<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075</id><updated>2012-01-29T22:57:42.767-08:00</updated><category term='jeremy'/><category term='sushi'/><category term='boa'/><category term='plums'/><title type='text'>Paintopolis</title><subtitle type='html'>The Art of Kevin Turcotte, James Martin, Jeremy Engleman &amp; Marty Havran.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>396</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-1207026654175734296</id><published>2012-01-29T22:56:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-29T22:57:42.786-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Beach fires</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UL68MhZJRyI/TyY_RCT6x7I/AAAAAAAABEs/KzN78-dtuG0/s1600/beach-fires_01-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UL68MhZJRyI/TyY_RCT6x7I/AAAAAAAABEs/KzN78-dtuG0/s400/beach-fires_01-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703315540022052786" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;9 x 12 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas, mounted on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-1207026654175734296?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/1207026654175734296/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=1207026654175734296' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/1207026654175734296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/1207026654175734296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2012/01/beach-fires_29.html' title='Beach fires'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UL68MhZJRyI/TyY_RCT6x7I/AAAAAAAABEs/KzN78-dtuG0/s72-c/beach-fires_01-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-7645387338456743366</id><published>2012-01-22T19:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-22T19:42:08.999-08:00</updated><title type='text'>cow skull</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JUhxUroCDU0/TxzWqf80noI/AAAAAAAABEU/bifFs7ljgLA/s1600/cowskull-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JUhxUroCDU0/TxzWqf80noI/AAAAAAAABEU/bifFs7ljgLA/s400/cowskull-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700667253963660930" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;6 x 8 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;an older one -- from a trip to an old ranch in northern Los Angeles county.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-7645387338456743366?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/7645387338456743366/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=7645387338456743366' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7645387338456743366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7645387338456743366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2012/01/cow-skull.html' title='cow skull'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JUhxUroCDU0/TxzWqf80noI/AAAAAAAABEU/bifFs7ljgLA/s72-c/cowskull-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-7574303166097379986</id><published>2012-01-15T18:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T18:35:11.339-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tiffany</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xUWzFrbQjIM/TxOMrkoKu3I/AAAAAAAABEI/vTGXQclhv7o/s1600/tiffany-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xUWzFrbQjIM/TxOMrkoKu3I/AAAAAAAABEI/vTGXQclhv7o/s400/tiffany-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698052633748224882" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;16 x 20 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;First painting session of the year.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-7574303166097379986?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/7574303166097379986/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=7574303166097379986' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7574303166097379986'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7574303166097379986'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2012/01/tiffany.html' title='Tiffany'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xUWzFrbQjIM/TxOMrkoKu3I/AAAAAAAABEI/vTGXQclhv7o/s72-c/tiffany-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-3223971692940665809</id><published>2012-01-08T21:36:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-08T21:37:38.323-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Meanwhile, back at the ranch...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5rSIHCQTl7Q/Twp894Jz9NI/AAAAAAAABDw/AS0FYKeM2B4/s1600/Lloyd-Butler_ranch-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5rSIHCQTl7Q/Twp894Jz9NI/AAAAAAAABDw/AS0FYKeM2B4/s400/Lloyd-Butler_ranch-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695502081250817234" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;20 x 20 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-3223971692940665809?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/3223971692940665809/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=3223971692940665809' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/3223971692940665809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/3223971692940665809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2012/01/meanwhile-back-at-ranch.html' title='Meanwhile, back at the ranch...'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5rSIHCQTl7Q/Twp894Jz9NI/AAAAAAAABDw/AS0FYKeM2B4/s72-c/Lloyd-Butler_ranch-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-4407488176803778904</id><published>2012-01-01T16:39:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-01T16:42:48.835-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Santa Monica sketch</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wa7m-K9XJMI/TwD84yr-yhI/AAAAAAAABDk/aoWtXR-Kn2c/s1600/santa_monica_sketch-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wa7m-K9XJMI/TwD84yr-yhI/AAAAAAAABDk/aoWtXR-Kn2c/s400/santa_monica_sketch-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692827981605423634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;3.5 x 5 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;sharpie marker on paper&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Trying to keep it simple -- only two values and no preliminary drawing. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-4407488176803778904?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/4407488176803778904/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=4407488176803778904' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/4407488176803778904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/4407488176803778904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2012/01/santa-monica-sketch.html' title='Santa Monica sketch'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wa7m-K9XJMI/TwD84yr-yhI/AAAAAAAABDk/aoWtXR-Kn2c/s72-c/santa_monica_sketch-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-9182849709276823799</id><published>2011-12-27T17:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-27T17:54:56.491-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Last painting session of the year</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7tWb9cgPiLM/Tvp2l7JGlBI/AAAAAAAABDY/AZK42Raxa5o/s1600/ariella_sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7tWb9cgPiLM/Tvp2l7JGlBI/AAAAAAAABDY/AZK42Raxa5o/s400/ariella_sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690991473039152146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;12 x 16 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This was from our last figure painting session of the year at the studio.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-9182849709276823799?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/9182849709276823799/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=9182849709276823799' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/9182849709276823799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/9182849709276823799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/12/last-painting-session-of-year.html' title='Last painting session of the year'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7tWb9cgPiLM/Tvp2l7JGlBI/AAAAAAAABDY/AZK42Raxa5o/s72-c/ariella_sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-7669844383600888325</id><published>2011-12-19T08:45:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-19T08:46:13.497-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Drawings</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PqoH3opouWc/Tu9qKmMlWEI/AAAAAAAABC0/ro13Pl8YiI8/s1600/drawings-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PqoH3opouWc/Tu9qKmMlWEI/AAAAAAAABC0/ro13Pl8YiI8/s400/drawings-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687881584676788290" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;18 x 24 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;pitt pastel on newsprint&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It's always good to draw!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-7669844383600888325?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/7669844383600888325/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=7669844383600888325' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7669844383600888325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7669844383600888325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/12/drawings.html' title='Drawings'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PqoH3opouWc/Tu9qKmMlWEI/AAAAAAAABC0/ro13Pl8YiI8/s72-c/drawings-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-2981071079962427257</id><published>2011-12-12T22:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-12T22:25:25.476-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Older model</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5h-_iU1SxRw/TubvNh5g5yI/AAAAAAAABCo/CeNTE3DoMes/s1600/older_model-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5h-_iU1SxRw/TubvNh5g5yI/AAAAAAAABCo/CeNTE3DoMes/s400/older_model-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685494595318769442" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;9  1/8 x 12 1/4 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;watercolor on hot press paper&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-2981071079962427257?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/2981071079962427257/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=2981071079962427257' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2981071079962427257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2981071079962427257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/12/older-model.html' title='Older model'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5h-_iU1SxRw/TubvNh5g5yI/AAAAAAAABCo/CeNTE3DoMes/s72-c/older_model-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-1146162063524254660</id><published>2011-12-06T21:56:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-06T22:00:12.292-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Pensive model</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MZnk4hrLfPE/Tt8AJzC3yzI/AAAAAAAABCc/qzZZBnVsPR4/s1600/arielle_sitting-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MZnk4hrLfPE/Tt8AJzC3yzI/AAAAAAAABCc/qzZZBnVsPR4/s400/arielle_sitting-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683261423085931314" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;12 x 16 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-1146162063524254660?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/1146162063524254660/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=1146162063524254660' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/1146162063524254660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/1146162063524254660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/12/pensive-model.html' title='Pensive model'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MZnk4hrLfPE/Tt8AJzC3yzI/AAAAAAAABCc/qzZZBnVsPR4/s72-c/arielle_sitting-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-5584782851387853291</id><published>2011-11-27T17:11:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-27T17:12:39.912-08:00</updated><title type='text'>From the Bluffs</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xBIHJ1OTdzM/TtLf0dlOv7I/AAAAAAAABCE/kt5l08T0K1w/s1600/from_the_bluffs-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xBIHJ1OTdzM/TtLf0dlOv7I/AAAAAAAABCE/kt5l08T0K1w/s400/from_the_bluffs-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679848172454592434" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;20 x 20 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil  on canvas&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Another painting from the current holiday show at the Easton Gallery in Santa Barbara.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-5584782851387853291?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/5584782851387853291/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=5584782851387853291' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5584782851387853291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5584782851387853291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/11/from-bluffs.html' title='From the Bluffs'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xBIHJ1OTdzM/TtLf0dlOv7I/AAAAAAAABCE/kt5l08T0K1w/s72-c/from_the_bluffs-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-7688771115470702736</id><published>2011-11-20T22:23:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-20T22:24:47.984-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Padaro Beach, toward the hills</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NakxM6zD_nY/TsnudXY-BjI/AAAAAAAABB4/k8shZ2g8DK4/s1600/padaro_beach-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 396px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NakxM6zD_nY/TsnudXY-BjI/AAAAAAAABB4/k8shZ2g8DK4/s400/padaro_beach-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677330993539581490" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;10 x 10 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This one is currently in the annual holiday show at the Easton Gallery in Santa Barbara.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-7688771115470702736?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/7688771115470702736/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=7688771115470702736' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7688771115470702736'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7688771115470702736'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/11/padaro-beach-toward-hills.html' title='Padaro Beach, toward the hills'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NakxM6zD_nY/TsnudXY-BjI/AAAAAAAABB4/k8shZ2g8DK4/s72-c/padaro_beach-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-7826545745392432535</id><published>2011-11-13T18:36:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-13T18:39:57.383-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Anthony</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1YeiPR7zpKI/TsB-uAZ8nKI/AAAAAAAABBg/2AzbdSfqdYM/s1600/anthony-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1YeiPR7zpKI/TsB-uAZ8nKI/AAAAAAAABBg/2AzbdSfqdYM/s400/anthony-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674674859334737058" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;11 x 14 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;From a recent session with Anthony, a jazz pianist, who also happens to be a model as well.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-7826545745392432535?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/7826545745392432535/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=7826545745392432535' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7826545745392432535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7826545745392432535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/11/anthony.html' title='Anthony'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1YeiPR7zpKI/TsB-uAZ8nKI/AAAAAAAABBg/2AzbdSfqdYM/s72-c/anthony-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-5340230219079542873</id><published>2011-11-06T22:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-06T22:38:10.743-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Rachel</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-okgPKxNuT-g/Trd8azUUbPI/AAAAAAAABBU/TyyFjsvbuWk/s1600/rachel-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-okgPKxNuT-g/Trd8azUUbPI/AAAAAAAABBU/TyyFjsvbuWk/s400/rachel-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672139055590305010" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;12 x 16&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;one of the artists wanted a turban -- so Rachel was kind enough to accommodate him. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-5340230219079542873?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/5340230219079542873/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=5340230219079542873' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5340230219079542873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5340230219079542873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/11/rachel.html' title='Rachel'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-okgPKxNuT-g/Trd8azUUbPI/AAAAAAAABBU/TyyFjsvbuWk/s72-c/rachel-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-1098213283239126273</id><published>2011-10-31T16:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-31T16:59:35.323-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A quick little one</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6d7yHtTisi8/Tq81QZnvESI/AAAAAAAABA4/2Ph9bgHorWU/s1600/watershed-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6d7yHtTisi8/Tq81QZnvESI/AAAAAAAABA4/2Ph9bgHorWU/s400/watershed-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669809011754471714" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;4 1/2 x 6 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on linen mounted on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-1098213283239126273?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/1098213283239126273/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=1098213283239126273' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/1098213283239126273'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/1098213283239126273'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/10/quick-little-one.html' title='A quick little one'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6d7yHtTisi8/Tq81QZnvESI/AAAAAAAABA4/2Ph9bgHorWU/s72-c/watershed-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-3267437350314575422</id><published>2011-10-23T16:55:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T16:57:15.981-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Olivia</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4mGogLgTCyQ/TqSpmO7y5PI/AAAAAAAABAg/iPMepOoPvWM/s1600/olivia_sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4mGogLgTCyQ/TqSpmO7y5PI/AAAAAAAABAg/iPMepOoPvWM/s400/olivia_sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666840705447945458" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;16 x 20 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Every time I paint a figure model it's like a sprint to the finish line. Three hours goes by in a flash.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-3267437350314575422?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/3267437350314575422/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=3267437350314575422' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/3267437350314575422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/3267437350314575422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/10/olivia.html' title='Olivia'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4mGogLgTCyQ/TqSpmO7y5PI/AAAAAAAABAg/iPMepOoPvWM/s72-c/olivia_sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-6544128306826280515</id><published>2011-10-16T22:12:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-16T22:13:45.599-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sandpit depths</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GX1AjD41AR0/Tpu5boVPc2I/AAAAAAAABAU/g5uiD94IJGw/s1600/sandpit_depths-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GX1AjD41AR0/Tpu5boVPc2I/AAAAAAAABAU/g5uiD94IJGw/s400/sandpit_depths-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664324840682648418" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;8 x 10 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-6544128306826280515?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/6544128306826280515/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=6544128306826280515' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6544128306826280515'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6544128306826280515'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/10/sandpit-depths.html' title='Sandpit depths'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GX1AjD41AR0/Tpu5boVPc2I/AAAAAAAABAU/g5uiD94IJGw/s72-c/sandpit_depths-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-4793711685021592171</id><published>2011-10-09T22:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-09T22:02:50.185-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Arielle</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ns2Rwff6EXk/TpJ8J0H2SyI/AAAAAAAABAM/krXFHu93vxs/s1600/arielle-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ns2Rwff6EXk/TpJ8J0H2SyI/AAAAAAAABAM/krXFHu93vxs/s400/arielle-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661724189610363682" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;12 x 16 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-4793711685021592171?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/4793711685021592171/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=4793711685021592171' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/4793711685021592171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/4793711685021592171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/10/arielle.html' title='Arielle'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ns2Rwff6EXk/TpJ8J0H2SyI/AAAAAAAABAM/krXFHu93vxs/s72-c/arielle-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-3934870668160260983</id><published>2011-10-02T22:54:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-02T22:55:48.657-07:00</updated><title type='text'>In the canyon - Malibu Creek</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V1fmRZM7M_Y/TolOQNPU3ZI/AAAAAAAABAE/hWLCSOQ9kHc/s1600/malibu_creek_canyon_rocks-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V1fmRZM7M_Y/TolOQNPU3ZI/AAAAAAAABAE/hWLCSOQ9kHc/s400/malibu_creek_canyon_rocks-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659140447106555282" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;6 x 8 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on linen mounted on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-3934870668160260983?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/3934870668160260983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=3934870668160260983' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/3934870668160260983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/3934870668160260983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/10/in-canyon-malibu-creek.html' title='In the canyon - Malibu Creek'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V1fmRZM7M_Y/TolOQNPU3ZI/AAAAAAAABAE/hWLCSOQ9kHc/s72-c/malibu_creek_canyon_rocks-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-7196550169133110902</id><published>2011-09-25T23:38:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-25T23:40:02.074-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Toni V</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M4Rd80Tk7uo/ToAd7dLe6JI/AAAAAAAAA_0/kx4XR0glpVc/s1600/toni_v-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M4Rd80Tk7uo/ToAd7dLe6JI/AAAAAAAAA_0/kx4XR0glpVc/s400/toni_v-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656554039259621522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;12 x 16 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Not all of our models are named Toni. Just two of them. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-7196550169133110902?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/7196550169133110902/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=7196550169133110902' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7196550169133110902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7196550169133110902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/09/toni-v.html' title='Toni V'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M4Rd80Tk7uo/ToAd7dLe6JI/AAAAAAAAA_0/kx4XR0glpVc/s72-c/toni_v-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-5657420840460758847</id><published>2011-09-18T14:38:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-18T14:40:12.829-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Stacy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GdA59_pXZkk/TnZk_jKzgCI/AAAAAAAAA_s/p-ADu5U9xC4/s1600/stacy-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 295px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GdA59_pXZkk/TnZk_jKzgCI/AAAAAAAAA_s/p-ADu5U9xC4/s400/stacy-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653817425145331746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;12 x 16 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;another from our weekly studio sessions.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-5657420840460758847?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/5657420840460758847/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=5657420840460758847' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5657420840460758847'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5657420840460758847'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/09/stacy.html' title='Stacy'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GdA59_pXZkk/TnZk_jKzgCI/AAAAAAAAA_s/p-ADu5U9xC4/s72-c/stacy-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-1739052011972403305</id><published>2011-09-11T19:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-11T19:33:55.934-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Callie's Matilija</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nswQ-lVmqRU/Tm1vOJCu1ZI/AAAAAAAAA_k/FjPGINefS9Y/s1600/callie%2527s_matilija-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 384px; height: 399px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nswQ-lVmqRU/Tm1vOJCu1ZI/AAAAAAAAA_k/FjPGINefS9Y/s400/callie%2527s_matilija-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651295396156069266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;5 x 5 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;watercolor on hot press paper&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-1739052011972403305?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/1739052011972403305/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=1739052011972403305' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/1739052011972403305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/1739052011972403305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/09/callies-matilija.html' title='Callie&apos;s Matilija'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nswQ-lVmqRU/Tm1vOJCu1ZI/AAAAAAAAA_k/FjPGINefS9Y/s72-c/callie%2527s_matilija-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-6524027223602136578</id><published>2011-09-05T18:59:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-05T19:01:26.168-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Yuba River overcast</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LCRYJWgoO3o/TmV-s4lw-1I/AAAAAAAAA_c/Hq2ZNJpMNvI/s1600/yuba_rocks-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LCRYJWgoO3o/TmV-s4lw-1I/AAAAAAAAA_c/Hq2ZNJpMNvI/s400/yuba_rocks-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649060617176283986" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;6 x 8 inches &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;another painting from the northern part of the state&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-6524027223602136578?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/6524027223602136578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=6524027223602136578' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6524027223602136578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6524027223602136578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/09/yuba-river-overcast.html' title='Yuba River overcast'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LCRYJWgoO3o/TmV-s4lw-1I/AAAAAAAAA_c/Hq2ZNJpMNvI/s72-c/yuba_rocks-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-2921858082604206155</id><published>2011-08-26T14:49:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-26T14:53:30.062-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Deer Creek</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tZVtPZ9sEWA/TlgU8LZl4jI/AAAAAAAAA_U/CCoZfeST6oM/s1600/deer_creek_11-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tZVtPZ9sEWA/TlgU8LZl4jI/AAAAAAAAA_U/CCoZfeST6oM/s400/deer_creek_11-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645285156993753650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;6 x 8 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on linen mounted on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-2921858082604206155?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/2921858082604206155/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=2921858082604206155' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2921858082604206155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2921858082604206155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/08/deer-creek.html' title='Deer Creek'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tZVtPZ9sEWA/TlgU8LZl4jI/AAAAAAAAA_U/CCoZfeST6oM/s72-c/deer_creek_11-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-5781588751282667154</id><published>2011-08-21T18:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-21T18:51:22.053-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cliffs at Carpinteria</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--84qUR-jBJM/TlG19DBTmpI/AAAAAAAAA_M/vrhRBABtRgI/s1600/cliffs-carp-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 382px; height: 384px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--84qUR-jBJM/TlG19DBTmpI/AAAAAAAAA_M/vrhRBABtRgI/s400/cliffs-carp-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643491868459375250" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;	&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; x 5 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;watercolor on hot press paper&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-5781588751282667154?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/5781588751282667154/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=5781588751282667154' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5781588751282667154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5781588751282667154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/08/cliffs-at-carpinteria.html' title='Cliffs at Carpinteria'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--84qUR-jBJM/TlG19DBTmpI/AAAAAAAAA_M/vrhRBABtRgI/s72-c/cliffs-carp-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-2888715998504559516</id><published>2011-08-14T22:03:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-14T22:04:59.004-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Toni's back</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1EYgR_01RaY/Tkiorj8XmWI/AAAAAAAAA_E/egGqidZxjow/s1600/toni%2527s_back-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1EYgR_01RaY/Tkiorj8XmWI/AAAAAAAAA_E/egGqidZxjow/s400/toni%2527s_back-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640943999617833314" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;12 x 16 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-2888715998504559516?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/2888715998504559516/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=2888715998504559516' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2888715998504559516'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2888715998504559516'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/08/tonis-back.html' title='Toni&apos;s back'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1EYgR_01RaY/Tkiorj8XmWI/AAAAAAAAA_E/egGqidZxjow/s72-c/toni%2527s_back-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-5039279370101667149</id><published>2011-08-01T07:26:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-01T07:28:21.143-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Japanese garden</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a3-IAsid3Js/Tja3v7g94oI/AAAAAAAAA-8/D3gcWrhkVpg/s1600/huntington_gardens-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 285px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a3-IAsid3Js/Tja3v7g94oI/AAAAAAAAA-8/D3gcWrhkVpg/s400/huntington_gardens-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635894017758454402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;watercolor on hot press paper&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;From a sketching trip to the Huntington Gardens.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-5039279370101667149?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/5039279370101667149/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=5039279370101667149' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5039279370101667149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5039279370101667149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/08/japanese-garden_01.html' title='Japanese garden'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a3-IAsid3Js/Tja3v7g94oI/AAAAAAAAA-8/D3gcWrhkVpg/s72-c/huntington_gardens-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-9007553510893324272</id><published>2011-07-27T21:25:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-27T21:27:00.195-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Behind the ranch</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0t0t_sO20q8/TjDk5lqfsvI/AAAAAAAAA-o/RDaQM0-aSbE/s1600/ranch_tree-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 399px; height: 395px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0t0t_sO20q8/TjDk5lqfsvI/AAAAAAAAA-o/RDaQM0-aSbE/s400/ranch_tree-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634254811854516978" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; x 5 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;watercolor on hot press paper&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-9007553510893324272?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/9007553510893324272/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=9007553510893324272' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/9007553510893324272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/9007553510893324272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/07/behind-ranch.html' title='Behind the ranch'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0t0t_sO20q8/TjDk5lqfsvI/AAAAAAAAA-o/RDaQM0-aSbE/s72-c/ranch_tree-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-7388580881502476350</id><published>2011-07-17T22:39:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-17T22:42:48.500-07:00</updated><title type='text'>July Gloom</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rdEoqSXrb9k/TiPHKBCzzII/AAAAAAAAA-g/Zln4xxiDCNs/s1600/july_gloom-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rdEoqSXrb9k/TiPHKBCzzII/AAAAAAAAA-g/Zln4xxiDCNs/s400/july_gloom-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630562934036089986" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;6 x 8 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-7388580881502476350?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/7388580881502476350/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=7388580881502476350' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7388580881502476350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7388580881502476350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/07/july-gloom.html' title='July Gloom'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rdEoqSXrb9k/TiPHKBCzzII/AAAAAAAAA-g/Zln4xxiDCNs/s72-c/july_gloom-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-6276011512271330120</id><published>2011-07-10T17:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-10T17:33:14.048-07:00</updated><title type='text'>South of Tucson</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1PbABVi8u8Y/ThpEmn2jDPI/AAAAAAAAA-Q/vTJsLqmUps8/s1600/south_of_tucson-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 201px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1PbABVi8u8Y/ThpEmn2jDPI/AAAAAAAAA-Q/vTJsLqmUps8/s400/south_of_tucson-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627886114676346098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;6&lt;/span&gt; x 12 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;from a trip to Arizona a few years back.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-6276011512271330120?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/6276011512271330120/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=6276011512271330120' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6276011512271330120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6276011512271330120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/07/south-of-tucson.html' title='South of Tucson'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1PbABVi8u8Y/ThpEmn2jDPI/AAAAAAAAA-Q/vTJsLqmUps8/s72-c/south_of_tucson-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-5681616956403353910</id><published>2011-07-06T22:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T22:43:52.245-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Pensive Toni</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XMpEjdirNw4/ThVHVlNSiWI/AAAAAAAAA-I/n24g1kG8yjs/s1600/pensive_toni-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 307px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XMpEjdirNw4/ThVHVlNSiWI/AAAAAAAAA-I/n24g1kG8yjs/s400/pensive_toni-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626481745559980386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;16 x 20 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-5681616956403353910?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/5681616956403353910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=5681616956403353910' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5681616956403353910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5681616956403353910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/07/pensive-toni.html' title='Pensive Toni'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XMpEjdirNw4/ThVHVlNSiWI/AAAAAAAAA-I/n24g1kG8yjs/s72-c/pensive_toni-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-8742172990543640078</id><published>2011-06-27T21:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-27T21:43:01.336-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ranch view</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LUyZu170950/TglbpMvet3I/AAAAAAAAA-A/9SemK_K86oY/s1600/second_painting-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LUyZu170950/TglbpMvet3I/AAAAAAAAA-A/9SemK_K86oY/s400/second_painting-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623126373101909874" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;8&lt;/span&gt; x 10 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on linen mounted on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Another painting from the same ranch as the last posting.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-8742172990543640078?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/8742172990543640078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=8742172990543640078' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/8742172990543640078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/8742172990543640078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/06/ranch-view.html' title='Ranch view'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LUyZu170950/TglbpMvet3I/AAAAAAAAA-A/9SemK_K86oY/s72-c/second_painting-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-7841850341347245247</id><published>2011-06-19T19:43:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-19T19:45:47.379-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ranch Eucalyptus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Sc48MUlHkVQ/Tf6z9Sp0DXI/AAAAAAAAA9w/vNYg6LkfIYY/s1600/first_painting-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Sc48MUlHkVQ/Tf6z9Sp0DXI/AAAAAAAAA9w/vNYg6LkfIYY/s400/first_painting-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620127250565565810" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;8 x 10 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on linen mounted on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;actually, what IS the plural for eucalyptus? eucalypti? eucalyptuses? There was definitely more than one here when I painted this.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-7841850341347245247?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/7841850341347245247/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=7841850341347245247' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7841850341347245247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7841850341347245247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/06/ranch-eucalyptus.html' title='Ranch Eucalyptus'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Sc48MUlHkVQ/Tf6z9Sp0DXI/AAAAAAAAA9w/vNYg6LkfIYY/s72-c/first_painting-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-2644777830583071892</id><published>2011-06-15T18:47:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-15T18:50:59.065-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tortured Soul</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HpaJ5aQ26Vs/Tflg0U4zhGI/AAAAAAAAA9o/JpCoEoIamxs/s1600/tortured_soul-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 307px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HpaJ5aQ26Vs/Tflg0U4zhGI/AAAAAAAAA9o/JpCoEoIamxs/s400/tortured_soul-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618628462197834850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;12 x 16 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Damien gave us a killer pose to work with -- a little more extreme than our normal sessions.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-2644777830583071892?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/2644777830583071892/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=2644777830583071892' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2644777830583071892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2644777830583071892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/06/tortured-soul.html' title='Tortured Soul'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HpaJ5aQ26Vs/Tflg0U4zhGI/AAAAAAAAA9o/JpCoEoIamxs/s72-c/tortured_soul-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-3032093309694866047</id><published>2011-06-07T07:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-07T07:27:13.894-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Stairway Urn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Hz5nqekwNdw/Te4047uizJI/AAAAAAAAA9g/JdyQd0DWzgY/s1600/large_urn-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Hz5nqekwNdw/Te4047uizJI/AAAAAAAAA9g/JdyQd0DWzgY/s400/large_urn-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615483938087816338" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;6 x 12 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sometimes the subjects are close at hand -- this one was just down the street.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-3032093309694866047?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/3032093309694866047/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=3032093309694866047' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/3032093309694866047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/3032093309694866047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/06/stairway-urn.html' title='Stairway Urn'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Hz5nqekwNdw/Te4047uizJI/AAAAAAAAA9g/JdyQd0DWzgY/s72-c/large_urn-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-7246000722570077736</id><published>2011-05-31T22:29:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-31T22:30:54.201-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Russia</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J0BxHXZHDto/TeXORyhAkDI/AAAAAAAAA9M/NFH57bxdnBM/s1600/russia-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J0BxHXZHDto/TeXORyhAkDI/AAAAAAAAA9M/NFH57bxdnBM/s400/russia-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613119315600511026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;12 x 16 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-7246000722570077736?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/7246000722570077736/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=7246000722570077736' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7246000722570077736'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7246000722570077736'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/05/russia_31.html' title='Russia'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J0BxHXZHDto/TeXORyhAkDI/AAAAAAAAA9M/NFH57bxdnBM/s72-c/russia-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-2658687931644694803</id><published>2011-05-22T19:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-22T19:39:07.327-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rio Grande near Taos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tQdyljX4rtU/TdnIdky_byI/AAAAAAAAA8w/baBKyinRgIM/s1600/rio_grande_near_taos-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tQdyljX4rtU/TdnIdky_byI/AAAAAAAAA8w/baBKyinRgIM/s400/rio_grande_near_taos-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609735221285973794" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;9 x 12 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on linen mounted on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;from a while back when I was on a painting workshop in New Mexico.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-2658687931644694803?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/2658687931644694803/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=2658687931644694803' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2658687931644694803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2658687931644694803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/05/rio-grande-near-taos.html' title='Rio Grande near Taos'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tQdyljX4rtU/TdnIdky_byI/AAAAAAAAA8w/baBKyinRgIM/s72-c/rio_grande_near_taos-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-4545779589863596551</id><published>2011-05-15T18:38:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-15T18:41:59.996-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tujunga Creek Cliffs</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LxocjIeDLC8/TdCAPH8MtRI/AAAAAAAAA8o/bOzGOFgdWag/s1600/tujunga_creek_cliffs-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LxocjIeDLC8/TdCAPH8MtRI/AAAAAAAAA8o/bOzGOFgdWag/s400/tujunga_creek_cliffs-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607122533394199826" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;8 x 10 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-4545779589863596551?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/4545779589863596551/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=4545779589863596551' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/4545779589863596551'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/4545779589863596551'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/05/tujunga-creek-cliffs.html' title='Tujunga Creek Cliffs'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LxocjIeDLC8/TdCAPH8MtRI/AAAAAAAAA8o/bOzGOFgdWag/s72-c/tujunga_creek_cliffs-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-7918824048572145777</id><published>2011-05-08T23:33:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-08T23:34:28.077-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Olivia</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XEDkcledA9w/TceKxdwVfcI/AAAAAAAAA8g/9vmab8uRYCQ/s1600/olivia-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XEDkcledA9w/TceKxdwVfcI/AAAAAAAAA8g/9vmab8uRYCQ/s400/olivia-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604600843691457986" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;12 x 16 inches &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;From a recent figure painting session.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-7918824048572145777?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/7918824048572145777/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=7918824048572145777' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7918824048572145777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7918824048572145777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/05/olivia.html' title='Olivia'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XEDkcledA9w/TceKxdwVfcI/AAAAAAAAA8g/9vmab8uRYCQ/s72-c/olivia-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-6703832640509680220</id><published>2011-05-01T17:18:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-01T17:25:14.967-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Overhanging Trees</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mwbx97emwK8/Tb34fhk8MeI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/BQxvM1GL4mk/s1600/wash_01-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mwbx97emwK8/Tb34fhk8MeI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/BQxvM1GL4mk/s400/wash_01-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601906731991708130" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;6 x 8 inches &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-6703832640509680220?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/6703832640509680220/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=6703832640509680220' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6703832640509680220'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6703832640509680220'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/05/overhanging-trees.html' title='Overhanging Trees'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mwbx97emwK8/Tb34fhk8MeI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/BQxvM1GL4mk/s72-c/wash_01-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-6858251607733733379</id><published>2011-04-25T21:40:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T21:42:22.106-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hills and Trees</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4Vy__uDsASU/TbZM3aagDMI/AAAAAAAAA8I/WyS5J-8v2zU/s1600/hills-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4Vy__uDsASU/TbZM3aagDMI/AAAAAAAAA8I/WyS5J-8v2zU/s400/hills-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599747701548780738" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;6 x 8 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-6858251607733733379?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/6858251607733733379/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=6858251607733733379' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6858251607733733379'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6858251607733733379'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/04/hills-and-trees.html' title='Hills and Trees'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4Vy__uDsASU/TbZM3aagDMI/AAAAAAAAA8I/WyS5J-8v2zU/s72-c/hills-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-4373895751632912603</id><published>2011-04-17T22:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-17T22:30:22.389-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Gold Creek</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K45S0vUGRjI/TavLw6hT27I/AAAAAAAAA8A/DLRkAAU5-L8/s1600/gold_creek-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K45S0vUGRjI/TavLw6hT27I/AAAAAAAAA8A/DLRkAAU5-L8/s400/gold_creek-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596791003141102514" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;6 x 8 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-4373895751632912603?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/4373895751632912603/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=4373895751632912603' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/4373895751632912603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/4373895751632912603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/04/gold-creek.html' title='Gold Creek'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K45S0vUGRjI/TavLw6hT27I/AAAAAAAAA8A/DLRkAAU5-L8/s72-c/gold_creek-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-5569946011428190508</id><published>2011-04-11T07:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-11T07:42:55.045-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Octopus two</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s7UWhIS-Usg/TaMTOY_uWvI/AAAAAAAAA74/VPKy1w0_Ym4/s1600/octopus_sm_02.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s7UWhIS-Usg/TaMTOY_uWvI/AAAAAAAAA74/VPKy1w0_Ym4/s400/octopus_sm_02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594336300073114354" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;6 x 8 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas mounted on gatorboard&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;eight more crazy legs&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-5569946011428190508?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/5569946011428190508/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=5569946011428190508' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5569946011428190508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5569946011428190508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/04/octopus-two.html' title='Octopus two'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s7UWhIS-Usg/TaMTOY_uWvI/AAAAAAAAA74/VPKy1w0_Ym4/s72-c/octopus_sm_02.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-323531862134801552</id><published>2011-04-03T12:20:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-03T12:22:08.277-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Octopus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PJNTj75iKx8/TZjIivvvDtI/AAAAAAAAA7w/4mpCMkKTGSs/s1600/octopus_sm_01.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PJNTj75iKx8/TZjIivvvDtI/AAAAAAAAA7w/4mpCMkKTGSs/s400/octopus_sm_01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591439436638260946" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;6 x 8 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas mounted on gatorboard&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;There comes a time when an artist just has to paint an octopus.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-323531862134801552?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/323531862134801552/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=323531862134801552' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/323531862134801552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/323531862134801552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/04/octopus.html' title='Octopus'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PJNTj75iKx8/TZjIivvvDtI/AAAAAAAAA7w/4mpCMkKTGSs/s72-c/octopus_sm_01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-6884515970540126818</id><published>2011-03-27T16:41:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-27T16:43:58.609-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blue Bridge</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-59Mb-N5ZEgs/TY_LRvQn6sI/AAAAAAAAA7g/oij9RhdKfrA/s1600/blue_bridge-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 322px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-59Mb-N5ZEgs/TY_LRvQn6sI/AAAAAAAAA7g/oij9RhdKfrA/s400/blue_bridge-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588909168194480834" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;8 x 10 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Painted out near where Ballona Creek empties into the Pacific.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-6884515970540126818?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/6884515970540126818/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=6884515970540126818' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6884515970540126818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6884515970540126818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/03/blue-bridge.html' title='Blue Bridge'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-59Mb-N5ZEgs/TY_LRvQn6sI/AAAAAAAAA7g/oij9RhdKfrA/s72-c/blue_bridge-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-7880349467425176146</id><published>2011-03-19T18:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-19T18:30:17.462-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cold Springs</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5RBszqkyuTk/TYVXvblgDvI/AAAAAAAAA7Q/m473Zz_kuLQ/s1600/cold-springs-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5RBszqkyuTk/TYVXvblgDvI/AAAAAAAAA7Q/m473Zz_kuLQ/s400/cold-springs-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585967385193484018" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;6 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-7880349467425176146?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/7880349467425176146/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=7880349467425176146' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7880349467425176146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7880349467425176146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/03/cold-springs.html' title='Cold Springs'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5RBszqkyuTk/TYVXvblgDvI/AAAAAAAAA7Q/m473Zz_kuLQ/s72-c/cold-springs-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-5132694767456752517</id><published>2011-03-12T17:25:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-12T17:30:41.523-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Yuba River Rocks</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IaiqXy8d38c/TXwdP-ofb3I/AAAAAAAAA7I/uxDQXwWTfwk/s1600/yuba_river_rocks-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IaiqXy8d38c/TXwdP-ofb3I/AAAAAAAAA7I/uxDQXwWTfwk/s400/yuba_river_rocks-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583369798380646258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;6 x 8 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-5132694767456752517?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/5132694767456752517/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=5132694767456752517' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5132694767456752517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5132694767456752517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/03/yuba-river-rocks.html' title='Yuba River Rocks'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IaiqXy8d38c/TXwdP-ofb3I/AAAAAAAAA7I/uxDQXwWTfwk/s72-c/yuba_river_rocks-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-6189255886844608165</id><published>2011-03-07T21:07:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-07T21:10:45.877-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Kem</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xWqhmSBVmy0/TXW5pDU5FsI/AAAAAAAAA64/jV5c4ub8oj8/s1600/kem_rim_lighting-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xWqhmSBVmy0/TXW5pDU5FsI/AAAAAAAAA64/jV5c4ub8oj8/s400/kem_rim_lighting-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581571428114306754" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;5 5/8 x 8 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-6189255886844608165?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/6189255886844608165/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=6189255886844608165' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6189255886844608165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6189255886844608165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/03/kem_07.html' title='Kem'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xWqhmSBVmy0/TXW5pDU5FsI/AAAAAAAAA64/jV5c4ub8oj8/s72-c/kem_rim_lighting-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-7025920297205148814</id><published>2011-02-27T22:22:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-27T22:34:38.762-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Homemade</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dNIfJk7Lz8s/TWs_PVEnTQI/AAAAAAAAA6o/VAtBo_bBCuI/s1600/homemade-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 397px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dNIfJk7Lz8s/TWs_PVEnTQI/AAAAAAAAA6o/VAtBo_bBCuI/s400/homemade-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578622096015576322" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;8 x 8 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on acyrlic prepared birch panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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/&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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/.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-7025920297205148814?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/7025920297205148814/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=7025920297205148814' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7025920297205148814'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7025920297205148814'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/02/homemade.html' title='Homemade'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dNIfJk7Lz8s/TWs_PVEnTQI/AAAAAAAAA6o/VAtBo_bBCuI/s72-c/homemade-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-4563850051709351816</id><published>2011-02-21T16:25:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-21T16:26:58.328-08:00</updated><title type='text'>In the hills</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RtD2OOaNLSA/TWMCh5dLVEI/AAAAAAAAA6g/nXXHBxsgfgs/s1600/in_the_hills-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RtD2OOaNLSA/TWMCh5dLVEI/AAAAAAAAA6g/nXXHBxsgfgs/s400/in_the_hills-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576303544996942914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;6 x 12 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on birch panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;winter in the hills above Los Angeles&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-4563850051709351816?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/4563850051709351816/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=4563850051709351816' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/4563850051709351816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/4563850051709351816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/02/in-hills.html' title='In the hills'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RtD2OOaNLSA/TWMCh5dLVEI/AAAAAAAAA6g/nXXHBxsgfgs/s72-c/in_the_hills-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-9120881848223075144</id><published>2011-02-12T18:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-12T18:37:03.637-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Road rally</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_ImWEOL3MhQ/TVdCwQLYqEI/AAAAAAAAA6Y/c5n4vUx4rG0/s1600/jaguar-road_rally-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_ImWEOL3MhQ/TVdCwQLYqEI/AAAAAAAAA6Y/c5n4vUx4rG0/s400/jaguar-road_rally-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572996460638152770" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;8 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;watercolor on cold press paper&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-9120881848223075144?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/9120881848223075144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=9120881848223075144' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/9120881848223075144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/9120881848223075144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/02/road-rally.html' title='Road rally'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_ImWEOL3MhQ/TVdCwQLYqEI/AAAAAAAAA6Y/c5n4vUx4rG0/s72-c/jaguar-road_rally-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-5031467465318706250</id><published>2011-02-07T15:17:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-07T15:18:37.700-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Carol</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TVB9j93iayI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/Jnfft2qaYiU/s1600/carol-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TVB9j93iayI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/Jnfft2qaYiU/s400/carol-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571090795913702178" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;12 x 16 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-5031467465318706250?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/5031467465318706250/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=5031467465318706250' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5031467465318706250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5031467465318706250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/02/carol.html' title='Carol'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TVB9j93iayI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/Jnfft2qaYiU/s72-c/carol-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-2619288749462756867</id><published>2011-01-29T18:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-29T19:01:51.180-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tujunga Dry</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TUTUTI9qzAI/AAAAAAAAA6E/aZ3aZw3ZW1I/s1600/tujunga_02-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 321px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TUTUTI9qzAI/AAAAAAAAA6E/aZ3aZw3ZW1I/s400/tujunga_02-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567808464625519618" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;8 x 10 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;this is the second painting from the same area -- no stream this time. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-2619288749462756867?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/2619288749462756867/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=2619288749462756867' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2619288749462756867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2619288749462756867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/01/tujunga-dry.html' title='Tujunga Dry'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TUTUTI9qzAI/AAAAAAAAA6E/aZ3aZw3ZW1I/s72-c/tujunga_02-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-8095033989419234490</id><published>2011-01-23T22:32:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-23T22:35:16.129-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tujunga Wash</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TT0dIrjRTTI/AAAAAAAAA58/35HNlJT6otU/s1600/tujunga_wash-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 331px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TT0dIrjRTTI/AAAAAAAAA58/35HNlJT6otU/s400/tujunga_wash-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565636749466619186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;8 x 10 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-8095033989419234490?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/8095033989419234490/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=8095033989419234490' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/8095033989419234490'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/8095033989419234490'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/01/tujunga-wash.html' title='Tujunga Wash'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TT0dIrjRTTI/AAAAAAAAA58/35HNlJT6otU/s72-c/tujunga_wash-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-6448595538697841379</id><published>2011-01-17T16:41:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-17T16:44:03.662-08:00</updated><title type='text'>1934</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TTTh5OJDdFI/AAAAAAAAA5s/XHW41-nwO6g/s1600/1934-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TTTh5OJDdFI/AAAAAAAAA5s/XHW41-nwO6g/s400/1934-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563319812874269778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;6 x 8 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on linen mounted on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I love finding these little paintings within paintings -- this one from up in Ventura County&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-6448595538697841379?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/6448595538697841379/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=6448595538697841379' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6448595538697841379'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6448595538697841379'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/01/1934.html' title='1934'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TTTh5OJDdFI/AAAAAAAAA5s/XHW41-nwO6g/s72-c/1934-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-7821142203678028217</id><published>2011-01-09T20:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-09T20:37:54.719-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Arboretum</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TSqM_uJReTI/AAAAAAAAA5g/fYgxahLb8EM/s1600/arboretum-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TSqM_uJReTI/AAAAAAAAA5g/fYgxahLb8EM/s400/arboretum-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560411716288870706" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;6 x 8 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-7821142203678028217?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/7821142203678028217/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=7821142203678028217' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7821142203678028217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7821142203678028217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2011/01/arboretum.html' title='Arboretum'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TSqM_uJReTI/AAAAAAAAA5g/fYgxahLb8EM/s72-c/arboretum-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-567714032663605834</id><published>2010-12-31T12:44:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-31T12:54:07.638-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It's a New Year - make some noise!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TR5A1cnvnpI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/t5ycyyo8NVc/s1600/gun_moll-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TR5A1cnvnpI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/t5ycyyo8NVc/s400/gun_moll-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556950277181906578" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;12 x 16&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-567714032663605834?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/567714032663605834/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=567714032663605834' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/567714032663605834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/567714032663605834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/12/its-new-year-make-some-noise.html' title='It&apos;s a New Year - make some noise!'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TR5A1cnvnpI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/t5ycyyo8NVc/s72-c/gun_moll-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-2258824991871674378</id><published>2010-12-24T18:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-24T18:05:59.594-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Hollywood Christmas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TRVRI--KmbI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/XKXesyrmJlg/s1600/hollywood_christmas-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 336px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TRVRI--KmbI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/XKXesyrmJlg/s400/hollywood_christmas-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554434930215918002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;5 x 6 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;watercolor on hot press paper&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;some noir christmas greetings from Southern California!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-2258824991871674378?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/2258824991871674378/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=2258824991871674378' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2258824991871674378'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2258824991871674378'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/12/hollywood-christmas.html' title='Hollywood Christmas'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TRVRI--KmbI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/XKXesyrmJlg/s72-c/hollywood_christmas-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-3658198751626429987</id><published>2010-12-20T17:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-20T17:38:35.756-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Model color study</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TRAEvXOypxI/AAAAAAAAA5E/UP-VmhlCseg/s1600/model_sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 202px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TRAEvXOypxI/AAAAAAAAA5E/UP-VmhlCseg/s400/model_sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552943552284239634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;6 x 12 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-3658198751626429987?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/3658198751626429987/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=3658198751626429987' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/3658198751626429987'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/3658198751626429987'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/12/model-color-study.html' title='Model color study'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TRAEvXOypxI/AAAAAAAAA5E/UP-VmhlCseg/s72-c/model_sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-1289408817041989489</id><published>2010-12-12T22:22:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-12T22:23:39.943-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Adair</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TQW70LHyozI/AAAAAAAAA48/vQ-ryfaE8b0/s1600/adair-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TQW70LHyozI/AAAAAAAAA48/vQ-ryfaE8b0/s400/adair-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550048620817064754" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;12 x 16 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-1289408817041989489?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/1289408817041989489/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=1289408817041989489' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/1289408817041989489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/1289408817041989489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/12/adair.html' title='Adair'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TQW70LHyozI/AAAAAAAAA48/vQ-ryfaE8b0/s72-c/adair-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-2511239359104768635</id><published>2010-11-27T18:22:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-27T18:24:38.548-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Hillside sunlight</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TPG9F5v8hwI/AAAAAAAAA4E/BOE2grnD-RY/s1600/hillside_sun-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 343px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TPG9F5v8hwI/AAAAAAAAA4E/BOE2grnD-RY/s400/hillside_sun-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544420525368706818" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;10 x 12 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on linen mounted on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;from a show a bit ago -- the view is across the river from where I work.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-2511239359104768635?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/2511239359104768635/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=2511239359104768635' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2511239359104768635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2511239359104768635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/11/hillside-sunlight.html' title='Hillside sunlight'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TPG9F5v8hwI/AAAAAAAAA4E/BOE2grnD-RY/s72-c/hillside_sun-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-8693500216202142360</id><published>2010-11-25T12:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-25T12:39:34.769-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Old Firehouse</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TO7JSjEvMFI/AAAAAAAAA38/RizZV9Oqsj4/s1600/old_firehouse-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TO7JSjEvMFI/AAAAAAAAA38/RizZV9Oqsj4/s400/old_firehouse-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543589511829598290" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;8 x 10 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on linen mounted on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;another from the current show at the Easton Gallery in Santa Barbara.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-8693500216202142360?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/8693500216202142360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=8693500216202142360' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/8693500216202142360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/8693500216202142360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/11/old-firehouse.html' title='Old Firehouse'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TO7JSjEvMFI/AAAAAAAAA38/RizZV9Oqsj4/s72-c/old_firehouse-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-1163053069289320754</id><published>2010-11-15T23:11:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-15T23:12:57.060-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sunset reflections</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TOIuphjJJfI/AAAAAAAAA30/JQCRlvyfWJw/s1600/slough-sunset-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TOIuphjJJfI/AAAAAAAAA30/JQCRlvyfWJw/s400/slough-sunset-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540041782534415858" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;8 x 10 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-1163053069289320754?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/1163053069289320754/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=1163053069289320754' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/1163053069289320754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/1163053069289320754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/11/sunset-reflections_15.html' title='Sunset reflections'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TOIuphjJJfI/AAAAAAAAA30/JQCRlvyfWJw/s72-c/slough-sunset-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-2852703537515837491</id><published>2010-11-08T07:13:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-08T07:17:00.317-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Trees by the Sea (dusk)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TNgTuG90uDI/AAAAAAAAA3c/z3JuKnmKekY/s1600/sea-tree-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 318px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TNgTuG90uDI/AAAAAAAAA3c/z3JuKnmKekY/s400/sea-tree-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537197424716855346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;8 x 10 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-2852703537515837491?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/2852703537515837491/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=2852703537515837491' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2852703537515837491'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2852703537515837491'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/11/trees-by-sea-dusk.html' title='Trees by the Sea (dusk)'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TNgTuG90uDI/AAAAAAAAA3c/z3JuKnmKekY/s72-c/sea-tree-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-8273625739225389524</id><published>2010-10-31T22:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-31T22:07:02.219-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Little Lake Bryan</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TM5KXdJ1v3I/AAAAAAAAA3U/cLhUTFx2HTY/s1600/lifeguard_stand-LLB-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TM5KXdJ1v3I/AAAAAAAAA3U/cLhUTFx2HTY/s400/lifeguard_stand-LLB-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534442758908264306" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;5 x 7 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on gessoed cardboard&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;a deserted beach on an overcast day -- water that looks like anything could be lurking beneath it's dark surface. Happy Halloween!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-8273625739225389524?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/8273625739225389524/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=8273625739225389524' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/8273625739225389524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/8273625739225389524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/10/little-lake-bryan.html' title='Little Lake Bryan'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TM5KXdJ1v3I/AAAAAAAAA3U/cLhUTFx2HTY/s72-c/lifeguard_stand-LLB-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-5646854727546074409</id><published>2010-10-24T21:26:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-24T21:29:35.137-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Marisol</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TMUHH1iEETI/AAAAAAAAA3M/dFvUS3ptXbA/s1600/marisol-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 207px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TMUHH1iEETI/AAAAAAAAA3M/dFvUS3ptXbA/s400/marisol-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531835548504953138" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;6&lt;/span&gt; 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on gessoed acid free matte board&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;another recent life painting session  -- a little over two hours of work.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-5646854727546074409?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/5646854727546074409/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=5646854727546074409' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5646854727546074409'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5646854727546074409'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/10/marisol.html' title='Marisol'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TMUHH1iEETI/AAAAAAAAA3M/dFvUS3ptXbA/s72-c/marisol-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-2516757444621235920</id><published>2010-10-17T20:38:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-17T20:40:50.605-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Aycil</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TLvBY536WmI/AAAAAAAAA3E/tLfZ7QccAMs/s1600/aycil-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TLvBY536WmI/AAAAAAAAA3E/tLfZ7QccAMs/s400/aycil-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529225601123768930" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;12 x 16&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Aycil -- rhymes with Rachel, from a recent life painting session.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-2516757444621235920?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/2516757444621235920/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=2516757444621235920' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2516757444621235920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2516757444621235920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/10/aycil.html' title='Aycil'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TLvBY536WmI/AAAAAAAAA3E/tLfZ7QccAMs/s72-c/aycil-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-3690293599078223019</id><published>2010-10-10T22:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-10T22:58:18.158-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Farm Truck</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TLKnFO8ZPSI/AAAAAAAAA28/djj5Rqmx8QQ/s1600/farm_truck-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TLKnFO8ZPSI/AAAAAAAAA28/djj5Rqmx8QQ/s400/farm_truck-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526663401089613090" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;10 x 12 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on linen mounted on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;this was done for a book and gallery project a few years back featuring the nearby agricultural area of the Santa Clara River watershed. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-3690293599078223019?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/3690293599078223019/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=3690293599078223019' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/3690293599078223019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/3690293599078223019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/10/farm-truck.html' title='Farm Truck'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TLKnFO8ZPSI/AAAAAAAAA28/djj5Rqmx8QQ/s72-c/farm_truck-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-6003762721574193842</id><published>2010-10-03T22:16:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-03T22:20:26.488-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Crystal Cove Rocks</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TKljRHX6GVI/AAAAAAAAA20/7y8O7ezLTyY/s1600/crystal_cove-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 334px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TKljRHX6GVI/AAAAAAAAA20/7y8O7ezLTyY/s400/crystal_cove-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524055563634874706" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;9 x 12 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on linen mounted on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-6003762721574193842?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/6003762721574193842/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=6003762721574193842' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6003762721574193842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6003762721574193842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/10/crystal-cove-rocks.html' title='Crystal Cove Rocks'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TKljRHX6GVI/AAAAAAAAA20/7y8O7ezLTyY/s72-c/crystal_cove-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-2048927667670161109</id><published>2010-09-29T13:22:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-29T13:23:24.373-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Study in Green</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TKOgEpH-xXI/AAAAAAAAA2s/hqBBd8d4ELk/s1600/Green_nude_fin.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TKOgEpH-xXI/AAAAAAAAA2s/hqBBd8d4ELk/s400/Green_nude_fin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522433569705608562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;James Martin&lt;br /&gt;10 x 8&lt;br /&gt;Avocado on canvas board&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-2048927667670161109?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/2048927667670161109/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=2048927667670161109' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2048927667670161109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2048927667670161109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/09/study-in-green.html' title='Study in Green'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TKOgEpH-xXI/AAAAAAAAA2s/hqBBd8d4ELk/s72-c/Green_nude_fin.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-8384466879413721120</id><published>2010-09-25T18:44:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-25T18:45:37.695-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Laura</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TJ6lovG18dI/AAAAAAAAA2c/q1TQOoJgGSA/s1600/laura_reclining-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TJ6lovG18dI/AAAAAAAAA2c/q1TQOoJgGSA/s400/laura_reclining-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521032312461324754" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;11 x 14 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-8384466879413721120?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/8384466879413721120/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=8384466879413721120' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/8384466879413721120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/8384466879413721120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/09/laura.html' title='Laura'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TJ6lovG18dI/AAAAAAAAA2c/q1TQOoJgGSA/s72-c/laura_reclining-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-2212081111805583158</id><published>2010-09-22T22:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-22T22:18:04.907-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hamilton Branch Powerhouse</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TJrikR0MZeI/AAAAAAAAA2U/BMPe79iYa34/s1600/hamilton_branch-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TJrikR0MZeI/AAAAAAAAA2U/BMPe79iYa34/s400/hamilton_branch-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519973406181451234" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;6 x 8 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-2212081111805583158?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/2212081111805583158/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=2212081111805583158' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2212081111805583158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2212081111805583158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/09/hamilton-branch-powerhouse.html' title='Hamilton Branch Powerhouse'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TJrikR0MZeI/AAAAAAAAA2U/BMPe79iYa34/s72-c/hamilton_branch-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-5279910539115280263</id><published>2010-09-12T22:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-12T22:45:52.301-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Peacock</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TI251eTGXiI/AAAAAAAAA1M/yTJOYDs0hAU/s1600/peacock-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 167px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TI251eTGXiI/AAAAAAAAA1M/yTJOYDs0hAU/s400/peacock-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516269446916103714" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;10 x 24 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;these birds are all over the Los Angeles Arboretum, acting like they own the place.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-5279910539115280263?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/5279910539115280263/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=5279910539115280263' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5279910539115280263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5279910539115280263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/09/peacock.html' title='Peacock'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TI251eTGXiI/AAAAAAAAA1M/yTJOYDs0hAU/s72-c/peacock-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-7623216977503240270</id><published>2010-09-06T19:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-06T19:03:52.900-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Kinga reclining</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TIWc4qksOeI/AAAAAAAAA08/A7Lm-qN4br0/s1600/kinga_reclining-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TIWc4qksOeI/AAAAAAAAA08/A7Lm-qN4br0/s400/kinga_reclining-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513985816099830242" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;12 x 16&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-7623216977503240270?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/7623216977503240270/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=7623216977503240270' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7623216977503240270'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7623216977503240270'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/09/kinga-reclining.html' title='Kinga reclining'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TIWc4qksOeI/AAAAAAAAA08/A7Lm-qN4br0/s72-c/kinga_reclining-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-480747490620082269</id><published>2010-08-30T23:03:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-30T23:05:11.607-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Overcast Path</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/THybV2TUDaI/AAAAAAAAA00/byZtN2NSMyo/s1600/overcast_path-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/THybV2TUDaI/AAAAAAAAA00/byZtN2NSMyo/s400/overcast_path-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511450843650723234" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;6 x 8 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I started this and painted under overcast skies for about 30 minutes before the sun broke through and my painting time was over...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-480747490620082269?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/480747490620082269/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=480747490620082269' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/480747490620082269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/480747490620082269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/08/overcast-path.html' title='Overcast Path'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/THybV2TUDaI/AAAAAAAAA00/byZtN2NSMyo/s72-c/overcast_path-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-2423758745156780927</id><published>2010-08-21T18:59:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-21T19:02:17.525-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Another Matilija Poppy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/THCEogY5eUI/AAAAAAAAA0s/MSUoiI3RLeA/s1600/matilija_7_26-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 372px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/THCEogY5eUI/AAAAAAAAA0s/MSUoiI3RLeA/s400/matilija_7_26-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508048175698114882" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;5 x 5 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;watercolor on hot press paper&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;we still have a few left in the backyard -- this might not be the last poppy of the season.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-2423758745156780927?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/2423758745156780927/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=2423758745156780927' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2423758745156780927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2423758745156780927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/08/another-matilija-poppy.html' title='Another Matilija Poppy'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/THCEogY5eUI/AAAAAAAAA0s/MSUoiI3RLeA/s72-c/matilija_7_26-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-2826603735028527804</id><published>2010-08-15T14:56:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-15T14:59:23.379-07:00</updated><title type='text'>red bowl and goldfish</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TGhisecoeWI/AAAAAAAAA0k/V3Y1EQaPiyQ/s1600/goldfish-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 390px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TGhisecoeWI/AAAAAAAAA0k/V3Y1EQaPiyQ/s400/goldfish-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505759060687354210" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;5 x 5 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;watercolor on hot press paper&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;-- we had another casualty in our little container pond on the patio.  So I had to paint him.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-2826603735028527804?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/2826603735028527804/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=2826603735028527804' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2826603735028527804'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2826603735028527804'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/08/red-bowl-and-goldfish.html' title='red bowl and goldfish'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TGhisecoeWI/AAAAAAAAA0k/V3Y1EQaPiyQ/s72-c/goldfish-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-5485101262353200837</id><published>2010-08-10T11:43:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-10T11:45:04.565-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spanish fountain</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TGGd-MIowlI/AAAAAAAAA0c/ZvEYsKJ5itk/s1600/spanish_fountain-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TGGd-MIowlI/AAAAAAAAA0c/ZvEYsKJ5itk/s400/spanish_fountain-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503853911358358098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;8 x 10 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;from a recent trip up to Descansco Gardens with some of the matte painters at Dreamworks. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-5485101262353200837?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/5485101262353200837/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=5485101262353200837' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5485101262353200837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5485101262353200837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/08/spanish-fountain.html' title='Spanish fountain'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TGGd-MIowlI/AAAAAAAAA0c/ZvEYsKJ5itk/s72-c/spanish_fountain-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-2194962614632745063</id><published>2010-07-25T23:59:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-26T00:00:43.923-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fountain</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TE0yfphJf2I/AAAAAAAAA0M/UMWY9A8xlng/s1600/fountain-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 396px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TE0yfphJf2I/AAAAAAAAA0M/UMWY9A8xlng/s400/fountain-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498106239391465314" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;10 x 10 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-2194962614632745063?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/2194962614632745063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=2194962614632745063' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2194962614632745063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/2194962614632745063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/07/fountain.html' title='Fountain'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TE0yfphJf2I/AAAAAAAAA0M/UMWY9A8xlng/s72-c/fountain-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-4979003493472449332</id><published>2010-07-18T18:31:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-18T18:33:47.305-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Commisary</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TEOrITziULI/AAAAAAAAA0E/IQEaRac8aIo/s1600/steps-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TEOrITziULI/AAAAAAAAA0E/IQEaRac8aIo/s400/steps-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495424129565872306" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;8 x 10 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;- the steps leading up to our commissary. Again, from the weekly workshop led by James Martin.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-4979003493472449332?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/4979003493472449332/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=4979003493472449332' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/4979003493472449332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/4979003493472449332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/07/commisary.html' title='Commisary'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TEOrITziULI/AAAAAAAAA0E/IQEaRac8aIo/s72-c/steps-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-3042858627287542206</id><published>2010-07-11T16:34:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-11T16:39:11.601-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Reflecting pool</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TDpVeoSs_-I/AAAAAAAAAz8/QdABbZFC9zg/s1600/dreamworks_arch-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 184px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TDpVeoSs_-I/AAAAAAAAAz8/QdABbZFC9zg/s400/dreamworks_arch-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492796680232042466" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;5 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on masonite&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;from a recent workshop for the matte painters -- it helps to work in such a beautiful location.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-3042858627287542206?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/3042858627287542206/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=3042858627287542206' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/3042858627287542206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/3042858627287542206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/07/reflecting-pool.html' title='Reflecting pool'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TDpVeoSs_-I/AAAAAAAAAz8/QdABbZFC9zg/s72-c/dreamworks_arch-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-6957224990323223111</id><published>2010-06-30T21:45:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-30T21:49:13.818-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Container pots</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TCwdhvOBptI/AAAAAAAAAz0/QyWKMTGqdGc/s1600/lagoon-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TCwdhvOBptI/AAAAAAAAAz0/QyWKMTGqdGc/s400/lagoon-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488794511305975506" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;6 x 8 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on birch panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-6957224990323223111?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/6957224990323223111/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=6957224990323223111' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6957224990323223111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6957224990323223111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/06/container-pots.html' title='Container pots'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TCwdhvOBptI/AAAAAAAAAz0/QyWKMTGqdGc/s72-c/lagoon-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-8577438302078489045</id><published>2010-06-26T17:17:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-26T17:18:17.523-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Kinga</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TCaYrZFOuxI/AAAAAAAAAzk/HqShrXyMJc8/s1600/kinga-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 318px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TCaYrZFOuxI/AAAAAAAAAzk/HqShrXyMJc8/s400/kinga-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487241067232148242" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;11 x 14 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-8577438302078489045?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/8577438302078489045/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=8577438302078489045' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/8577438302078489045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/8577438302078489045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/06/kinga_7313.html' title='Kinga'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TCaYrZFOuxI/AAAAAAAAAzk/HqShrXyMJc8/s72-c/kinga-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-8075166257519713770</id><published>2010-06-21T23:05:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T23:09:08.920-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Matador watercolor</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TCBSxez1lpI/AAAAAAAAAy8/YbnvQ9eV2LA/s1600/matador_beach_wc-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 371px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TCBSxez1lpI/AAAAAAAAAy8/YbnvQ9eV2LA/s400/matador_beach_wc-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485475356174816914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;5 x 5 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-8075166257519713770?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/8075166257519713770/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=8075166257519713770' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/8075166257519713770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/8075166257519713770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/06/matador-watercolor.html' title='Matador watercolor'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TCBSxez1lpI/AAAAAAAAAy8/YbnvQ9eV2LA/s72-c/matador_beach_wc-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-6875159285355092048</id><published>2010-06-14T22:38:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-14T22:40:04.266-07:00</updated><title type='text'>June gloom</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TBcR-yEueZI/AAAAAAAAAy0/59Rw1t4RQJE/s1600/june-gloom-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 204px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TBcR-yEueZI/AAAAAAAAAy0/59Rw1t4RQJE/s400/june-gloom-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482870841638025618" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;6 x 12 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on birch panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;not all beach weather in California is sunny...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-6875159285355092048?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/6875159285355092048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=6875159285355092048' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6875159285355092048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6875159285355092048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/06/june-gloom.html' title='June gloom'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TBcR-yEueZI/AAAAAAAAAy0/59Rw1t4RQJE/s72-c/june-gloom-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-3755343166365720030</id><published>2010-06-07T22:39:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-07T22:40:40.510-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Beach Weather</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TA3XpfWq73I/AAAAAAAAAyk/Wd8rFET_6Qo/s1600/beach_man-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TA3XpfWq73I/AAAAAAAAAyk/Wd8rFET_6Qo/s400/beach_man-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480273429370957682" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;8 x 10 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on linen mounted on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;finally warming up enough for the beach!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-3755343166365720030?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/3755343166365720030/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=3755343166365720030' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/3755343166365720030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/3755343166365720030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/06/beach-weather.html' title='Beach Weather'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TA3XpfWq73I/AAAAAAAAAyk/Wd8rFET_6Qo/s72-c/beach_man-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-1317841710684721352</id><published>2010-05-31T22:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-31T22:58:15.148-07:00</updated><title type='text'>painting to be auctioned for pres-aid</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TASgQ2lMO7I/AAAAAAAAAyc/JB1Gt46Qayg/s1600/hillside_for_pres.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TASgQ2lMO7I/AAAAAAAAAyc/JB1Gt46Qayg/s400/hillside_for_pres.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477679258179222450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;6 x 8 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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 &lt;a href="http://www.pres-aid.com"&gt;http://www.pres-aid.com&lt;/a&gt; There are some incredible pieces of animation art being donated to help out. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-1317841710684721352?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/1317841710684721352/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=1317841710684721352' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/1317841710684721352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/1317841710684721352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/05/painting-to-be-auctioned-for-pres-aid.html' title='painting to be auctioned for pres-aid'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/TASgQ2lMO7I/AAAAAAAAAyc/JB1Gt46Qayg/s72-c/hillside_for_pres.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-3851503500809694170</id><published>2010-05-26T20:05:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-26T20:06:50.046-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Emily</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S_3hpWt3eAI/AAAAAAAAAyM/CgQlf7JAFhw/s1600/emily-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S_3hpWt3eAI/AAAAAAAAAyM/CgQlf7JAFhw/s400/emily-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475780822541236226" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;11 x 14 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-3851503500809694170?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/3851503500809694170/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=3851503500809694170' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/3851503500809694170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/3851503500809694170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/05/emily.html' title='Emily'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S_3hpWt3eAI/AAAAAAAAAyM/CgQlf7JAFhw/s72-c/emily-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-8530079001195373195</id><published>2010-05-23T18:51:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-23T18:52:30.762-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Torin</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S_nbpxCXNcI/AAAAAAAAAx8/UhoAZVIpAXY/s1600/torin-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S_nbpxCXNcI/AAAAAAAAAx8/UhoAZVIpAXY/s400/torin-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474648332629915074" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;12 x 12 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;from a recent life painting session&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-8530079001195373195?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/8530079001195373195/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=8530079001195373195' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/8530079001195373195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/8530079001195373195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/05/torin.html' title='Torin'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S_nbpxCXNcI/AAAAAAAAAx8/UhoAZVIpAXY/s72-c/torin-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-6104183859834434323</id><published>2010-05-09T21:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-09T21:47:21.263-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Carillo overcast</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S-ePtSyFBbI/AAAAAAAAAxs/JxyqLAeqP7A/s1600/CARILLO_beach-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S-ePtSyFBbI/AAAAAAAAAxs/JxyqLAeqP7A/s400/CARILLO_beach-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469498280763524530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;6 x 8 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-6104183859834434323?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/6104183859834434323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=6104183859834434323' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6104183859834434323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6104183859834434323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/05/carillo-overcast.html' title='Carillo overcast'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S-ePtSyFBbI/AAAAAAAAAxs/JxyqLAeqP7A/s72-c/CARILLO_beach-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-5470059126762226408</id><published>2010-04-28T22:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-28T22:29:03.784-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hills</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S9kY5H8y0PI/AAAAAAAAAxc/ptOXbRN5Ui0/s1600/hill-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S9kY5H8y0PI/AAAAAAAAAxc/ptOXbRN5Ui0/s400/hill-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465426992456454386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;5 x 7 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;a  lunchtime view across the river from where I work.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-5470059126762226408?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/5470059126762226408/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=5470059126762226408' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5470059126762226408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5470059126762226408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/04/hills.html' title='Hills'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S9kY5H8y0PI/AAAAAAAAAxc/ptOXbRN5Ui0/s72-c/hill-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-7283504039164649943</id><published>2010-04-26T07:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-26T07:40:19.654-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Zoo drawings</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S9WktpzToGI/AAAAAAAAAxU/beLleHS-a4Y/s1600/chimps-monkeys-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S9WktpzToGI/AAAAAAAAAxU/beLleHS-a4Y/s400/chimps-monkeys-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464454827106082914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;watercolor pencil in sketchbook&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-7283504039164649943?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/7283504039164649943/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=7283504039164649943' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7283504039164649943'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/7283504039164649943'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/04/zoo-drawings.html' title='Zoo drawings'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S9WktpzToGI/AAAAAAAAAxU/beLleHS-a4Y/s72-c/chimps-monkeys-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-6555407032829971797</id><published>2010-04-19T22:05:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-19T22:06:50.096-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Kim</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S802P4Bs2UI/AAAAAAAAAxM/wD68tdaaZH4/s1600/Kim-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 330px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S802P4Bs2UI/AAAAAAAAAxM/wD68tdaaZH4/s400/Kim-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462081569435736386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;11 x 14 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-6555407032829971797?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/6555407032829971797/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=6555407032829971797' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6555407032829971797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6555407032829971797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/04/kim.html' title='Kim'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S802P4Bs2UI/AAAAAAAAAxM/wD68tdaaZH4/s72-c/Kim-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-1531852342634092150</id><published>2010-04-12T07:51:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-12T07:53:04.026-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Nicole</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S8MzpNIrLxI/AAAAAAAAAxE/WC7h4gpKW2M/s1600/nicole-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S8MzpNIrLxI/AAAAAAAAAxE/WC7h4gpKW2M/s400/nicole-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459263956296871698" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;11 x 14 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-1531852342634092150?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/1531852342634092150/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=1531852342634092150' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/1531852342634092150'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/1531852342634092150'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/04/nicole.html' title='Nicole'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S8MzpNIrLxI/AAAAAAAAAxE/WC7h4gpKW2M/s72-c/nicole-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-9071001528342209958</id><published>2010-04-07T19:33:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-07T19:35:13.208-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Eaton Falls</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S71ApD5zY8I/AAAAAAAAAw8/VOHdQdL0On0/s1600/eaton_falls-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 321px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S71ApD5zY8I/AAAAAAAAAw8/VOHdQdL0On0/s400/eaton_falls-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457589397609472962" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;5 x 6 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;watercolor on hot press paper&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;from a recent hike I took with my son into the hills above Pasadena.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-9071001528342209958?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/9071001528342209958/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=9071001528342209958' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/9071001528342209958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/9071001528342209958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/04/eaton-falls.html' title='Eaton Falls'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S71ApD5zY8I/AAAAAAAAAw8/VOHdQdL0On0/s72-c/eaton_falls-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-6930089242462859402</id><published>2010-03-31T23:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-31T23:10:19.022-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Old Bridge</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S7Q3-AfcoCI/AAAAAAAAAw0/XPIRR4qUm2k/s1600/sb_bridge-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S7Q3-AfcoCI/AAAAAAAAAw0/XPIRR4qUm2k/s400/sb_bridge-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455046587075829794" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;6 x 8 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on linen mounted on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I found this old bridge up in Santa Barbara and it seemed a perfect spot to paint.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-6930089242462859402?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/6930089242462859402/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=6930089242462859402' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6930089242462859402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6930089242462859402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/03/old-bridge.html' title='Old Bridge'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S7Q3-AfcoCI/AAAAAAAAAw0/XPIRR4qUm2k/s72-c/sb_bridge-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-6370214755779873044</id><published>2010-03-22T21:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-22T21:44:09.552-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Patriarch</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S6hG5pgwG2I/AAAAAAAAAwk/0D7bnAih6YE/s1600-h/patriarch-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S6hG5pgwG2I/AAAAAAAAAwk/0D7bnAih6YE/s400/patriarch-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451685305141697378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;6 x 8 inches &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-6370214755779873044?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/6370214755779873044/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=6370214755779873044' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6370214755779873044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6370214755779873044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/03/patriarch_22.html' title='Patriarch'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S6hG5pgwG2I/AAAAAAAAAwk/0D7bnAih6YE/s72-c/patriarch-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-6594871665185897244</id><published>2010-03-15T21:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-15T22:07:17.173-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Underpass</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S58P199VNTI/AAAAAAAAAvk/zZYiZdvTmLE/s1600-h/underpass-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S58P199VNTI/AAAAAAAAAvk/zZYiZdvTmLE/s400/underpass-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449091493980878130" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;18 x 24 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on canvas&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;a painting that was in the recent Glenna Hartmann Invitational Fine Art Exhibition held at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Glenna was a fine artist and a beautiful person -- she left us all too early.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-6594871665185897244?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/6594871665185897244/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=6594871665185897244' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6594871665185897244'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6594871665185897244'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/03/underpass.html' title='Underpass'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S58P199VNTI/AAAAAAAAAvk/zZYiZdvTmLE/s72-c/underpass-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-5201946353686324491</id><published>2010-03-05T07:15:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T07:16:26.026-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Quick Study</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S5EgLm_vGRI/AAAAAAAAAu8/3QtD-U4FWJ4/s1600-h/quick_model-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 293px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S5EgLm_vGRI/AAAAAAAAAu8/3QtD-U4FWJ4/s400/quick_model-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445168808286165266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;6 x 8 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-5201946353686324491?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/5201946353686324491/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=5201946353686324491' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5201946353686324491'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/5201946353686324491'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/03/quick-study.html' title='Quick Study'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S5EgLm_vGRI/AAAAAAAAAu8/3QtD-U4FWJ4/s72-c/quick_model-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-6752374079625213960</id><published>2010-02-27T10:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-27T10:32:38.741-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Malibu Creek -- Last Light</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S4llCF5ky6I/AAAAAAAAAu0/YrRYJBckTks/s1600-h/malibu_suntrees-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 329px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S4llCF5ky6I/AAAAAAAAAu0/YrRYJBckTks/s400/malibu_suntrees-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442992711271762850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;8 x 10 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;more from the same area as the last posting.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-6752374079625213960?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/6752374079625213960/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=6752374079625213960' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6752374079625213960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6752374079625213960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/02/malibu-creek-last-light.html' title='Malibu Creek -- Last Light'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S4llCF5ky6I/AAAAAAAAAu0/YrRYJBckTks/s72-c/malibu_suntrees-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22621075.post-6332951282707036581</id><published>2010-02-20T18:01:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-20T18:03:06.022-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Moon over Malibu</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S4CULHRN4zI/AAAAAAAAAuk/4c7H289_pOg/s1600-h/malibu_moon-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S4CULHRN4zI/AAAAAAAAAuk/4c7H289_pOg/s400/malibu_moon-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440511268514292530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kevin Turcotte&lt;div&gt;10 x 12 inches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oil on linen mounted on panel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22621075-6332951282707036581?l=paintopolis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/feeds/6332951282707036581/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22621075&amp;postID=6332951282707036581' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6332951282707036581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22621075/posts/default/6332951282707036581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintopolis.blogspot.com/2010/02/moon-over-malibu.html' title='Moon over Malibu'/><author><name>Paintopolis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12170784660457754392</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KPRTnegmGsE/S4CULHRN4zI/AAAAAAAAAuk/4c7H289_pOg/s72-c/malibu_moon-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
