Night of Artists at Briscoe Museum!

"Allegory" (44x38") oil SOLD

 

 Back at the Briscoe Museum in San Antonio for their "Night of Artists" show! Had an incredible time there last year winning the Artists Choice award, and this museum is absolutely beautiful -- what an honor to be in such a prestigious show with an incredible group of artists!

  

"Firebrand" (30x30) oil SOLD

  

"Desolate Sentry" (30x30) oil

 

"The High Road" (12x10) oil SOLD

Western Serenade (20x24) o/l

The "Night of Artists" exhibition and sale opens this weekend (March 29th and 30th) at the Briscoe Museum in San Antonio, TX. 

 I will have 4 new paintings in this, my second time in the show after selling out last year -- very grateful to be included again!

 https://www.briscoemuseum.org/eric-bowman/

Briscoe Museum Night of Artists show~

"Night Music" (12x12) oil SOLD

This piece along with 3 others will be heading to the Briscoe Western Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas for the Night of Artists show and sale opening in March. 

I sold out there last year so I was invited back (maybe they would have invited me back anyway; they're really nice down there) but either way, I feel honored to participate again~

Really looking forward to this event and the momentum this relatively new show is gaining in the western art market!

"Ghost Moon" (16x20) o/p SOLD

I have 3 paintings (including the one above which just SOLD over the reserve price) for sale at the Briscoe Museum's "Night of Artists" opening March 23rd in San Antonio, Texas. This is my first time being invited to take part in the event which showcases many of the top western artists in the country -- the exhibition runs thru May 6th, 2018. See link for details~

https://www.briscoemuseum.org/night-of-artists

Is it done yet?

 "When Work Is Done" (20x24) o/l

This new piece, "When Work Is Done" will be featured in March at the 2018 Night Of Artists at the Briscoe Museum in San Antonio, Texas.  

When I was invited a few months ago I began this painting, and since it was the first finished of three that I will send, I had extra time to scrutinize it. I painted it rather quickly and tried to not finesse it to keep it's freshness, but after looking at it off and on I've noticed things that needed changing... Its always nice to have a period of time to consider work before it goes out the door as often the little nuances that need to be added, deleted or corrected are not immediately obvious...

(Original background colour)

For instance, I realized I wanted more colour harmony between the background wall, the porch floor and the guitar -- this necessitated bending the wall colour toward a much warmer tone by scumbling over it with some of the peach tones I used in other areas, while not completely obliterating the green underneath. I also loosened up some of the shadow edges, and added some fall leaves to give it  extra depth as well as a few more colour notes to key the whole palette together.

One of the reasons I don't particularly care for alla prima paintings (single session painting) is that fact that I always want to go back in (or over) areas of a composition later to create a better outcome; this is partly due to the effects I prefer that cannot be accomplished wet-into-wet. Working into wet paint of course affords immediate gratification with blending, etc., but there are textures that can only be achieved when the initial foundation layer is at least tacky on the surface. More time between sessions on a painting also lends sufficient time to contemplate the work thus far, and decide if it is indeed time to stop or not. 

As a famous artist once said,  "A painting is never finished, just abandoned"....of course as painters our goal is to abandon them at the optimum time~