Behind the Scenes: Winter/Spring 2017

4/27/2017 5:10:15 PM by David Tanner
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Save the date! My annual exhibition of new works is opening soon!

David Tanner: Recent Oil Paintings

Opening Reception 6-9 pm

Friday May 19, 2017

Crossroads Art Center

(The Caboose Gallery)

2016 Staples Mill Road

Richmond Virginia 23230

Hello! Welcome to the latest installment of Behind the Scenes. This post will provide a glimpse into my working life this winter & spring.

Adam at the Kitchen Window
Oil on canvas, 34x26", 2017

Fiddler On The Balcony

Oil on canvas, 38x26", 2017

Adam at the Kitchen Window and Fiddler On The Balcony were complex projects. Both required numerous live painting sessions on location with the models, creating color studies & compositional sketches, as well as extensive hours in the studio.

Preliminary sketches painted on location last summer, seen next to the finished painting. The studio work on Adam at the Kitchen Window began in November and ended in January.

Four preliminary sketches painted on location in October & November (on the balcony of my apartment), seen next to the finished painting. Studio painting began in January, and wrapped up in March.

Detail, Adam at the Kitchen Window

Detail, Fiddler On The Balcony

Recent Model Studies:

Grey in Red Kimono

Oil, 14x11

Painted February 1, 2017

Boy in Bow Tie

Oil, 16x12

Painted 2016

Girl With Up-Lighting

Oil, 14x11

Painted April 6, 2017

Oil, 18x14"

Painting demo at Visual Arts Center of Richmond

February 11, 2017

Recent Plein-Air Painting:

Deltaville Marina

Oil, 9x12"

Painted June, 2016

Sailboats in Deltaville

Oil, 9x12"

Painted February 11, 2017

Painting on location in Deltaville, Virginia

February 11, 2017

I hope you've enjoyed this installment of Behind The Scenes. Stay tuned for an updated preview blog for the upcoming show, to be announced shortly in my next newsletter.

Until next time,

David