When the California Art Club returns to USC’s Fisher Museum of Art to present their 104th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition from March 29 – April 19, 2015 this spring, I’ll be exhibiting a new large painting titled The Rush. This piece is located in the Pinto Basin of Joshua Tree National Park. Purchase tickets to … Continue reading 104th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition
My article Seeing Color in the Desert (originally posted on CaliforniaDesertArt.com) has been reprinted in the August/September 2014 issue of International Artist magazine. It originally started with notes from my sketchbook about what I was observing while out painting, and what to do about certain problems that color posed or provided a solution to. Continue reading Seeing Color in the Desert – International Artist Magazine
By Eric Merrell (Originally published on CaliforniaDesertArt.com) I really began to develop some of the color ideas during my Joshua Tree residency in 2009. In the desert in summer, especially in JT, there are strong shadows early in the morning and late in the afternoon, but for 5-6 hours when the sun is overhead there … Continue reading On Seeing Color in the Desert
I’ve just returned from a week of painting and teaching in California’s Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. This was the second 3-day workshop I’ve taught there, and was excited to return. I love this part of the desert, and this trip afforded me a little more time to explore and paint a few new locations. I … Continue reading Painting Workshop in the Anza-Borrego Desert
Glenna Hartmann, pastel Glenna Hartmann Invitational Fine Art Exhibition February 19-21, 2010 Artists Reception: February 19, 6:00-9:00 p.m. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History 2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Glenna Hartmann (1948-2008) was a well-known artist, loved by everyone who knew her. This exhibit of 100 new works by 60 California artists … Continue reading Glenna Hartmann Invitational
See more paintings and photos from the trip on Facebook. The Roar of Time, 14″ x 11″, Oil on panel, © Eric Merrell Joshua Nocturne, 10″ x 10″, Oil on board, © Eric Merrell Near Desert Hot Springs, Afternoon, 10″ x 11″, Oil on panel, © Eric Merrell Fallen Joshua Tree, 10″ x 10″, Oil … Continue reading Paintings from Joshua Tree
No More in a Moment, 24″ x 24″, Oil on canvas mounted on panel, © Eric Merrell This painting will be part of a three-week long exhibition and auction, Art Auction 13: Nothing But Blue Skies, at the Long Beach Museum of Art, on view from September 4-19. The exhibition precedes the auction, which takes … Continue reading Meet Me in Long Beach
Battle Mountain Ranch, 12″ x 12″, Oil on panel, © Eric Merrell I’ve just recently returned from painting in the beautiful foothills on the western side of the Sierras, just outside of Visalia. A few locations including a working ranch were made available to a small group of artists for the week. The flowers are pretty spectacular right … Continue reading Sequoia Riverlands Paint-Out
Uplifted Spirit, Malibu, 11″ x 14″, Oil on panel, © Eric Merrell The newest installation of Celebrating the Golden State: Recent Artwork by Contemporary Members of the California Art Club just opened at the Old Mill in San Marino, California last Thursday. These exhibitions at the CAC Gallery are fun because they’re unthemed, you get to see what each … Continue reading Nature is Noisy If We Could Only Hear It
Ramona and I have just returned from a great trip out to Boston and Cape Cod, our first time to Massachusetts. The Cape is a really fascinating place with a long history of art, still going strong today. California could learn a few things about aesthetics from the area. We flew out for the openings … Continue reading East Coast Ideals/West Coast Concepts*
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