Today's Daily Painting, "I Love Tootsie Rolls"

If you haven’t guessed, the heart shaped lolly-pop represents love or love for candy and the tootsie roll is obvious. I love tootsie rolls. Check out my eBay auction.

Today's Daily Painting, "Two Cherries as One"

"Two Cherries as One",

When two nacho chips are stuck together, they count as one. That goes for cherries and marriage.

The Last of It's Kind

Talk about a strange and great day. First thing in the morning, I had to relocate a captured groundhog that was terrorising  the neighborhood. Drove ten miles to make sure he does not make his way back. At one o’clock attended a party with a few guys from my childhood and High School. They called it a “Man Party”. Lots of old stories and memories, It was fun.

Left around five o’clock and drove to our local community college to visit my artist friend Mike Molnar, a true master. While observing the class, the one thing that hit me is how slow and meticulous everyone was painting. It will take each student a whole semester to complete their art. Too slow for me, it was time to leave.

During my ten years of teaching art, It has become natural to complete a painting by the end of the class.  I like my fast broad strokes and painterly style. Even my masterworks, which require more detail, have to be completed in due time.

In 1995, I created a painting which took almost six months. “A Nickel Tour of Lancaster County”. It was the grand finale of the large detailed acrylic one hair brush painting. Pure drudgery, like building the pyramids.  The last of it’s kind. If you think I’m kidding, check it out!

Cluster of Cherries

I have been fascinated by the color and shape of cherries. This may be my tenth painting of cherries. As soon as summer is over and my wife Kathy stops buying cherries at the supermarket, this series of cherries may be ending.

Until then, I will have to think of something else. Mmm..

the ice cream place down the street has a new flavor, White House Cherry. I can paint that! 

My Daily Painting today is Oranges

I finished this painting within three hours. I am thinking it would be a good subject for my classes.

 

Another Reason to be a Daily Painter

I'm in Charleston S.C. On the south end of King Street was an art gallery called Sophisticated Whimsy. They sold four paintings of mine, all tropical because it was an island style gallery and a good one. Sanibel Island, Miami, Key West, and most likely every city in Florida or possibly every state has an Island Style Gallery.

Last year they called to inform me that they were closing the gallery. I was not surprised they blamed the economy. I made a special trip to Charleston to pick up my unsold paintings. The cost of the trip reduced the profits of the four sold paintings.
The building is now vacant, Sophisticated Whimsy, is still painted on the window,as if the tenant is waiting for them to return. Sadly, I'm not.

Another reason to be a daily painter, I love the independence of being a daily painter.
No gallery, no worry about the gallery closing. No special one thousand mile trip. No commissions, a perfect transaction between me and an art patron.

On the other hand, the art gallery is important for the big sales of my "masterworks". These are the people who negotiate with our art patrons. Most represent us well and should be a part of our art business strategy.

Charleston is a big art community with many galleries. Time to peruse the galleries to see which one is a good fit for my art.

Sitting by the pool

A cold beer on a hot night sitting by the pool. Don't you love summer

eBay auction of my daily painting,"Teabox and Kettle

I just listed,"Teabox and Kettle on eBay. The starting bid is $49. Check out the auction

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Teabox and Copper Kettle, today's daily painting

I had a painters block today which does not happen very often.  I have so much inspiration around me, but that was not the problem. Sometimes an artist wants a new direction. Something to get real excited about. The muse was not with me today. 

 

I was picking out a painting to do at one of my classes when I came across,”Teabox”. I have painted this subject in my classes several times in a 16x20 canvas. How would it look in a 6x6 size and how long would it take me. I can paint this particular painting with my eyes closed. I was right, Teabox on a 6x6 was an investment in time of only 45 minutes. A testament to practice and repetition. Will I sell it for less since because it took me less time? No! 

"Sunset Silhouette", daily painting from Phillip Krivenko

Today's daily painting is, "Sunset Silhouette"

 

Sunset Silhouette

Today's daily painting is, "Sunset Silhouette"

American Classic

On July Fourth we had a little get-together at a friends house. In front of me on the table was a hot dog and coke (the cherry I added for composition). It looked so American and a true classic. I took a photo of my iphone. Later in the studio, I used the photo as a reference. I titled it, “American Classic”. Click hereto check out the eBay auction.

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During my teenage years, we had a large porch on our house. My father enjoyed decorating for the summer patriotic holidays, spending much of his time grooming the lawn and shrubs. When finished, he would clean up then sit at a wicker table enjoying a beer and cucumber salad. Gazing out at the lawn with a smile of satisfaction, he would sip his beer. My mother would read, on a matching wicker sofa.

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I have changed my blog to a stand alone blog: www.dailypainterblog.com

Hello from Kenya

Carol Leeper wrote:


Hi Phil,

I am in Kenya visiting my daughter Donna who also took a class with you at Michaels

in Levittown.  As I walk through their home I wanted you to know they have 5 or 6

paintings hanging on their walls  I did in your classes over the years.  So Artist Phil you are well represented

in Africa!

It was great hearing from Carol and warms my heart that she remembers me and our classes. If I knew teaching art, even in Craft Stores, was so fulfilling. I would have considered this vocation in my youth.

Oil Painting Class at Hanover, Pa. tomorrow

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Getting up at 5am to be on time in Hanover, Pa. for our AC Moore oil painting class starting at 10am. The subject is, "Shining Mountain". Great light and dark pastels, Lighting comes straight toward the viewer. 

1950 Studebaker close encounter

1950 Studabaker was a really cool car in the mid 50's. It resembled a jet with it's pointed grill. 

My brother Chuck once had a brush with this Studebaker. My mother sent him to the grocery store. Chuck wasn't looking when crossing the street and got tapped. Chuck was lucky,  I could not imagine getting hit with the pointed grill. The releaved driver of the Studabaker drove him home unharmed. Mom never asked him to go to the store for a long time. 

This is a 6x6 oil Painting on Ampersand Gesso Bord and being autioned on Ebay for a starting bid of $49.00 Check out the Auction

email: pkriven@gmail.com

My First Car was a 1960 Austin Healy Sprite.

My first car was a 1960 Austin Healy Sprite. I had just turned sixteen. First, I have to say I really had great parents. My dad always bought convertibles until the eighties. My brother and I were a bit spoiled by our parents. My brother and I shared this car and I can only remember a few arguments on who gets the Sprite for the night. It usually had to do with either a girl or a great night to just cruise. So many memories I had to paint it. This one is not for sale or auction, but goes down in the stone tablets of my youth.

My daily Painting a French Hight Heel Platform Shoe

A friend of my wife, her name is Cheryl, emailed this photo of a high heel shoe. One shoe, and got my attention as a unique subject.
Cheryl is opening a Clothing Store, if I recieve no bids on this art, I'm thinking a good Grand Opening Present. If someone wins this shoe, Don't tell Cheryl.

Check out the Ebay auction; Click Here

Pour LaVictorie Wonmen'd Irina Platform Pump

Daily painting today is "Citrus Trio".

 

Today's daily painting titled, "Citrus Trio". 

 

My wife Kathy was slicing lemons and limes for some warm weather drinks and sandwiches. Originally the plate had a tomato that looked out of place. So I changed it to an orange and called it, "Citrus Trio". I have listed this painting on Ebay with a starting bid of $49. BID NOW

 

Iphone photo used for,"Gang of Orange Slices".

A thumbnail of the photo from my iphone used to creat," A Gang of Orange Slices".

Daily Painting today is "Gang of Orange Slices".

Last Sunday my wife, Kathy served me a dish or orange slices while reading the Sunday Papers. I took a photo with my iphone. I like the sun hitting the edges making a bright glowing orange.

 Bid Now for my Ebay Auction

As if They Are Gazing at the Moon

As if the are Gazing at Moon, daily painting being auctioned on Ebay, starting bid $39.00 Bid Now
As I finished this Daily Painting, the cherries seemed as if they were gazing at the orange slice much like lovers gazing at the moon. I though of making them touch and connecting the stems. Nah, just two cherries and an orange slice.

Daily Painting today is "Low Country".

Daily painting today is, Low Country". Last year Kathy and I went to visit our niece Jenny and her new soon to be husband Tom in Charleston, SC. They took us to a Restaurant called Red's near water and marsh where I took a photo for this painting form the parking lot onto the marsh The sun was going down, leaving pink and oranges with a dark blue top.  We had a great time and now we will be leaving this summer for a Wedding in Charleston.

Surrounded by Oranges is my Daily Painting

 Surrounded by Oranges, my daily painting and being sold on, Click HereEbay.

Tired today after my class in Royersford, Pa.
Nice people, and a lot of talent. Annette did not know she could paint. I was surprised how fast she took to oil painting. I think I mentored a beggining artist. Love my Job.

Posted Bo's Fish Wagon on Fresh Painters Website. Feeling the pressure of doing a daily painting

I did this painting in Key West a few years ago. Ran out of paintings to post but I know some artist make a few in a week and post them periodically. So I guess I'm still legit.

Just finished two paintings with orange slices. I will be posting them tomorrow and Saturday after my class in Royersford, Pa.

 Really feeling the pressure.

Koi

On my iphone I have as app that is a digital Koi pond. you tap the class, get ripples, and the Koi run off the screen unitil the water calms.

On the Fresh Painters website, (i'm an associate member) Nancy Everett did a painting of a Koi. I liked it so much I took a screen shot of my Koi app and did a daily painting, Simply called Koi.

My Last Egg

My daily painting titled, "My Last Egg". You decide you going to cook yourself breakfast. Go to the coolerator and you have just one egg. You drop the egg on the kitchen floor. Take a picture and make a painting called, "My Last Egg". 

This painting an auction on Ebay. If you are interested: Click Here

Today's Daily Painting, "Afternoon Shade"

Spring is coming and I came up with this out of my head. Was not that hard to visualize, a tree and a flowered path.

The Sky a bit too blue, but I like the feel. Oil on canvas board 11x14.

Meow Kitty Piano as my Daily Painting

 A toy from my grand daughters birthday caught my attention. The Meow Kitty Piano, lots of features like a true electonic organ. Had fun. Wish I had bought it for her. My daily Painting.

Camphill Plein Air Festival this summer

Mary Ann attended my class in Mechanicsburg this Monday. We became facebook friends yesterday and today she reminded me of the Camphill, Pa Plien Air Festival. It runs in early June, too late for the entry deadline, but will definitely be there this summer.http://www.facebook.com/pages/Plein-Air-for-Camphill/130988316937820

Mechanicsburg Oil Painting Class

Small class at Mechanicsburg, great gals, they all did good. 

Getting back to normal except the weather

In the last few months I have been co0ped-up in my studio waiting for spring to begin.

With the AC Moore stores discombobulated on a weekly basis, not knowing if they wanted to continue art classes or not,  put me in a state of March madness, and I’m not talking about basketball.

Thankfully, AC Moore has decided to continue the classes with a few minor changes and alls well.

I  love the process of creating so much that when it ends, even temporarily, it sends me into a brief tailspin. This dry spell has made me appreciate how much I really missed painting with my friends and students. Tomorrow I have a full class in Hanover, Pa, and I am ecstatic. Now, what is missing is the warm weather and the universe will be back in order.

 

Burning Falls also on sale at Ebay

Burning Falls is  for sale on Ebay.These and others are up for sale on eBay. I still start some at a low price without a reserve. Pretty gutsy I know but I gotta get these pictures hanging on walls before it's too late. So, feel free to bid. Who knows but that these won't be worth more than the paper (canvas) they're written on someday.

Celebrating our 8th anniversary on Conducting Classes at AC Moore

 We recently celebrated our 8th birthday on conducting classes at AC Moore, and we couldn't have done it without you. Whether you are a student or friend,YOU make it happen. thank you all, Phil

"Creek Crossing", sold on Ebay.

"Creek Crossing", sold on Ebay. Just signed up to print UPS labels from my computer. Now I have to buy a postal scale. What you loose on the bananas you make up on the apples.

Spring Crossing Sold on Ebay

Spring Crossing sold on Ebay

Cherries Again

Latley, I have been fascinated with cherries. Not for their taste but for their beauty.  I paint them, because it is another overlooked beautiful thing.

About daily painters

I have been most curious about a new trend coming from the west coast (what else is new).artist that call themselves, “Daily Painters”.

Daily painting is not only the act of creating art as a full-time practice - it is a discipline that These artists hold to. Most of the artwork is done on a small format, allowing the artist to broaden their subject matter, perhaps quite different than their signature work. In the past several years, This tend has grown to hundreds of artists adopting this practice, creating a lively community of daily painters on the internet. 

I joined a group called Fresh Paint Daily Painters. You have to be juried in, I made the cut as an associate artist. One must be active in blogging, So I have committed myself to be a more active blogger. I hope this helps my chances to be excepted as full Member in the future

Currently, there are many online galleries, discussion groups and workshops all about daily painting. Daily painters ostensibly paint everyday, with occasional breaks taken for research, study, experimenting with techniques as well as the events in everyday life.

Cherries

My daily painting today is, "Cherries". 

Someone tell Old Man Winter his shift is over, Spring clocked-in last weekend.

Time for cocktails.

Cocktail hour, before dinner

Celebrated St. Pats Day with my friends

Celebrated St. Pats Day with my friends tonight. Took a few photo I will upload this weekend.

St. Pats Day has finally arrived. My opinion spring has arrived.

To celebrate, I accepted an invitation to Fresh Daily Painters, really like what they do.

To my students and Friends who follow my classes; Middletown Class on Hold

Middletown Class:  just received a call  the Middletown Class is on Hold until John Trank, district manager, authorizes the class.  

Barbara, events specialist, will call on Monday, March 14th to verify the class will be held.  My deepest apologies if this class is cancelled due to communication problems.

"Teabox", is tomorrow's class at AC Moore in Hanover, Pa

"Teabox", is tomorrow's class at AC Moore in Hanover, Pa

. For more information on this class, go to www.krivenkostudio.com, click on March Classes

Crosscreek, my new painting for sale on Ebay.

This week's daily painting, actually two days, and that's okay

Listed a auction on Ebay called Early Spring

Listed an auction on Ebay 

Apples and Banana originated from my iPhone photo

The painting originated from a photo of fruit on my kitchen counter. Made a lot of changes in the color of the apples along with a more browner counter top.

This was an one hour painting, one of my daily paintings to stay limber until I hear from AC Moore.

Making a Daily Painting

My daily painting. Apples and a Banana on my kitchen counter. We have square dinner plates.   

Daily painting today is "Raggedy Family".

I took this iphone photo at my friends Mark and Pam’s house on New Year’s Eve.

The dolls sat on top of an amour in one of the bedrooms during a tour of their  house before the celebration.

Not really happy with it, 

 

I think it needs more work, I’ll think about it.

Daily painting today is "Raggedy Family".

I took this iphone photo at my friends Mark and Pam’s house on New Year’s Eve.

The dolls sat on top of an amour in one of the bedrooms during a tour of their  house before the celebration.

Not really happy with it, 

 

I think it needs more work, I’ll think about it.

lots of ice

Wow! spent most of the day scraping ice of of sidewalks, our house and our nana's. Reminds me why I'm not living in Florida, It's because my family and friends live close.

Steve Sodergren won "Misson Capistrano", auction

I would like to thank Steve Sodergren for winning our action, "Mission Capistrano".

Today's Daily Painting, "The Ice Cream Vendor"

“The Ice Cream Vendor”, today’s daily painting. This was suppose to be a campanion to “Toy Store”, but it will not, unless I reduce the time line for this painting.  If it takes me more than on hour and a half, I will not have the class time to mentor and give the amount of facetime to the students. Maybe if I remove the other pedestrians and just leave the vender, old woman, and two girls, it may work for a small class. 

My Daily Painting

My daily painting for today

Making a Daily Painting

I'm walking around the house looking for something to paint. Promised myself I would paint a small canvas, 8x8.

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If you do not want to post on facebook, you can do it on my blog at: http://www.krivenkostudio.com/page2/page2.html

Untitled

I saw this blog where artist do a painting each day, a small painting 6x6 inches. This is a good idea for all my facebook students. The Idea is to do a small painting per day, okay, for many of us, maybe one per week. It would have to be a non-class painting of your own design. I’m thinking I would have a page on my website to show-off the talent of my students.

Working on the Website, Hard Word.

Slow moving on building a website when you don't know much about it. Decided on a Gallery Look.

Lost Weekend

Spent most of the weekend on my computer learning about video. Tonight was great, Lobster and Ice Cream (not together).