by Rich Brimer | Oct 24, 2008 | face of love, Painting |
Courtesy of Nicole D’Amore “I think if I can find beauty in the simple, quiet things and connect with people on a deeper, spiritual level, my art is a success,” says Rich Brimer, with some of his paintings currently on exhibit at Café on A in...
by Rich Brimer | Oct 24, 2008 | beauty, memior |
On another website that I often read, the question was asked… “When did you forget how to draw? – How can we reconnect with our playful, creative, expressive element of our humanity?” I stopped actually drawing twenty years ago, when I got...
by Rich Brimer | Oct 17, 2008 | General |
Here is a look at a family dog portrait for a friend. I need let it set now for a while and take a look back at it when it is good and dry and out of my head. I will add some more detail to the his eyes and put some lowlights in where they are needed.
by Rich Brimer | Sep 24, 2008 | beauty, face of love, memior |
We should never mistake glamor for beauty. All that glitters is not gold. Some of the most beautiful moments in life can be the most difficult to look at. Think of the messiness of birth… the broken water, the blood, the crying, the after-birth, but all is...
by Rich Brimer | Sep 15, 2008 | General |
The Huntington Beach Plein Air art show is hanging and I got a really fantastic spot in the gallery … on the back wall across from the main entry, so my three paintings were the first pieces you see as you walk into the main room of the gallery. Although I did...
by Rich Brimer | Sep 10, 2008 | General |
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by Rich Brimer | Sep 7, 2008 | Painting |
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...
by Rich Brimer | Sep 2, 2008 | General |
Back from another weekend. I did not get much painting done, but I had a wonderful time at the beach. It started out at San Onofre on Friday. I left work at 1pm to make my drive down to the camp site, and it ended up that I did not get there until nearly 6:00. I...
by Rich Brimer | Aug 16, 2008 | beauty, Painting |
I have added a glaze to the sky and painted a second layer over the landscape, wiping away some of the bits to let the underpainting show through. Next, I will go back into the clouds to bring back some highlights and deepen the shadows. Getting close…
by Rich Brimer | Aug 10, 2008 | General, Painting |
So I am starting something new. I have been working on a landscape today in my studio from a photo I took in Italy last March of an area called Il Paradiso (Paradise). I have not done many studio landscapes, preferring to work outdoors (en plein air), but I have loved...
