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Two for the Show

Rich Brimer — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 05:32:19 +0000

While spending a week soaking up the sun, making new friends and eating sparsely from my ice chest, I also painted at the San Onofre surf beach. I want to share one of the images here called “Two for the Show.” When I asked Jack, my VW man what year the red bus was, [...]

My El Matador Morning

Rich Brimer — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:11:43 +0000

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The Ventura County chapter of the California Art Club hosted their monthly paint-out at El Matador State Beach this morning. I know… its [...]

Central Coastal Colors

Rich Brimer — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 03:05:07 +0000

So, I had a very nice week to paint in and around San Luis Obispo with a few artists from the California Art Club. The weather was nice, but scattered showers caused the fair weather artists to stay indoors. I did a total of 5 plein air studies and a still life. I stayed [...]

Beach Colors Redeaux

Rich Brimer — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 05:41:34 +0000

So, I took an old plein air painting I did at Leo Carillo a couple years ago, and redid it. I was not happy the first time anyway, so it was a good opportunity to try some new paint out. You can see the change from the first go, to the new version below.

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I love my job

Rich Brimer — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:28:27 +0000

So, now that I am back, I can post some photos of my last three days of painting with Ryan Wurmser and a few new friends. Each day Ryan started with his demo as we watched, learned and took notes… mental or otherwise. Then after lunch we would be off on our own to [...]

The New Studio Easel

Rich Brimer — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:47:47 +0000

Today I got a new studio easel. It is by “BEST” and its the “O’Connell” model. I took a nice drive out to Continental Art Supplies on Reseda Blvd. in the VW Beetle. I was only planning on getting a couple of new brushes and some of new tubes of paint that is missing [...]

Huntington Beach Plein Air

Rich Brimer — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:44:18 +0000

Today the Huntington Beach Plein Air Festival closes. I had the three paintings below in the event, plus one that was offered up for the “Painting in the Streets” event. I love

Central Ducks, Always Welcome, Triangle Sun

Lucy and this guy

So the Huntington Beach Plein Air Festival is coming to an end this week and today I delivered the three paintings that I felt were my best efforts. The first two I have already posted, and below is my third effort that was entered into competition. Being nearly alone on the [...]

Whoops!

Rich Brimer — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:29:23 +0000

So, there I was, really enjoying painting the trunk of this fat fruitless Mulberry. I had the blue brush in my hand when I reached to the ground to get more red paint when I noticed that my brush hit “something” as I reached over to the ground. [...]