I’m making frames and double-checking all of my tubes of paint, getting geared up to head out to Colorado next month for the Crested Butte Plein Air Invitational in Crested Butte, Colorado. I’ll be painting on location in Colorado for about two weeks prior to the exhibition opening, which will be July 11-13. If you … Continue reading Crested Butte Plein Air Invitational
I joined our motley collection of artists this year for our informal annual painting trip, this time to paint in Utah. Hailing from the East coast, West coast and Mexico, we all stayed together at a lodge and traveled to many of the parks nearby, including Canyonlands National Park, Arches National Park, Dead Horse Point … Continue reading On Location in Utah
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
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
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House, 12″ x 16″, Oil on panel, © Eric Merrell These paintings will be exhibited along with a few more of mine at American Legacy Fine Arts (ALFA) in Pasadena, CA, as part of the exhibit “Eclectic L.A. – Four Perspectives.” One of the fascinating parts of Los Angeles is it’s … Continue reading Eclectic L.A. – Four Perspectives
Arroyo Seco Afternoon, 12″ x 16″, Oil on panel, © Eric Merrell These are a number of new pieces I’ve done recently – since moving closer to the Arroyo Seco, I’ve been painting there almost entirely. And since I’m temporarily without a studio, everything is done on location. It’s a fantastic place to paint, and … Continue reading Fresh paint from the Arroyo
The winter semester at the Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art in Van Nuys, California starts next month, and the Landscape Painting Class will be in full swing again beginning Saturday, January 16th, 2010. The class runs for eight consecutive Saturdays, and class size is kept small so students will receive plenty of individual instruction. … Continue reading The New Year @ LAAFA
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
The Road Less Traveled, Joshua Tree, 14″ x 14″, Oil on panel, © Eric Merrell As the end of the residency approaches, I’m trying to get in everything I wanted to work on. July was windy and then really hot, but August has been beautiful. Mostly in the 90’s during the day and in the … Continue reading Ending on a High Note in the Desert
