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
Four fresh and recent paintings are in a new group exhibition at Altamira Fine Art in Scottsdale, AZ opening next week. Check out all of the work for Desert Mythos online now and then go see them in the gallery starting January 5, 2015. Two pieces are from Joshua Tree National Park and two … Continue reading Desert Mythos
Four of my paintings are in a new group exhibition at Altamira Fine Art in Jackson Hole, WY opening next week. Check out all of the work for Holiday LookBook online now and then go see them in the gallery starting December 15, 2014. Clockwise from top left (all images © Eric … Continue reading Jackson Hole 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
I’ve just put new painting workshops on the calendar, so they’re now open to registration. These workshops have limited space available, and are filled on a first come first served basis. For more info and to register, visit ericmerrell.com/workshops.html FALL 2014 WORKSHOPS IN THE MOONLIGHT: NOCTURNE PAINTING WORKSHOP Pasadena, CA October 4-5, 2014, $275 PAINTING … Continue reading Upcoming Workshops
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
The Water That Is Entirely Jewels, 11″ x 14″, Oil on panel, © Eric Merrell Why should an artist paint on location? How do I know what to paint? How do I create personal work that stands out? I hope you’ll join me for a few workshops that I’ll be teaching this October in the … Continue reading Master Workshops: Pasadena, Carmel and More
I held my second landscape painting workshop of the year in Joshua Tree during April, a beautiful time to be in the desert (Read about the earlier workshop in Anza-Borrego in March). Rain has been pretty sparse the last couple of years, so the annual wildflower bloom was pretty much nil in both the high and … Continue reading Painting Workshop in Joshua Tree
Desertscapes Paint-out in The Joshua Tree North Wildlife Linkage Evening reception and art auction at Joshua Tree Art Gallery Saturday, April 28, 2012, 5 – 7:30 p.m. Mojave Desert Land Trust (MDLT), along with California Art Club, is hosting an open air painting event on Saturday, April 28th in a beautiful natural area known as … Continue reading Paint-Out to Benefit Mojave Desert Land Trust
Spaceship Landing, 30″ x 30″, Oil on canvas mounted on panel, © Eric Merrell Out Over the Desert (Key’s View), 10″ x 10″, Oil on board, © Eric Merrell These two paintings from the Salton Sea and Joshua Tree National Park will be included in the upcoming 99th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition of the California … Continue reading The California Art Club’s 99th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition
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