Zinnia Bouquet painting by Lynne Cunningham

"Zinnia Bouquet", oil on canvas

14" x 11", available unframed

$250.

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I think this ends the versions of zinnias I've been painting!  If you go to

 my blog for July  and see the entries there , I've been going out to a local zinnia field to paint en plein air.  Love those saturated colors!  Alongside the big zinnias are crepe myrtle blooms massed in the bouquet.  I have sunlight only on summer mornings in my studio so it was time to seize the chance.  Here it is, "Zinnia Bouquet", fresh off my easel.

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"Gold Lakes Summer", acrylic painting by Lynne Cunningham

"Gold Lakes Summer", acrylic on canvas, 

24" x 30", available unframed

$1000.

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New work going up soon at Seasons Restaurant, downtown Davis!  This is one of the paintings to be hung at the restaurant.  It's unusual for me because I don't usually work in acrylic on canvas;  in acrylic I usually paint on paper.  I was reading about a technique new to me and decided to try it on canvas, with the reference photo below that I've had in my photo library for several years.  The reference photo is from the Gold Lakes region of the Sierras, between Grass Valley and Graeagle .

 It was fun to work out the composition on this one - it's fun when you feel it's successful !

closeup view, top left area

reference photo

For a discussion on the process of painting this from the reference photo, please see my blog

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Large Plein Air painting: "Firecracker Pomegranate" by Lynne Cunningham

"Firecracker Pomegranate", oil on canvas, 

20" x 30", available

Large plein air painting completed July 6, 2012

$1200.

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I painted over successive evenings en plein air and posted the progress on my blog  .  It was a good painting challenge for myself and I finally got to painting the pomegranate shrub (tree!) that blooms with the incredibly beautiful vermillion-colored blossoms in early summer . . . everyone seems to have a story of eating pomegranates as a kid, their grandmother's tree or the different colored fruit they found at the farmer's market.  

They're beautiful when in bloom and in fruit.  Like pears, artists love to paint pomegranates . . .I know I do!

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"Fields of Joy" iris painting by Lynne Cunningham

"Fields of Joy", oil on canvas, 

24" x 30", available

$1400.

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The Barbera Festival is taking place this Saturday, June 9th in Plymouth, California in the Amador County wine region . . . . and it's gonna be fun!  The festival is to celebrate the Barbera varietal wine, includes 80 wineries, food from 10 restaurants, music and art!  The event has been sold out for a couple months  . . . .so if you have a ticket I will see you there.

Below is a closeup, focused section of the painting, about 14" x 17" in size, from the center of the painting to show the brushwork: 

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American River plein air painting, "Cloudy Day at Lotus" by Lynne Cunningham

"Cloudy Day at Lotus", oil on canvas, 

painted en plein air April 2012

11" x 14", available unframed

$250.

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 This is the result of a beautiful day on the American River in the foothills of the Sierras, plein air painting this vista in the little goldrush town of Lotus, CA.  The painting is on reserve for a month but is available for sale.  Please email me if interested.

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"Dancing in the Wind", oil on canvas by Lynne Cunningham

"Dancing in the Wind", oil on canvas

5" x 7", available unframed

$100.

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Encelia is a beautiful blooming shrub that you see arrayed along desert hills, blooming right now in the desert.  'Incienso' is the name in Spanish;  it's a member of the sunflower family.  I painted this to capture the beautiful pattern of leaves and the flower stalks, bending in the breeze and radiating towards the sky.  

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Techniques, Texture and Composition in painting workshop with Lynne Cunningham

"North Rim Aspens", acrylic on paper

  "Experiment in Acrylic Paints, and learn to compose better paintings", 

March 2nd and March 9th.

Davis, California

This is a fun class for experimentation in acrylic! We'll be painting on gessoed watercolor paper while learning this flexible and spontaneous painting medium--experience how exciting the potential is for your paintings. Along with technique, we explore design and composition in paintings through discussion, definition, and in-class exercises.

The full range of water-based acrylics will be demonstrated, using it thick like oil or in watercolorlike washes and glazes. Strenghen your paintings with composition; learn painterly effects of atmosphere, texture, drama, spontaneity and the key to acrylics: blending edges. Technique is emphasized, not acrylic mediums or additives.

One requirement: you must know how to mix color and/or the color wheel. Open to interested artists, ages 18+. Best for painters with some experience.

Davis Senior Center, Valente Room

Info Phone: (530) 757-5696 - phone to signup

pay prior to the class

Class Fee for both Fridays:  $80

Mar. 2 and Mar. 9, 3:00 - 6:00 p.m.

646 A St. 

(Corner of A and 7th Streets)

Davis, CA 95618

To read more,  please see my blog: Workshop Info

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"Geese Pair", oil on canvas by Lynne Cunningham

"Geese Pair", oil on canvas

11" x 14", available unframed

$200.

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Lately I've been painting and drawing figurative  . . . people, animals and birds.  It's a new exciting subject for me as an artist, so much focus on landscape in the past.  Recently it's been the right time to dive into figurative:  portraits and the entire figure.  Look for more to follow! 

To see additional photos and read about the painting and process please visit:  

my blog, "Paintbox Journal"

"Reds and Copper" still life painting by Lynne Cunningham

"Reds and Copper", oil on canvas

16" x 20", available unframed

$500.

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I love painting florals, and copper.  This recent painting was painted from life - of course! The copper vessel at the left is a very old object that I'd recently found at my mother's house; through all the patina there are still areas of warm copper that shine through.  Copper is a beautifully varied color.  

To see additional photos and read about the painting and process please visit:  

my blog, "Paintbox Journal"

closeup detail

"Limantour Marsh", framed and on view

"Limantour Marsh", small works

paintings:  6" x 6", oil on panel  

framed size:  10" x 10"  

$200.,  framed 

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Another painting that gives me the sensation that you're glancing out a tiny window, onto this northern California coastal marsh.  The marshes of Limantour Beach are in between the forested slope and large sand dunes . . . You walk in on a boardwalk and this is the view I've painted.  

On view at Seasons Restaurant, Davis, California in the bar area.  Contact me for questions, comments or purchase!  

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"Limantour Beach" (small works) by Lynne Cunningham

"Limantour Beach", small works

paintings:  6" x 6", oil on panel  

framed size:  10" x 10"  

$200.,  framed 

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This painting is a small version of a big canvas I painted this summer . . .like looking through a small window at this view of Limantour Beach at Pt. Reyes seashore . 

On view at Seasons Restaurant, Davis, CA in the bar area.  Available through me; use email above.  

For another version of this painting or to read more about the artist, please see my website:  

large painting, "Limantour Beach"

Small Paintings; Yosemite and Sierras by Lynne Cunningham

"Bridalveil"

"Trout Stream"

paintings:  6" x 6", oil on panel  

framed size:  10" x 10"  

$200.,  framed 

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Two paintings I'm showing here, beautifully framed, of a landscape that has always spoken to me - Yosemite and the Sierras.  I'd love to spend a summer spent in the northern and southern Sierras . . . just painting!!   

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"Bridalveil", small painting by Lynne Cunningham

"Bridalveil", 6" x 6", oil on panel

painting:  6" x 6", oil on panel  

framed size:  10" x 10"  view of frame

$200.,  framed 

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"Bridalveil" is a small painting of the beautiful falls in Yosemite.  They leave me speechless every time I see the falls from the meadow area.  In my painting there seems to be clouds dancing on the rim of view; winds were catching the water and creating veils of vapor before falling over the edge.  

On view next week (Tuesday) after Thanksgiving at Seasons Restaurant  in Davis.  If you'd like to see the beautiful framing for these, see this post  .  If you'd like to read more about the artist, see website

"Oye Como Va", abstract oil painting by Lynne Cunningham

"Oye Como Va", oil on canvas, 16" x 16"

on reserve until 12/17/11

$375., available unframed 

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Pure abstract.  These are fun to paint and I hope fun to view . . .I didn't play Santana music ("Oye Como Va") while painting this, I played Celia Cruz.  Both are often-played music in my studio.

How's it going for you? 

plein air painting in the Fall - by Lynne Cunningham

"The Bridge by the Walnut Orchards"

16" x 12", oil on panel

painted en plein air 11/7/11

$225., available unframed 

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Painting out (en plein air) on location in the fall:   in one week in my area around Davis, CA we were painting in T-shirts in 80 degree weather; the next week we were painting in the high 30's / low 40's with frost lingering on the ground.  Time flees . . . fall is a beautiful season.  

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"Brilliance / Horizon", oil painting by Lynne Cunningham

"Brilliance  / Horizon"

24" x 30", oil on canvas

$800., available unframed 

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This painting on display at Seasons Restaurant, new work!

Seasons Restaurant 

102 F St.

Davis, CA

open for lunch 11:30

open for dinner 5 pm

Sunday Brunch; closed Mondays

check for specific hours and menu -   Seasons Restaurant

"Color Study: Summer Flows" by Lynne Cunningham

Summer Flows, color study"

12" x 16",  oil on canvas

$250., available unframed 

view in person at Palm Desert Community Gallery

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This painting is one I used as a color study for the large painting 'Summer Flows'.  Both are on display at the Palm Desert Community Gallery.  I've grown to like this one very much for the Monet-like color and mood!

Link: Palm Desert Community Gallery

Exhibit is open! Group show with Lynne Cunningham

My postcard 

The artwork is hung and the show is on display!  Please join Jeni Bates, Gary Mergelcamp and myself for the reception (come by after work hours) if you're in Palm Desert on Monday, Oct. 17th, 5:30 - 7 pm.  Come by for a look at the work, some wine, some cheese, some good conversation.  You'd be welcome.  Hope you can come! The Community Gallery is in City Hall; find free parking in the back of the complex.

The exhibit will be on display until Dec. 10, 2011.

Palm Desert Community Gallery

73-150 Fred Waring Dr.

Palm Desert, CA  92260 

OPEN:  Mon - Fri., 8 am to 5pm

Phone:  (760) 346-0611, ex 664

See you there!

"Dream", by Lynne Cunningham

"Dream"

24" x 30", oil on canvas

$800., available unframed 

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A dream . . .

a large expanse of tropical-hued, warm waters of the ocean

stretching to the horizon . . . I can imagine the

beautiful fish swimming beneath the sinuating surface of the ocean . . .

warm sand between my toes .

This painting on display at Seasons Restaurant, new work!

Seasons Restaurant 

102 F St.

Davis, CA

open for lunch 11:30

open for dinner 5 pm

Sunday Brunch; closed Mondays

check for specific hours and menu -   Seasons Restaurant

"Brilliance" mixed media by Lynne Cunningham

"Brilliance"

16" x 16", mixed media 

(acrylic underpainting / oil) on canvas

unframed / ready to hang

$400., available unframed 

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a painting reminiscent of the Central Coast of California  . . . glowing valleys leading to the brilliant coastal horizon at sunset.  I used to bicycle down Price Canyon Road, from Arroyo Grande into Pismo Beach so this painting is based on past memories and experiences.  

Other news - the group show 'Elements' is coming up fast!  A Southern California show ~ I'll be part of a 3-artist exhibit on display for two months.  Please contact me if you'd like a beautiful postcard for the show mailed to you.  Details are as follows:

'Elements' Show

Palm Desert Community Gallery

73-510 Fred Waring Drive

Palm Desert, CA

Open Monday - Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

or visit www.palmdesertart.org.  

For more, please see my blog post:  my major painting for the show

To read more about the artist, please see my website