PAINTING PROGRESS

MARCH 15-16   PAINTING WORKSHOP WITH JAMES GIBSON, FLORIDA HIGHWAYMAN ARTIST


FINISHED PAINTING

Oil painting, still wet (!)  I was more pleased with the final painting than I was yesterday with the "in progress" painting.    Oil, canvas, 9"x12"

painting in progress the day before

With James Gibson, Florida Highwayman landscape painter



MORE PAINTING!

PLEIN AIRE PAINTING AT LAKE EOLA, ORLANDO, FL
MARCH 3, 2013

Quick photos of painting in progress, art supplies and photos (sorry they are blurry) - of books I have been studying from.

I really don't like this painting at all. It might make a good underpainting for oils though. Might try that later.

A few acrylics used in the last painting. it looks rather clean for an artist's paint bin, but trust me, it isn't that neat all the time. This is a new box for storage.

 Books about the Florida Highwaymen:  (sorry about the blurry photos -)

 Well researched books by Gary Monroe, visual artist at Daytona Beach College. He has been a forerunner in getting the artwork and the information about the Highwaymen in the news and recognized as artists.
Harold Newton: the Original Highwayman
The Highwaymen: Florida's African American Landscape Painters

The Backus School, published by the Martin County Council for the Arts

Other interesting books I have read for background - Gladesmen by Glen Simmons and Laura Ogden, as told by Glen Simmons who actually lived in the Everglades in the 1920's as a gator hunter when Florida was still considered the last Frontier. The Everglades: River of Grass by Marjory Stoneman Douglas, a journalist and advocate for women's rights, racial justice and conservation of nature. An historical background of the state of Florida has been very helpful to understand what the social and economic pressures were in the 1950's when the Highwaymen were painiting and selling their art along the highways.

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march 9, 2013
Another book about the Highwaymen! This  one was not in the library but at Barnes & Noble. So I bought it.

 It's one of the more comprehensive books that I have read so far. Many plates and also lists every HIghwayman and Woman - with plates representing each one. In a course of study I would recommend this as a "textbook" - even though I am totally against textbooks for studio art courses! The only other book I have used in a studio course is Nicolaides, drawing book.