Frontburner ends one-year run in Windsor

admin — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 23:39:01 +0000

Stacks and stacks! Frontburner served as a part-time studio workshop and phantom gallery. The gallery was one of four other phantom galleries in Windsor to contribute to the life of the Town Green district. These galleries "kept the lights on," in spaces that were vacant, and held regular exhibits and receptions.

On April 1, 2012, I moved out of the space Frontburner occupied for the last 13 months. During that time, 17 visiting artists have shown, and I have been creating, showing and selling paintings , drawings and collage work produced in that space. It has been great to connect with the newly-formed art community in Windsor and with the art enthusiasts who visited Frontburner. Fortunately, I have a efficient home studio where I will be concentrating on new projects. You can keep in touch with my current art activities through my web site (www.bshelley.com), blog (bshelley.com/blog), and Facebook page (facebook.com/BillShelleyArt).

Figurative work showing at Frontburner

admin — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:55:26 +0000

My recent figurative work is on view at Frontburner through August 21. The exhibit includes pieces that were in shows earlier this year in Los Angeles and Sacramento.

Coastal interpretations

admin — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:02:43 +0000

I painted panel versions of pages from my coastal sketchbook today. I may revisit these within the next few days.

Coastal shapes

admin — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:55:55 +0000

These are recent studies inspired by our Sonoma County coastline. I did this on site, using acrylic ink on 300 lb watercolor paper.

Something white

admin — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 05:11:01 +0000

Last week I ran over to Robert’s Relics in Windsor to look for something white to paint. I found a ceramic creamer that had an interesting shape and tried my luck at painting it. I used two palettes – one with shades and tints of raw sienna and one with shades and tints of cerulean blue. Here is a photo of the creamer, followed by the painting.

Painting challenge – layers 6, 7 and finished painting

admin — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 03:06:23 +0000

Here are the final underpainting layers for “Windsor Roof Line” and lastly, the finished painting.

Painting challenge – layers 4 & 5

admin — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:44:01 +0000

Here are the fourth and fifth underpainting layers for Windsor Roof Line.

Painting challenge – layers 2 & 3

admin — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:42:17 +0000

Here are the second and third underpaintings for the roof line painting.

Painting challenge – layer 1

admin — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:34:54 +0000

Photographer Drew Jackson, glass painter Julie Cole and I challenged ourselves to respond to the same subject matter – an interesting convergence of roof lines near the Town Green in Windsor. Below you can see a photo of the roof lines and then my first layer of color (seven more layers to come).

May 8

admin — Mon, 09 May 2011 02:41:06 +0000

oil on 6″ x 6″ panel