ROADSIDE SENTINELS-SOLD

I painted these palm trees once before several years ago and every time I see them they seem to ask to be painted again. They are beautiful and proud, thus the name "Roadside Sentinels". They are located near the Mission at the eastern end of Los Rios Street in San Juan Capistrano--away from the busy area where the restaurants are located. I think they are three friends withstanding the elements of time--much like many of us. Crazy, huh??

Original Oil on Canvas Board
Size: 12 x 16

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LIGHTS ON PACIFIC COAST HWY.-SOLD

The view is from high on a hill above Laguna Beach. It was painted from a photo I took there on the 4th of July. I was so surprised when I realized I could see the lights of the cars toiling away down on Pacific Coast Highway. It was a beautiful night and the fireworks that followed were awesome!

SOLD
Original Oil
6 x 6"
Price: $45.00 plus $5 shipping
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KEYHOLE VIEW-SOLD

LADYBUG-SOLD

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FAVORITE VASE

The vase was a gift from my daughter a few years ago. It was made by one of the artists at Art A Fair and I had admired it when my daughter was at the show. So, I received it later as a present. I love it but was sad when I realized that because it was raku it wouldn't hold water. I have managed to over come the problem with some difficulty a couple of times by stuffing a heavy plastic bag into it to hold the water. However, it works better as part of a painting!

SILVER AND PINK-SOLD

A silver vase of roses from my garden. Staying loose was a challenge as the vase and flowers both had a lot of "intricacy" to them. Somehow for me it's a very soothing painting.

Cheese Mouse

I've rarely used the little silver mouse figure (he really is designed to spear into a piece of cheese), but thought it was cute enough to paint. Hope no one is afraid of mice (even though he isn't real)!

Orig Oil
8" x 8"
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Wanna Color?

The little carved dog has been in my collection, along with the Panda, for a long time. So, it was fun to pair them up and imagine they are having a "play time". Probably dogs and pandas don't normally get along, but in a painting anything is possible.

Original Oil-SOLD
8" x 8"
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Alta (Lido)

I know, this was already on my blog, but I inadvertently deleted it when trying to upload the new (hopefully improved) version of it. I added more color to the man's shirt and felt that added a lot to the picture. Previously it was gray and rather dull. Anyway, this is a restaurant in Lido in Newport Beach that has wonderful food and great coffee. It is very popular!! I saw this scene from down the block at Cannery Paints where I occasionally take a class from Dana Cooper. During the day we get to go eat at Alta's.

Original Oil: 11 x 14
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Rose Impression #1

Rose Impression #1 has been juried into the Randy Higbee 6" x 6" show in Costa Mesa. The gala opening is December 3rd. There will be a lot of talent there and the interesting thing about the show is that every piece of art can only be 6" x 6". Please try to attend the gala or come by later to view the show. Address is: 102 Kalmus Drive, Costa Mesa. (Very near the 55 freeway).

Studio Dog

This cutie dog is always present at the studio where I occasionally take a workshop. He is so gorgeous! Very friendly and curious about everything. In this painting he is peering up over a split door to see what is going on.

SOLD

Original Oil
6 x 6"
Price $39.00

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Transcendence #1

As a change of pace I've been enjoying switching back and forth between realism and abstraction. I love the challenge of realism and then with abstraction, the fun of using different colors and materials. Incorporating metallic paints is something that works beautifully with abstraction but not with realism (at least for me).

Original: Oil - 24" x 30"
Museum box canvas - 1.5" deep
Price: $945.00
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Sunflower Pumpkin-SOLD

I started this painting at Dana Cooper's workshop on Lido Isle.  Came home and decided to make a few changes so went out and purchased my own pumpkin and a mini-sunflower plant.  Sunflowers are fun to paint (such happy flowers!) and it was fun working in the fall theme with the pumpkin (Dana's idea).  I worked on this image in PhotoShop, but really couldn't get it to be as beautiful as the original.
Sometimes I think the photos look better after using Photo shop and I have to tone them down, but couldn't seem to get the saturation and sparkle with this one.

Original Oil
Size:  11" x 14"

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Orange Slices

This little painting was done at Dana Cooper's workshop. A fun diversion into a much brighter palette than I've used before. A fun lesson!

SOLD 

I'll Be Right With You

This painting was done from a photo challenge created by Lee Brown of the website www.adaynotwasted. He is a professional photographer and took the photo of this waitress at a restaurant in France and then posted it for his followers to paint. The subject matter is out of my normal genre, but I certainly enjoyed the challenge.

Oil on Canvas Board
Size: 9 x 12
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Izzaroo

This little cutie (the dog) joined my son Dale's household a few days ago. She is a female Cairn Terrier almost 4 months old. She obviously plays hard and sleeps hard (with her friend). I was unfamiliar with this breed, but it looks like she is going to be a wonderful pet. It's so good to once again have a dog in the family! Welcome, Izzy!!!

Original Oil
Size: 9 x 12

Rose Impression #2

We just got home from seeing the movie "Seven Days in Utopia". Really nice movie with a parallel to art. Very uplifting.

This painting is of a rose named after Lady Dianna. It's been a beautiful strong rose with lots of blooms. I don't know if it was named after her before or after her death, but I love it. The vase is from a collection I inherited from my Mother. I've tried incorporating it in my paintings before but haven't been happy with the result until now. It's not 100% accurate, but is fairly representative.

SOLD
Oil Painting
6" x 6"
Price: $65.00 (includes shipping in Continental U.S.)
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Rose Impression #1

I have some beautiful rose bushes in my backyard, so decided it was time to paint some of the roses. It's getting toward the end of the season so it's probably not a wise time to start on this endeavor, but we shall see. This one is called Floral Scent and has the most wonderful scent of any other rose I have. I can almost imagine the fragrance just sitting here looking at it!

SOLD

Size: 6" x 6"
Medium: Oil on oil-primed panel


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Crystal Cove Welcome

Sorry I haven't added to my blog for such a long time. I did Art A Fair again this summer and the show always seem to be "all-consuming". We had some other family medical issues that were time consuming and that's where my excuses end. Oh and also the computer! I don't know if many of you are this way--I try to limit my "computer time" and even at that I spend too much time on it. Not enough hours in the day!

If you would be interested in a print of the original, go to Fineartamerica.com/loriquarton and prints or cards are available in several sizes. If you are interested in the original, email me at quartonfineart@yahoo.com.

Thanks, Lori

Tangelos

The koi pond at the Mission in San Juan Capistrano is always a magnet for grown-ups and children alike. I painted a couple of views on location, but wasn't happy with them so decided to do one in the studio so I could focus more fully. It was still a challenge, but I was happy with the final result so thought I would post it. Let me know--I'm open to all opinions (well, almost all).
We're getting ready for our Paint The Parks show starting this Friday night, Sat. and Sun. If you don't know about it and would like to come, email me and I'll give directions.
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Size: 11 x 14
Oil

Limestone Canyon-The Sinks

We travelled for at least 30 minutes crowded into the back of a truck over very rough trails to get to this location. It was well worth it! We were far away from civilization and could see no reminders of it so we were allowed to imagine how it must have been way back when. There was such a feeling of vastness that trying to incorporate it all in a painting (particularly a small painting) was quite a trick. This was a very unusual experience and I think all of our painters enjoyed it.

Black Star Canyon

This was painted on a trip out to Black Star Canyon which is located in Silverado Canyon. Our group was able to go under the auspices of the Orange County Parks Park Rangers as the location is otherwise blocked to the general public. They offer trips into these back areas, but the areas are protected so the trips are watched over by the park personnel. You can sign up for the trips by Googling the Orange County Parks. Also there are pamphlets listing all the trips at the OC Park locations.

This painting will be available at our upcoming show May 21 and 22 at the grounds of the Katie Willard Library, corner of Irvine Blvd. and Jamboree in Irvine, CA.

Size: 11 x 14

SOLD

On the Road to Black Star

I painted this last week while standing at the edge of the road leading to Black Star Canyon. The panoramic view was spectacular and it was a beautiful day. Doesn't get much better than that! The following day was cloudy and stormy so we felt we had been blessed the day before with the sun. Black Star Canyon is in the Silverado Canyon area. I hadn't been there before but it is well worth the trip. Actually I shouldn't recommend it as I didn't quite make it to the canyon as this scene captured me before I got to the gate leading to the canyon. Next time I will go farther!

SOLD

Brea View

This was painted at a park in Brea, CA. The view across the highway was of the sandstone cliffs and fortunately from this perspective the busy highway wasn't visible. It was a beautiful day and a great discovery to find this park.

Pelican Watch

I saw this view of the birds while I was painting at Corona del Mar, CA. The pelicans seemed very proprietary, like this was their rock!! I think pelicans are such amazing birds. A few years ago they had all but disappeared in this location, but they are back and I'm so glad.

Fall Color Anew

I previously posted this and then realized I didn't like it. After some changes so that it better reflects the feeling of late afternoon, I am happier with it. Do any of you painters ever have that problem? Somehow when I see it on my blog or on my site on Fine Art America, I suddenly see all my mistakes. Hopefully I will eventually get so I can see my problems before I've gone to the effort of posting them. Anyway, this was a painting done in the late afternoon at Irvine Park. The water looked like a ribbon--so amazing! It's been so cold here (for us) that we've gotten more fall color than usual.

Fall Color

Another painting from recent times at Irvine Park. It is so beautiful there and all the water in the riverbed is a real treat. I painted this while on the path that goes around the park right near the bridge.

Size: 11 x 14

SOLD

Boy Koi Delight

I was painting at Sherman Gardens Library and Gardens in Corona del Mar. They have a wonderful koi pond and this lucky fellow is part of their koi collection.

Painting is 16" x 20"

Footpath

This is a view at Irvine Park, in Orange County, CA, that I discovered last Wed. when I found some time to go paint. I haven't followed the path to find out where it ends, but did follow it far enough after I'd finished painting to see the riverbed totally full of raging water. This was after a large rainstorm and it surprised the heck out of me as I'd never seen hardly any water in this particular riverbed. Hopefully I can do a painting later of the riverbed when it is full.

Riverbed

Another riverbed scene. They are fun. I think I did a better job of creating the necessary distance from foreground to background? I want to go back! SOLD

Carlsbad Eucalyptus

This was painted in a little park in Carlsbad, CA. I went with a group from our painting group--So. Calif. Plein Air Painters and we had a wonderful demo done by Rita Pacheco. It was a fun day.

Red Amaryllis

This was an interesting size to work with. The image is on a museum-style canvas 1.5" thick so requires no frame (all of my design-oriented pieces are on this type of canvas). When I was shopping for canvases they were low on stock so I decided to try this. Fortunately the amaryllis was well suited to this format. I've found the biggest trick of all is taking the final picture. With such a tall canvas the image wants to paralax (meaning at least one side appears bent) in the photo. I finally found if I centered the image in the window of the camera and made sure I was focusing on the dead center of the image I could get it right--had to take quite a few photos!! At least that is entirely possible with a digital camera!

Original Oil
Size: 12" x 30"
Price: $720.00
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Sunflowers

I had posted this a few days ago, but decided I was unhappy with the pears being green. I haven't figured out a way just to delete a picture and then replace it (perhaps there is no way), so I had to delete the entire blog and enter it again. The mat is painted with an iridescent white which makes the painting have a different "sheen" from different angles of viewing.

Size: 20" x 30"
Gallery wrap museum canvas
Price: $1,295

Iris Blooms

These are some of the iris from my garden. I've painted so many iris thruout my career, but still love doing more. They are so prolific, but last such a short time. A painting of them is a good way to make them last a lot longer!!!

Size: 12 x 16
Price: $450.00
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Casa Romantica

This was where we painted yesterday. This is a cultural museum called the Casa Romantica and is located in San Clemente, CA. At one time it was a private home for some lucky people, but is now a museum. It overlooks the ocean and the San Clemente Pier. The grounds are beautiful and there are many places to paint. Unfortunately for us they were hosting a wedding in the afternoon so we had to leave sooner than we would have liked. Hopefully we will go back soon!!

Size: 11 x 14
Price: $325.00
Painted on Belgian Linen panel
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Happy Callas

Wow! This is a change of pace!! Those of you who have been with me for a while (years) are familiar with my watercolors and the way I extend them onto the mat. This is a take on that except it is in oil. Ends up being rather graphic, but I love the wild color.

Original Oil
Size: 24 x 28
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Desert Sunset

I don't think my pictures do it justice, but this is a diptych of my memories of the desert and its wonderful sunsets. The colors are glowing in the original and I've included some of the desert vegetation in a whimsical way to incorporate more of the colors of the desert.

Original Oil
Size: (each piece) 24" x 30" or 24" x 60 for the total size
Painted on gallery wrap canvas
Price: $1,800.00
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Wave Catcher (Little Corona)

This rock is located in Little Corona, CA. It has been fighting the tides for as long as I can remember. I used to see it when I was a kid in high school and came to Corona in the summer to sunbathe (and meet guys). Now I just love to paint it. Now when I look at it, it transports me back to being a teenager. The whole area is beautiful.

Original Oil Painting
Size: 11 x 14
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Palm #1

It seems I actually am doing somewhat of a "series". I've always threatened to, but rarely followed thru. Does that tell you something?? Anyway, have discovered how much fun these little guys are to paint!

Original Oil
Size: 6 x 6
Price: $60
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After the Storm

A view of the wonderful sunset we saw while in Palm Springs.

Original Oil
6 x 6
Price: $60
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Palm #2

I really like these squatty little palm trees. They remind me of a palm tree "fireplug". We were in Palm Springs recently and saw a lot of these while there. I think I'll do a series of palm trees--they are fun and forgiving to paint.

Original Oil
Size: 6 x 6
Price: $60
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Teacup from Mom

This is another of the teacups I inherited from my Mom.  I realize my elipses are a little "off", but liked it anyway.  The actual cup has a tiny chip in the lip, but the cup is never put to "practical" use so hopefully it will hang on.  I handled it carefully while bringing it into the studio to paint.

Oil on Canvas
Size: 6 x 6
Price:  $60
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The Bells

I painted this recently at the Mission in San Juan Capistrano.  The courtyard, visible thru the archway, also contains the entrance to the Sacristy.  This was an especially busy day for the mission as it was Easter vacation for many children and they and their families came to see the mission.  It's always interesting with kids when they see someone painting.  You can barely have two marks on the canvas when they will say "that's beautiful!".  Hopefully some of the adults out there will think so, too!

Original Oil
Size:  12 x 16

Spring at Heisler Park

Original Oil
Size:  11 x 14

While walking on the upper pathway at Heisler Park in Laguna Beach, CA I spotted the pink wildflowers bravely presenting themselves from the side of the bluff.  I loved the color contrast so proceeded to take my gear down onto the beach to get a good vantage point from which to paint them.

Three Stooges

I couldn't resist calling this painting "Three Stooges" because these birds seemed to stay together and fought for the top spot on the rock.  It was a beautiful day at Crystal Cove and these birds really caught my eye.

Original Oil
Size: 6 x 6
Price:  $60
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So. Laguna Bluffs

This was painted on location (mostly) in South Laguna Beach. I got there very early and was able to do a value study first to capture the shaded bluffs. Without doing a value study I find myself "following the sun" which is a problem for most plein air painters. The bluffs and ocean are always so appealing. Hope you like it.

SOLD
Original Oil
Size: 11 x 14

Montage Retreat

This was done as a study for a larger painting.  It definitely captured the atmosphere of the day I was there painting.  This area is definitely one of the most beautiful beaches in Southern Calif.

Oil Painting
6 x 8"
Price:  $65
Shipping:  Free

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Friends

As you may have noticed by now, I love animals!! I know I'm not alone in that category, so I enjoy painting them so others can enjoy my vision of them. These two cats belonged to my son and got along (most of the time) very well. When they were looking out the window I had to wonder if they were spotting birds they would like to get after (Oh, no)or just enjoying the beauty of the day and the warm sun.
SOLD
Original Oil
Size: 6 x 6
Price: $60.00 + 8.95 to ship
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