Fresh from the Easel

Holiday Open House, Saturday, November 16, 11-5 pm.

noreply@blogger.com (Ann McMillan) — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:52:00 +0000

Alta Peak over the Lake, 20 x 16 inches, oil.

Please join me and 20 other artists for art, art making this Saturday, November 16, from 11 - 5 pm. I will have an art project set out for people to play with, as well as many new paintings in both pastel and oil.

For an overview of my fellow artists at Cubberley Studios, please visitwww.cubberleyartists.com. The Cubberley Artists Studio is a program of the Division of Art and Sciences, Community Services Department, City of Palo Alto.

Also this winter, I have two other shows ongoing:

November 17, 2013 - January 12, 2014.

Outdoor Adventures: Paintings from the great outdoors. Large scale works and plein air paintings at Café Borrone, 1010 El Camino Real, next to Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park.

November 2 - December 21

By Mainly Unexpected Means: Works from the Cubblerley Studios.

Group Show at Meridian Gallery, San Francisco. Closing Reception onSaturday,December 21, at 4 pm.

Open studios, loyal collectors!

noreply@blogger.com (Ann McMillan) — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:34:00 +0000

Today was a great Open Studios at Cubberley Studios!

A couple came into my studio today, and said they had bought a painting of mine in around 2001 or 2002, and have been following my work ever since! I was really touched, and asked them to take a photo of the painting. It is nice to have loyal fans!

Here is the painting, I think it is 16 x 20 inches:

Tall Drink of Water

noreply@blogger.com (Ann McMillan) — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:43:00 +0000

Fun paint!

Tall Drink of Water, 12 x 12 inches, oil.

Plein air in Pont Lobos

noreply@blogger.com (Ann McMillan) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:13:00 +0000

Plein air painting in Point Lobos....

Point Lobos, 10 x 10 inches, oil.

Down to the Sea, 12 x 12 inches, oil.

New oil still-life

noreply@blogger.com (Ann McMillan) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:08:00 +0000

Cherries and Oranges, 12 x 12 inches, oil on canvas.

It's been quiet on my blog lately thanks to my 8 month old cutie, but I have been working in my studio a bit--here is a recent still-life. I still love doing these! So fun!

Open Studio, 11-5 pm, May 14 and 15, this weekend!

noreply@blogger.com (Ann McMillan) — Mon, 09 May 2011 21:10:00 +0000

Dear Friends,

Please join me for Open Studios at Cubberley Studios this coming weekend.
I will have my studio doors open from 11-5 pm. About 15 of the other Cubberley
Artists will also be open.

4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, Room E-6.

I will be showing a mix of pastels and oil paintings. More information and samples of artwork are available
at www.cubberleyartists.com and www.amgallery.net.

All the best,

Ann McMillan
650-438-2752
www.amgallery.net
annmcmillan.blogspot.com
Mountain View, California.

Here are a few samples of available work:

Valley Impression, 24 x 24 inches, oil.

Up the Mist Trail to the Falls, 24 x 36 inches, oil.

Holiday Open House, Sunday, 1-5 pm at Cubberley Community Center, Wings E, F and U

noreply@blogger.com (Ann McMillan) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 06:16:00 +0000

Hi Everyone,
Please join me and my studio mates at Cubberley Community Center this weekend for an art party--works for sale, open monotype press, printing workshop, art supply garage sale, a raffle for a collection of donated artworks and other art making opportunities from the studios of 22 artists! E, F and U wings from 1-5 pm.

More information is available at cubberleyartists.com and on our facebook fan page.

Best,

Ann McMillan

ann@amgallery.net

www.amgallery.net

650-438-2752

Here are a two recent works that I have in the studio right now:

Kiwis and Strawberries, 10 x 10 inches, oil.

Point Lobos Water, 30 x 20 inches, oil.

noreply@blogger.com (Ann McMillan) — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:30:00 +0000

Two new plein air paintings from Point Lobos in Carmel... both are 10 x 10 inches. The day I painted these, the air was a soft 86 degrees, shorts weather in Carmel! It was lovely to be warm and plein air painting at the same time--a rare occurrence.

noreply@blogger.com (Ann McMillan) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:50:00 +0000

Figs, 10 x 10 inches, oil.

Still-life is refreshing and relaxing to paint--I love the freedom to simply observe and record, rather than the design, attempt, redo, edit that other types of work I do require.

noreply@blogger.com (Ann McMillan) — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 04:05:00 +0000

Marsh Colors, 6 x 6 inches, oil, $150.

Lodi Barn, 6 x 6 inches, oil, $150.

Lockford Crossing, 6 x 6 inches, oil, $150.

This show features a juried batch of artists each completed fifty paintings in fifty days. I have finding the project quite fun and rewarding. The most enjoyable part of the process is seeing the wide variety of appraoches that the artists bring to a rigid framework.

If you would like to purchase a work before the opening day, please email me--batch discounts available. I will need to keep the work on hand for opening day, but after the reception you can take it home with you or have me mail it to you.

More info on the show

noreply@blogger.com (Ann McMillan) — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:59:00 +0000

A few more for the 50:50 show:

Evening Harvest, 6 x 6 inches, oil, $150.

Green Tractor, 6 x 6 inches, oil, $150.

High Juniper, 6 x 6 inches, oil, $150.

More info on the show

More 50:50 paintings for Sanchez Art Center

noreply@blogger.com (Ann McMillan) — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:43:00 +0000

Dutch Evening, 6 x 6 inches, oil, $150.

Daisies, 6 x 6 inches, oil, $150.

Cottonwoods, 6 x 6 inches, oil, $150.

more information about this show.

noreply@blogger.com (Ann McMillan) — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:14:00 +0000

Two more for the Sanchez Art Center 50 50 show in Pacifica:

Coneflowers, 6 x 6 inches, oil, $150.

Marsh Colors, 6 x 6 inches, oil, $150.

Sanchez Art Center 50/50 show--opening night is Friday, July 30, 6-10 pm

noreply@blogger.com (Ann McMillan) — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:56:00 +0000

Two more off the paintings I have done for the 50 x 50 show:

View of the Valley, 6 x 6 inches, oil, $150.

California Imagined, 6 x 6 inches, oil, $150.

Sanchez Art Center 50/50 show--opening night is Friday, July 30, 6-10 pm

noreply@blogger.com (Ann McMillan) — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 05:20:00 +0000

Here are a few of the paintings I have done for the 50 x 50 show at Sanchez Art Center:

Baylands in Blue, 6 x 6 inches, oil, $150.

Alleyway, 6x6 inches, oil, $150.

High Mountains, 6 x 6 inches, oil, $150.

More info on the show

noreply@blogger.com (Ann McMillan) — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:59:00 +0000

Quarry Hill Botanical Garden Water Lilies, 10 x 20 inches, pastel.

Just a quick post of one of the paintings that I did during the Sonoma Plein Air Festival last week. I did this painting in the rain--fortunately a knight errant came up to the lake in a golf cart to give my soggy, sorry self a ride back to the parking lot.

The fun never ends--this weekend is the Los Gatos Plein Air Festival. The paintings will be assembled Saturday June 5th from 11:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. at the Old Town Shopping Center.

noreply@blogger.com (Ann McMillan) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:46:00 +0000

You are cordially invited to my show at the Knowlton Gallery:

The Colorists: Works by Ann McMillan and Peggy Kroll-Roberts
Knowlton Gallery, Lodi, California
February 2-28, 2010.
Reception from 1-4 pm, February 6.
More information: www.knowltongallery.com

Sunset in the Big Valley, 24 x 30 inches, oil.

Please join me for the show! I will demonstrate alongside
Peggy Kroll-Roberts during the reception.

Nothing but Blue Skies, 6 x 12 inches, pastel.

Point Lobos on a lovely winter day

noreply@blogger.com (Ann McMillan) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:41:00 +0000

Point Lobos Splash, 8 x 10 inches, oil.

Point Lobos Cove, 8 x 10 inches, oil.

These two paintings were done on a recent delivery trip to the Portnoy Gallery in Carmel--the last warm, gentle day before the storms rushed in. I spent the afternoon painting in the company of White-crowned Sparrows and Audubon's Warblers, both of which species were pretending to be intertidal species for the day and hunting for brine flies among the tide pools.

noreply@blogger.com (Ann McMillan) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:57:00 +0000

Tools of the Trade, 9 x 12 inches, oil.

noreply@blogger.com (Ann McMillan) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:46:00 +0000

View of the Valley, 9 x 12 inches, oil.

Painting from Treasure Island

noreply@blogger.com (Ann McMillan) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:30:00 +0000

San Francisco from Treasure Island, 9 x 12 inches, oil.

Robin Knowlton from the Knowlton Gallery was participating in a fair at the Pavilion on Treasure Island and asked me to be there-- this is the painting done on site as the Blue Angels flew over in celebration of Fleet Week.

noreply@blogger.com (Ann McMillan) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:09:00 +0000

California Afternoon, 11 x 14 inches, pastel.

Here is a bit more impressionist experimentation. This composition is created from my imagination--always fun to see this actually work out. Usually I need source material of one kind or another.

Carmel Beach plein air

noreply@blogger.com (Ann McMillan) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:50:00 +0000

Walk on the Beach, 10 x 10 inches, oil.

I am working on a 30 x 40 version of this painting--and will post when it is done. Carmel Beach is always a great place to paint. The close color and value harmonies in the shadowed sand are fun to work on.

Pear Lake Paint Trip

noreply@blogger.com (Ann McMillan) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:18:00 +0000

Pear Lake Basin, 12 x 12 inches, oil.

Alta Peak Moon, 9 x 12 inches, pastel.

Here are two rough field sketches from beautiful Pear Lake in Sequoia/King's Canyon national park. I was fortunate enough to go on this trip organized by Bill Cone into the back country for 5 days. Five painting days above timberline was just what I needed. I have several other paintings, but need some studio time to bring them up to publication levels.

Book Recommendation: Renaissance Faces

noreply@blogger.com (Ann McMillan) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:39:00 +0000

National Gallery et al. Renaissance Faces: Van Eyck to Titian. 2008.

This fabulous book delves into the processes and procedures behind the portraits we know and love. It has several good essays recounting the interactions between models and artists in the renaissance; the problems and rewards have not changed in centuries. One of the best illustrations compares two artworks--one sketch of Charles V Hapsburg as he truly was, against a painting of him politely idealized by Titian. The difference is startling, and the text delves into the practice of idealizing the sitter. This is a great book, not only for the pleasure of looking at the interesting faces, but also for the careful research done by the authors.