December 4 between 11 am and 4 pm the town of Markleeville will come alive with all the lights and decorations of Christmas. Lots of fun activities for the whole family. There will be handcrafted gift items, jewelry, pottery, wreaths, pillows, coloring books, and much more, available all over town, in businesses, or maybe on a porch or two. There will be carolers gathering around the Christmas Tree at the Court House at 1 pm for a performance then they will stroll around town. Santa and Mrs. Santa will be in the Wolf Creek Restaurant by the fireplace at 11 am waiting to hear all the kids wishes for Christmas. The Wolf Creek Restaurant will have discounted food choices that day. The General Store has tree cutting permits for $10. There will be cobbler prepared by Little Antelope Pack Station in front of Intero Real Estate. The Markleeville Art Gallery will have a new glass ornaments, wool hats, soaps, jewelry as well as a 10% off all the fine art in the gallery for December 4th only. There will be lots of cookies, cocoa and cider available and you might find chestnuts roasting over an open fire. The museum will be open and free for the day. If there is enough snow there will be a snowshoe tour and you can make a snowman in the park. At 2 pm the Library will have story time, cookie decorating and Santa promises to come visit. At the Post Office, Margaret will be stamping your Christmas Cards. The Alpine County Chamber will have free maps of the town and other items for sale and free coffee. The gas station will have bird feeders and yule logs to decorate. You might even see an artist painting our beautiful town. Come enjoy the day with us. Visit www.markleevilleartgallery.com for updated information.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Dawn over Sierra Canyon (Study)
Dawn over Sierra Canyon (Study)
Carson Valley, Nevada
6"x 8", oil on linen
November 26, 2011
The sun has swept to the south, the nights are colder and were 2/3 the way through Fall. I'm working on developing ideas for larger paintings. This painting is a layout of an earlier study combined with dawn colors as observed from by back door.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Post Office
Post Office, Stewart Indian School
Carson City, Nevada
6"x 8", oil on linen
November 23, 2011
Late afternoon shadows from an old Cottonwood Tree fall across the front of the boarded-up Post Office at the Stewart Indian School. This building was build in 1925...well built I might add, the stone work and mortar are still very tight. I think it could last another 100 years. The old flag pole has been repainted several times, and probably hasn't seen a flag raised on it for 20 years or more.
I used a different approach to applying under-painting to this panel. I applied the under-painting as an opposite color of the overall scene, which in this case was variations of yellow ochre. The opposite color being a violet grey, gave the painting a subdued look, together with the limited palette added to the moody effect.
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