I love Kelly Medford! I love her paintings. I love what she writes about painting them. I love that every painting has a story, and every story usually has a painting too. I first met Kelly through Facebook. I saw her work, saw that she posted daily paintings and wrote about her process. I admired[…]
Paint Out at Andrew Molera State Park October 28 2018
Join Erin Gafill for a day of painting in Big Sur! Free for Carmel Art Association members! There is a $10 fee to park in the lot. If you prefer park on the highway level where safety permits and walk down to the kiosk at the parking lot entrance. We’ll meet up at the main[…]
Jumping in
Day One. Venice, Italy. Tom says let’s stop and paint. I say OK. We sit and face in different directions. As usual I choose the easier composition. Evening sky, reflected on water, bracketed by old palazzos punctuated by shuttered windows. Essentially vertical rectangles with a few decorative details, small terraces dotted with potted plants, bracketed[…]
Dreamtime at Ventana through November, 2018
Join me Saturday September 8 at The Glass House Gallery at Ventana in Big Sur for a two hour painting demonstration. I’ll be working in oils, from nature and direct observation, on a large canvas approximately 4’x5′. I’ll be sharing my color palette, brushes, and general approach to landscape painting “alla prima”. 2pm-4pm Painting[…]
Tell Me More! A free writer’s resource
Ten minutes. Every day. For 30 days. We write and post and share feedback and develop the habit. The writing habit. It’s not rocket science. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Carving out a piece of your day – even ten minutes – for your writing life can seem almost impossible sometimes. Its hard to[…]
Texture and Color in Burano
The Coastal Awakening at SLOMA
Light On The Path II oil on canvas 36”x36” by Erin Lee Gafill Join us at the San Luis Obispo Art Museum for “The Coastal Awakening: An Esalen Perspective” 5pm – 7pm Friday September 21 1010 Broad Street on the west end of Mission Plaza. This exhibition features new works from my Land, Sea, Sky series,[…]
Love of Paper
All my life I’ve been intrigued by paper. I’ve loved the sound of a sheet of Ivory Vellum being yanked through the platen of a typewriter. The smooth edges of a freshly cut reem. The pebbled surface and deckled edges of a stiff sheet of 300 weight cotton cold press. The rainbow of potential exposed[…]