Discussions with Mark Norseth

Can’t help but be excited about my upcoming exhibition, and I’m earnestly ( does anyone still use that word?) prepping everything…painting s to be signed, one or two are in mid stride, and I started small ones today.  So, I’m crazed, but it’s fine.  Here’s some things I put out today, frames are in process.  They may look familiar if you’ve ben following the blog.

The Sunlit Shore, Kailua 30 x 40″

            Lightfall   20 x 36″

            Konahuanui-Morning Shadows 12 x 16″

Ironwoods at Dusk 18 x 24″

There’s more, and you will see them later.  Thanks for the look.

I’ve been working hard getting about ten pieces ready for a show opening in a couple weeks. This is the largest piece by far…Summer Storm, 40 x 50″ oil.  It’s gone through it’s share of changes, and I’m looking forward to finally fitting it into it’s frame and seeing it up.  It does have a bit of a presence.

The rest of the show are pieces from the last few months, and include one pastel figure and a drawing to boot.  I include the figure pieces because I like the look and feel of them, and  to remind people that understandably regard me as mostly a painter of the ocean that I love to draw and paint the figure as well.

I also just finished this small (12 x 16″) harbor piece that I think  is effective.  And I have a perfect frame for it.

More later!

This is a plug for my upcoming two-man show in Honolulu at the Academy Art Center at Linekona.

Entitled “Double Vision”, the show is the work of myself and my friend Roger Whitlock, an esteemed local watercolor painter.  We’ve been selecting subjects and painting together for over a year, with the intention of showing our renditions of the various subjects side by side.

Double Vision will be having an opening reception on March 26, at the Academy School at Linekona, 5-7 PM,  on the second floor gallery, a perfect venue for a show of this size.  Guests are welcome, and we are anticipating a healthy sized crowd.

Two of my 12 watercolors follow.  I’ll see if I can get images of some of Roger’s fine pieces as well.