A Painting a day by Andrew Dorn

DornAndrew - daily painting - " Lake Solano Summer Afternoon " - oil on board - 8" x 10" - NFS

2009-06-08T22:40:00.000-07:00

This was a plein air painting i began last summer. I just now finished it in my studio from photo reference.

Dornandrew - daily painting - " de Luna Jewelers Davis CA" - oil on canvas - 10" x 10" - SOLD

2009-05-02T11:11:00.000-07:00

This was a fun little plein air oil sketch i did about a month ago. I decided to update the greenery to today's leafage as it was a little sparse last month. So here it is.

SOLD

Dornandrew - daily painting - " Three bananas " - oil on panel - 8" x 6" - $99

2009-05-01T18:16:00.000-07:00

"Three Bananas" I love the cold hard light on this trio.

DORNANDREW - daily painting : " A lemon, a lime, and a clementine " - oil on panel - 7" x 5" - NFS

2009-04-20T16:29:00.000-07:00

This painting i did alongside the Orange/Tomato painting. I made these to fit into my "Citrus Series" which seems to be very popular.

DORNANDREW - daily painting : " Orange you glad I didn't say Tomato? " - oil on panel - 6" x 6" - $99

2009-04-19T00:49:00.001-07:00

Doodled in the thick paint on these.

DORNANDREW - daily painting - E at 2nd - oil on canvas - 10"x 10" - SOLD

2009-03-25T00:02:00.000-07:00

Now that we have moved the clocks forward I have enough time between sunrise and work to paint plein air. I made this painting today of DeLuna Jewelers at E and 2nd st. I love this tree in the background and the way the morning light hits it.

SOLD

DORNANDREW - fabricated jewelry - Silver Pendant with Citrine and Opalized Wood.

2009-03-03T20:43:00.000-08:00

I know this blog is about my paintings but as an artist these are my contributions to the creative world. This pendant is the first piece of jewelry i have created for my wife in years. It is made of reticulated & sterling silver and it has a citrine and opalised wood. I enjoyed making this as I had full freedom of design. This allows me to change the design as i wish throughout the fabrication.

The Del II

2009-02-12T23:15:00.000-08:00

This was a painting i made back in June of the Hotel Del Coronado. I sold that original and was recently commissioned to make another. While i would love to go back and paint another plein air, I tried to make this as close as I could to the original and was curious to see what differences would come.
This was a commissioned painting and is not for sale.

Dornandrew - daily painting - Camilo Plays - oil on canvas - 12" x 12" - not for sale

2009-01-10T12:03:00.000-08:00

This is a painting i have been planning for some time now. Made from a photograph, Camilo was playing at Mastercraft. I am really enjoying the abstract sound interpretation.

This painting is not for sale.

Dornandrew - daily painting - Bowl of Citrus - oil on panel - 7" x 5" - SOLD

2008-12-18T19:52:00.000-08:00

So i sold that last citrus painting so quickly i decided to paint another. I am really enjoying these. For this painting i attempted to render a peeled clementine with some citrus segments scattered about the bowl. This was more difficult than i anticipated however I am quite pleased with the results.
SOLD

Dornandrew - daily painting - California Citrus - oil on panel - 7" x 5" - SOLD

2008-12-08T19:58:00.000-08:00

California has such wonderful citrus. This painting revisits of one of the earliest paintings i did for this blog back in January 2007. You can scroll back through the blog to see the original or click this link to jump straight to it.

SOLD

Dornandrew - Commissioned Painting - Good Friends - oil on canvas - 9" x 12"

2008-11-30T23:49:00.000-08:00

Good Friends is a commissioned double portrait.

This painting is not for sale.

Dornandrew - Daily Painting - Waikoloa Morning - oil on panel - 14" x 11" - SOLD

2008-09-25T02:53:00.000-07:00

I am currently on my honeymoon on Hawaii's big island. I made this painting early one morning while my beautiful new wife Crissy went out for a long run. I love painting here and am so glad i brought my easel.

SOLD

Dornandrew - Daily Painting - Davis Amtrak Early Light - oil on canvas - 9" x 12" - SOLD

2008-09-16T22:53:00.000-07:00

I painted this plein air painting last Thursday morning. I just love this building and it's arches. I love how the morning light dances around it early in the day.

SOLD

Dornandrew - Commissioned Painting - Canindagua House - oil on canvas - 10" x 8" - private collection

2008-09-15T23:45:00.000-07:00

This is a commissioned painting and is not for sale.

email me at dornandrew@hotmail.com to commission a painting like this of your home.

DORNANDREW - daily painting - Hoffman House - oil on canvas - 10"x 8" - private collection

2008-06-25T19:23:00.000-07:00

This painting was commissioned and is not for sale.

Nice house tho-

to commission a painting like this of your home, email me at dornandrew@hotmail.com!

Dorn Andrew Plein Air Painting at Natsoulas California Landscape Conference 2008

2008-06-22T10:05:00.000-07:00

Howdy. On Saturday June 21st (yesterday) The John Natsoulas Gallery put on a California Landscape Painting Conference event where 8 Plein air landscape painters (including me) went out painting to The Farm on Putah Creek which is also the Center for Land Based Learning. Here we painted plein air while guests wandered about watching and asking questions. It was an absolutely wonderful event. They served a catered lunch at the farm and then we all headed back to the Natsoulas Gallery in Davis for dessert and coffee while the artists give a short presentation about our paintings.

Then Glenn Brill from Gamblin Artist Colors gave a brilliant presentation that covered all aspects of oil paints, mediums and varnishes. He covered color theory and the different palettes from the masters through the impressionists and into modern colors. It was very informative and the group seemed to really work him for info. He was very good and i think all the artists (more than 50) got something from it. I know i learned an awful lot.

This was my second year involved in this event and it is so much fun. If you are interested in getting involved as a guest or a painter, contact John Natsoulas. I believe they are talking about March for next year.

I have not finished my painting yet but here is a photo of me with my painting in it's location. I chose a scene looking off the porch of the beautiful old 1896 farm house. I liked the interior feel of the porch juxtaposed with the sun drenched fields and the walnut tree in the shadows. I also enjoy the chipped paint on the floorboards and the beautiful old wicker couch. I plan on detailing these some more.

I took some photos of the scene and am working on completing the painting from them in my studio. I will post an image of the finished painting here on this blog as soon as it is done but the canvas itself will be available through the John Natsoulas Gallery.

Super Fun!

DORNANDREW - commissioned painting - Edgar Peak - oil on canvas - 14" x 11" - comissioned work

2008-06-16T10:11:00.000-07:00

This was a commissioned painting and is not for sale. Edgar Peak is a beautiful area in the hills just West of Davis.

Email me at dornandrew@hotmail.com to commission a painting!

DORNANDREW - daily painting : The Del - 8" x 10" - SOLD

2008-06-06T23:53:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday Crissy and I went with friends to Coronado Beach the day before the girls ran the Rock and Roll Marathon San Diego. The stunning beach frames this beautiful old Hotel Del Coronado.

This painting sold on EBAY! Click here to view my Auctiva hosted Ebay Store!

DORNANDREW - commissioned jewelry - Wedding Bands in 14KWhite gold with Mokume Gane inlay

2008-06-05T12:50:00.000-07:00

Surprise! I am not only a painter but a goldsmith as well. These are 14KWhite gold wedding bands with a hammer texture and 14K tri colored gold Mokume Gane inlay in the interior. The Mokume Gane is three 14K golds in yellow, rose, and palladium white fused together into one piece of metal. I then inlaid it into the ring (as my signature). I just finished these yesterday for a good friend and i photographed them last night. I know this is a painting blog but this project has artistic value and i feel it is appropriate to show these off here. Congratulations (early) to Camilo and Rachel - what a perfect couple - they will marry this August.

I know it has been a week since my last post. I spent the weekend in San Diego where my beautiful fiancee Crissy ran and finished her first marathon. She sure made 5 hours of running look easy. I am soooooo proud of her. I really wanted to bring my easel and paint but it just didn't fit into our plans timewise so i took lots of photos and i am planning some daily paintings of San Diego, Coronado, and the Rock and Roll Marathon over the next week. Stay tuned to see them here!

DORNANDREW - daily painting - Evan D Williams - oil on canvas - 8"x 10" - collection Evan D Williams

2008-05-28T23:58:00.000-07:00

This is my good friend Evan D Williams leading the Evan D Williams band. Check out his website and click on music to hear them play.

DORNANDREW - daily painting - Memorial Day Weekend 2008 Gas Prices in Davis CA - oil on canvas - 8"x 10" - SOLD

2008-05-24T23:33:00.001-07:00

I thought i would paint what is on my mind: Gas prices. This is Memorial Day Weekend 2008 and this is what people are paying for gasoline in Davis CA. I don't expect the price of gasoline will ever go back down. I believe it will continue to rise. This is the world we live in. It will be interesting to see how people adjust their lives to this. The storm clouds represent the increases to come. I did not fake them. This is how I imagined this painting and this is exactly how this looked today.

SOLD

DORNANDREW - daily painting - Max - oil on canvas - 6"x 5" - Private collection

2008-05-23T23:56:00.001-07:00

A good friend of mine recently lost his dog. Max is a Pomeranian Chihuahua mix.

This painting is not for sale.

DORNANDREW - daily painting - ...and with fire in my eyes... - oil on canvas - 10"x 8" - SOLD

2008-05-20T23:28:00.000-07:00

This is a self portrait. It's full title is: Armed with my paintbrush and with fire in my eyes i contemplate my own mortality. I am shortening the title to: "...and with fire in my eyes..." the habanero peppers make for very expressive eyes. I have been preoccupied with quality vs. quantity of life lately. I feel like many people seem to think that dying is the worst thing that can happen to a person. I am beginning to realize that failing to enjoy the life that we have is a far worse fate.

SOLD

DORNANDREW - daily painting - Habanero Orange - oil on panel - 6"x 4" - private collection

2008-05-18T23:52:00.000-07:00

These last few miniatures i have done have been fun. I thought i would brighten this one up. I love Cadmium Orange but i don't buy it in the tube - instead i mix it from cadmium yellow light and cad red light. This is one of my favorite coffee cups. It is more like an espresso shot cup. If you are familiar with my work you may have seen it before. The habanero pepper feels like a cherry.

This painting is in a private collection.