Thirty of us were selected to paint in a Plein Air competition in Capitola Ca., on Halloween Oct 31, until Saturday Nov 12 with a Show and Sales on Sunday. I exhibited 9 of my paintings and had a successful sale. You can see and purchase (make an offer ) the paintings at my website …
Author Archives: Al Shamble
Aug. 16, 2021 I have a new Fine Art website
Hi Everyone, I finally decided that I needed a real website to showcase my work. I will continue to keep my Blog here, but it will be much easier to see my paintings on the new AlShambleFineArt.com website. I have 3 categories of paintings that are easily accessed in the main header under Paintings: They …
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August 12,2021 PleinAir and UnpleinAir
Well, We drove up to the Sierras last week , and my intention was to spend a week, and paint at least 7 Plein Air paintings. Unfortunately several wildfires in Northern California and smoke continue to cause the air quality levels to be unhealthy. I painted one evening in clear air and the next morning …
MBPAPA Signature Artists Show 2021 “Local Escapes” July 2- Aug 26
Finally a Live show ! Juror Paul Kratter has selected about 50 wonderful paintings to have on display and for sale, at the Pacific Grove Art Center in the upstairs gallery. I am honored to have one of my paintings selected. “Morning at the Wharf” was painted from the beach en plein air one Saturday …
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Mid Century Modern #3 , 2021
And now for something different. In college in the 70s, along with life drawing, I had several graphic design classes. This new painting is based on one of my designs. Acrylic on Canvas 3ft x 3 ft.
Mar 31, 2021 Light at the End of the Tunnel
Its springtime and as more of us receive our covid vaccines the brighter the future will be. Today is a beautiful day along the California Coast and I painted this morning at the harbor in Moss Landing. For the first time in over a year I went to lunch with 3 fellow painters on a …
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Dec. 2020, and what a Year !
Hopefully I can spread some enjoyment and cheer here at the end of the year by posting a few of the paintings that I did in the last few months. Wow, I noticed that I haven’t posted since August.. The reason for my posting delay was that I had minor computer issues (now fixed) but …
MBPAPA Annual Members Show Sept. 4 – Oct. 29 2020
Unusual for these worried times of the Pandemic and now lightning fires in California : our Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters Associations members show will be in a real gallery at the Pacific Grove Art Center. Juried by Laurie Kersey it should be a nice enjoyable show. Here are my 2 entries: “View from Pleasure …
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4 Paintings in 2 Summer Shows – July 15, 2020
These are interesting times for Artists: as we continue to paint many of the opportunities to show and sell our work have been cancelled. A solution has been to have virtual online shows elected by jurors , and in a few instances juried shows where the Art still appears in a real gallery. In July …
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Painting Outside Again and Upcoming Shows, 6/15/20
With Covid19 still around, I am sincerely hoping that everyone still practices safe distancing, wearing facemarks in public and being kind to others. Happily after months sheltered in place, I have begun to find some secluded places where I can paint outside again. Studio work is important but there is nothing like being outside to …
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