Green ring -- transparent

Kevin Turcotte

8 x 10

oil on linen

Bucket man

Kevin Turcotte

8 x 10

oil on linen

Pink Board

Kevin Turcotte

8 x 10

oil on linen

Beachwalker

Kevin Turcotte

6 x 8

oil on canvas

Summerland cliffs

Kevin Turcotte

8 x 10

oil on linen

Crumble

Kevin Turcotte

6 x 8

oil on canvas mounted on panel

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

At the Edge of the Ocean

Kevin Turcotte

10 x 24

oil on linen mounted on board

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

Girl in White

Kevin Turcotte

6 x 8

oil on linen

Another image from the upcoming show at the Easton Gallery.

Approaching Wave

Kevin Turcotte

8 x 10

oil on linen

Gallery Invitation

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

same model, different session

Kevin Turcotte

8 x 10

oil on canvas panel

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

Ink drawing

Kevin Turcotte

India Ink and sharpie pen on paper

11 x 17

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

Lunchtime Treeness

James Martin
10 x 8
oil on canvas board

Under the Freeway

Kevin Turcotte

6 x 12

oil on canvas, mounted on panel

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

Lunch Time # 4

James Martin
8 x 6
oil on linen

Subsurfacing Sushi

Jeremy A. Engleman

Maya, mental ray

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

Lifeguard shack

Kevin Turcotte

9 x 12

oil on linen

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

Surf rock

Kevin Turcotte

10 x 12

oil on linen

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

Dusty Simplified Glass

Jeremy A. Engleman

Maya and mental ray

Leo Carillo beach

Kevin  Turcotte

8 x 8 

oil on canvas mounted on panel

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

Matador Beach

Kevin Turcotte

9 x 12

oil on panel

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

Procedural Plums

Jeremy Engleman

Maya, mental ray

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

Lassen slope

Kevin Turcotte

6 x 8

oil on panel

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

Sandpit

Kevin Turcotte

5.5 x 6.5

oil on cardboard

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

Longhorn

Kevin Turcotte

4 x 4

watercolor on hot press paper

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

Monterey Beach

Kevin Turcotte
12 x 6
oil on panel

Saturday at the cemetery

Kevin Turcotte

5 x 8 (approx.)

ink wash in sketchbook

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

Rocks and Foam

Kevin Turcotte

8 x 8

oil on panel

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

Golden Hills

Kevin Turcotte

8 x 10

oil on panel

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

Grove - late afternoon

Kevin Turcotte

4 x 4

watercolor on cold press paper

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

Dying slave

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

Cypress

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

Under the bridge

Kevin Turcotte

18 x 24

oil on canvas

this was done on site over several days while I was in Orlando working at the Disney studio -- it was later purchased by the Maitland Art Center. 

Cream Horn

Kevin Turcotte

5 x 8 (approx.)

oil on cigar box lid

the last in the series of pastries from the holiday show at the Easton Gallery. Merry Christmas to all!

Pumpkin Cheesecake

Kevin Turcotte

5 x 7 (approx.)

oil on cigar box lid

Chocolate swirl

Kevin Turcotte

8 x 10 (approx.)

oil on cigar box lid

Tres Leches

Kevin Turcotte

5 x 7 (approx.)

oil on cigar box

another from the dessert series...more to come.

Pina Colada

Kevin Turcotte

5 x 7 (approx.)

oil on cigar box lid

more holiday desserts for the holiday show at the Easton Gallery -- opens today. This is a Pina Colada cake from the great Porto's Cuban bakery in Glendale. 

Path and stream

Kevin Turcotte

6 x 8

oil on panel

another quick lunchtime painting at work

Lunchtime Sketch # 3

James Martin
8 x 6
oil on board

Gray Day

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8
oil on panel
a gray day here at lunchtime -- but a perfectly good time to paint.

Petra

Marty Havran
Nupastel on Smooth Bristol
18x24

Beach - late afternoon

Kevin Turcotte
10 x 12
oil on linen

Melissa

Kevin Turcotte
11 x 14
oil on canvas panel

Yellow wall

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8
oil on panel
another from a series of lunchtime paintings -- this one a wall here at DreamWorks.

Canyon pool

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8
oil on board
this one is from an outing to Delta Flats in the Angeles National Forest.

Wolverine

Kevin Turcotte
8x10
graphite on paper
another drawing from the same sketchbook

Coyote

Kevin Turcotte
8 x 10
graphite on paper
an old drawing kicking around my studio -- thought I'd put in something a little different this time.

Another lunch, another painting

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8
oil on panel

Lunch painting

Kevin Turcotte
6 x 8
oil on panel
from a recent Friday, painting at lunch with James (see below)