was over...

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Another Matilija Poppy

Kevin Turcotte
5 x 5 inches
watercolor on hot press paper
we still have a few left in the backyard -- this might not be the last poppy of the season.

Sunday, August 15, 2010

red bowl and goldfish

Kevin Turcotte
5 x 5 inches
watercolor on hot press paper
-- we had another casualty in our little container pond on the patio. So I had to paint him.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Spanish fountain

Kevin Turcotte
8 x 10 inches
oil on canvas panel
from a recent trip up to Descansco Gardens with some of the matte painters at Dreamworks.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Fountain

Kevin Turcotte
10 x 10 inches
oil on panel

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Commisary

Kevin Turcotte
8 x 10 inches
oil on canvas panel
- the steps leading up to our commissary. Again, from the weekly workshop led by James Martin.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Reflecting pool

Kevin Turcotte
5 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches
oil on masonite
from a recent workshop for the matte painters -- it helps to work in such a beautiful location.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Container pots

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8 inches
oil on birch panel
I sat in on a recent class taught by James Martin for some of the more technical employees at work. He's repeating the class for matte painters now.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Kinga

Kevin Turcotte
11 x 14 inches
oil on canvas panel

Monday, June 21, 2010

Matador watercolor

Kevin Turcotte
5 x 5 inches
watercolor on hot press paper. Another from the same "June Gloom" day as the last posting. In an unrelated note, the "Pres-Aid" auction was a big success this weekend -- my painting was one of many that sold -- and I was told a goodly sum was raised to help Pres make it through a second bout of leukemia. Thanks to all who participated.

Monday, June 14, 2010

June gloom

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 12 inches
oil on birch panel
not all beach weather in California is sunny...

Monday, June 07, 2010

Beach Weather

Kevin Turcotte
8 x 10 inches
oil on linen mounted on panel
finally warming up enough for the beach!

Monday, May 31, 2010

painting to be auctioned for pres-aid

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8 inches
oil on panel
this was done on location in Los Angeles and will be auctioned off to help out my friend Pres Romanillos who had a relapse of leukemia. It's part of the "Pres-Aid" effort that is starting this week. More details at http://www.pres-aid.com There are some incredible pieces of animation art being donated to help out.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Emily

Kevin Turcotte
11 x 14 inches
oil on canvas panel

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Torin

Kevin Turcotte
12 x 12 inches
oil on panel
from a recent life painting session

Sunday, May 09, 2010

Carillo overcast

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8 inches
oil on panel

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Hills

Kevin Turcotte
5 x 7 inches
oil on panel
a lunchtime view across the river from where I work.

Monday, April 26, 2010

Zoo drawings


Kevin Turcotte
watercolor pencil in sketchbook
we've recently started bi-weekly drawing sessions at the Los Angeles Zoo. The chimps were looking bored and the monkeys playing with a burlap bag that had found it's way into their enclosure.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Kim

Kevin Turcotte
11 x 14 inches
oil on canvas panel

Monday, April 12, 2010

Nicole

Kevin Turcotte
11 x 14 inches
oil on canvas panel

Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Eaton Falls

Kevin Turcotte
5 x 6 inches
watercolor on hot press paper
from a recent hike I took with my son into the hills above Pasadena.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Old Bridge

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8 inches
oil on linen mounted on panel
I found this old bridge up in Santa Barbara and it seemed a perfect spot to paint.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Patriarch

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8 inches
oil on panel

Monday, March 15, 2010

Underpass

Kevin Turcotte
18 x 24 inches
oil on canvas
a painting that was in the recent Glenna Hartmann Invitational Fine Art Exhibition held at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
Glenna was a fine artist and a beautiful person -- she left us all too early.

Friday, March 05, 2010

Quick Study

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8 inches
oil on panel

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Malibu Creek -- Last Light

Kevin Turcotte
8 x 10 inches
oil on panel
more from the same area as the last posting.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Moon over Malibu

Kevin Turcotte
10 x 12 inches
oil on linen mounted on panel

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Chocolate strawberry

Kevin Turcotte
5 x 5 inches
watercolor on hot press paper
Something a little sweet for Valentine's Day.

Friday, February 05, 2010

Sunday on the river

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8 inches
oil on linen
the LA
river -- with actual water from the recent rains. It got hazier and hazier as I painted this, making it hard to hang onto that initial impression.

Friday, January 29, 2010

Sluice

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8 inches
oil on linen
During a break in the rain we've been getting here lately I wandered over to the Pasadena arroyo where the water was flowing. It felt great to get out and paint again.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Turn

Kevin Turcotte
8 x 10 inches
oil on canvas panel

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Linda

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8 inches
oil on panel
from a workshop a bit ago. As part of the exercise I painted three or four versions of the same set up, leaving them as "starts" and not finished paintings. Sometimes it's better that way...