Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Last painting session of the year

Kevin Turcotte
12 x 16 inches
oil on canvas panel
This was from our last figure painting session of the year at the studio.

Monday, December 19, 2011

Drawings

Kevin Turcotte
18 x 24 inches
pitt pastel on newsprint
It's always good to draw!

Monday, December 12, 2011

Older model

Kevin Turcotte
9 1/8 x 12 1/4 inches
watercolor on hot press paper

Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Pensive model

Kevin Turcotte
12 x 16 inches
oil on canvas panel
We're trying to set up our lighting a little more professionally -- blocking a lot of the overhead fluorescent fill light so our spotlight can do what it's supposed to do. This was our first attempt.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

From the Bluffs

Kevin Turcotte
20 x 20 inches
oil on canvas
Another painting from the current holiday show at the Easton Gallery in Santa Barbara.

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Padaro Beach, toward the hills

Kevin Turcotte
10 x 10 inches
oil on panel
This one is currently in the annual holiday show at the Easton Gallery in Santa Barbara.

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Anthony

Kevin Turcotte
11 x 14 inches
oil on canvas panel
From a recent session with Anthony, a jazz pianist, who also happens to be a model as well.

Sunday, November 06, 2011

Rachel

Kevin Turcotte
12 x 16
oil on canvas panel
one of the artists wanted a turban -- so Rachel was kind enough to accommodate him.

Monday, October 31, 2011

A quick little one

Kevin Turcotte
4 1/2 x 6 inches
oil on linen mounted on panel
my friend Owen prepared this little panel and gave it to me for a try out -- I took it up to the Hahamongna Watershed Park near the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena and this is what I came up with. Great surface to paint on!

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Olivia

Kevin Turcotte
16 x 20 inches
oil on canvas panel
Every time I paint a figure model it's like a sprint to the finish line. Three hours goes by in a flash.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Sandpit depths

Kevin Turcotte
8 x 10 inches
oil on panel

Sunday, October 09, 2011

Arielle

Kevin Turcotte
12 x 16 inches
oil on canvas panel

Sunday, October 02, 2011

In the canyon - Malibu Creek

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8 inches
oil on linen mounted on panel

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Toni V

Kevin Turcotte
12 x 16 inches
oil on canvas panel
Not all of our models are named Toni. Just two of them.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Stacy

Kevin Turcotte
12 x 16 inches
oil on canvas panel
another from our weekly studio sessions.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Callie's Matilija


Kevin Turcotte
5 x 5 inches
watercolor on hot press paper
we cut back the poppies in the back yard this year and were rewarded with an incredible growth of these flowers. There are even a few still blooming...

Monday, September 05, 2011

Yuba River overcast

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8 inches
oil on panel
another painting from the northern part of the state

Friday, August 26, 2011

Deer Creek

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8 inches
oil on linen mounted on panel
I was up in the northern part of the state recently and did this little oil sketch one morning. When I was done I ate my lunch by the stream and counted at least ten good sized trout in the water. And me without a fishing pole.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Cliffs at Carpinteria

Kevin Turcotte
5 x 5 inches
watercolor on hot press paper

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Toni's back

Kevin Turcotte
12 x 16 inches
oil on canvas panel

Monday, August 01, 2011

Japanese garden

Kevin Turcotte
5 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches
watercolor on hot press paper
From a sketching trip to the Huntington Gardens.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Behind the ranch

Kevin Turcotte
5 x 5 inches
watercolor on hot press paper

Sunday, July 17, 2011

July Gloom

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8 inches
oil on panel
Usually here in Southern California it's only June gloom, but this summer some of it has extended into July. The overcast gives a nice soft light for painting. This was a lunch time painting during a class production designer Kathy Altieri was offering to the artists at work.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

South of Tucson

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 12 inches
oil on panel
from a trip to Arizona a few years back.

Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Pensive Toni

Kevin Turcotte
16 x 20 inches
oil on canvas panel

Monday, June 27, 2011

Ranch view

Kevin Turcotte
8 x 10 inches
oil on linen mounted on panel
Another painting from the same ranch as the last posting.

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Ranch Eucalyptus

Kevin Turcotte
8 x 10 inches
oil on linen mounted on panel
actually, what IS the plural for eucalyptus? eucalypti? eucalyptuses? There was definitely more than one here when I painted this.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Tortured Soul

Kevin Turcotte
12 x 16 inches
oil on canvas panel
Damien gave us a killer pose to work with -- a little more extreme than our normal sessions.

Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Stairway Urn

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 12 inches
oil on panel
Sometimes the subjects are close at hand -- this one was just down the street.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Russia

Kevin Turcotte
12 x 16 inches
oil on canvas panel
Sorry -- second go around for this image. I saw it on another computer and it was much too dark. I'm hopeful this time will be better.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Rio Grande near Taos

Kevin Turcotte
9 x 12 inches
oil on linen mounted on panel
from a while back when I was on a painting workshop in New Mexico.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Tujunga Creek Cliffs

Kevin Turcotte
8 x 10 inches
oil on panel
While I was painting this a couple kept peeking their heads out at me from near the base of the cliff. Sorry if I interrupted your skinny dipping, guys!

Sunday, May 08, 2011

Olivia

Kevin Turcotte
12 x 16 inches
oil on canvas panel
From a recent figure painting session.

Sunday, May 01, 2011

Overhanging Trees

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8 inches
oil on panel
I was painting this panel from a bridge over the wash and accidentally dropped a brand new brush into the channel. I could see it on the concrete about 30 feet below me and wasn't about to abandon it. I rigged up a hammer with duct tape -- sticky side out -- and dangled it down on a string. Snagged it on the first try!

Monday, April 25, 2011

Hills and Trees

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8 inches
oil on panel
Yes, we had some snow a few weeks back and I tried painting it as fast as I could -- much of it had melted before I could finish.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Gold Creek

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8 inches
oil on panel
since much of the Angeles Forest burnt last year I have had to explore a little further afield to find some nice painting spots -- this was a new area for me.

Monday, April 11, 2011

Octopus two

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8 inches
oil on canvas mounted on gatorboard
eight more crazy legs

Sunday, April 03, 2011

Octopus

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8 inches
oil on canvas mounted on gatorboard
There comes a time when an artist just has to paint an octopus.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Blue Bridge

Kevin Turcotte
8 x 10 inches
oil on panel
Painted out near where Ballona Creek empties into the Pacific.

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Cold Springs

Kevin Turcotte
6 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches
oil on panel
dropped off some work at the gallery last Sunday and took the opportunity to paint the always beautiful Santa Barbara landscape. The water actually flows over the road here and the occasional car drove through the scene while I painted.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Yuba River Rocks

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8 inches
oil on panel
I used to live in Northern California and would venture up into the hills whenever I could -- while very cold this river was beautiful to paint.

Monday, March 07, 2011

Kem

Kevin Turcotte
5 5/8 x 8 inches
oil on panel
Sometimes at the end of our weekly painting sessions I'll have enough time for another small painting. For whatever reason these are often better paintings -- more direct, a little fresher. This was one of those times.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Homemade

Kevin Turcotte
8 x 8 inches
oil on acyrlic prepared birch panel
This painting is my donation to the Art Blocks for Ghana project going on right now in New York City at the New Art Center, and in two weeks at the Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, California. For more info check out: http://artblocksghana.blogspot.com/
The paintings, done by top animation artists from DreamWorks, Pixar, Industrial Light and Magic, Disney, Blue Sky and numerous other studios, will be auctioned off and all proceeds will go to establishing an orphanage in Ghana, Africa. This particular painting was featured with eight others on the always great art blog at http://www.linesandcolors.com/2011/02/24/art-blocks-for-ghana/.

Monday, February 21, 2011

In the hills

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 12 inches
oil on birch panel
winter in the hills above Los Angeles

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Road rally

Kevin Turcotte
8 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches
watercolor on cold press paper
I usually donate a painting for auction every year to benefit the high school my boys went to -- the theme this year was "road rally" and I remembered this old watercolor I did from a car show years and years ago. I thought it fit the theme perfectly. I don't really paint like this anymore but I thought it was still a good painting.

Monday, February 07, 2011

Carol

Kevin Turcotte
12 x 16 inches
oil on canvas panel

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Tujunga Dry

Kevin Turcotte
8 x 10 inches
oil on canvas panel
this is the second painting from the same area -- no stream this time.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Tujunga Wash

Kevin Turcotte
8 x 10 inches
oil on canvas panel
I went out to paint Monday -- since we had a holiday and it was too nice out not to paint. Returned to the same spot today for another painting and this stream was completely gone -- just a damp spot left in the gravel.

Monday, January 17, 2011

1934

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8 inches
oil on linen mounted on panel
I love finding these little paintings within paintings -- this one from up in Ventura County

Sunday, January 09, 2011

Arboretum

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8 inches
oil on panel