Chatham Studio Tour

It's time!  The Chatham Studio Tour starts this weekend, December 6th - 7th and continues the following weekend, December 13th -14th.  Studios will be open from 10am - 5pm each day, and you can find all the details here.   There will also be an opening reception Friday night from 7 - 9 pm at the CCCC campus in Pittsboro, NC.  This exhibit will be open Saturday and Sunday for visitors to preview works from all artists on the Tour.

Speaking of the preview show, here's the painting I'm planning enter called "Late Autumn Fog".  You can see its early stages below too.

Colorwise, this is pretty tame for me.  I enjoyed working with shades of gray for a change and think I'll do more paintings with just a hint of color.   That reminds me, I never showed you the finished painting for a couple of posts ago.  It's a snow scene, so it also has a limited color palette.

Early Snow

Hope to see you during the Tour!!

Something to See

Here's something I would really like to see in person.  It's a bike path by artist Daan Roosegaard  in the Dutch town of Eindhoven.  He used LED lights to design the path based on Van Gogh's Starry Night.   Here's a video clip and link to an article on this.

Article Link

Latest Painting

I've been spending lots of time in the studio lately and have a new painting to show you.  This one takes us back to the hills.  I like exploring shapes and color combinations in these slightly stylized  landscapes.  I had a sketch that I made before I started the painting but made a few modifications to the composition and color combinations as I went along.  Sometimes an entire painting and its title will pop into my head before I begin painting, and sometimes things evolve as I go. 

"Hillside"                                D L Taylor

If you're in the area, you can see the finished painting live and in person at Chapel Hill Gallery from November 14 - 30 as part of the Chatham Studio Tour preview exhibit.

News & Events

Hello all.   Things are very busy around here this time of year, since it's almost time for the Chatham Studio Tour.   This year's tour dates are December 6-7, and December 13-14, but until then, there are several chances to see previews of the Tour artist's work.  Through November 16th, there's an exhibit at the PAF Gallery located at 223 N Chatham Avenue in downtown Siler City.   Beginning November 14th, there will be another exhibit at the Chapel Hill Art Gallery located at 1215 E. Franklin Street. Finally, anyone visiting the Chatham Community Library in Pittsboro during November will able to see a sample of several artist's work. 

I also got some good news today.  In a previous post, I showed you a farm sunset scene I'd been working on.  The good news is it's been chosen to represent agriculture in Chatham County and will hang in the new Hall of Counties at the NC Farm Bureau office in Raleigh.  My grandparents, great-grandparents, and so on were farmers here in Chatham, so I'm really pleased that my painting was chosen to represent the county.  I have tremendous respect for farmers, so I'm very excited to be part of a collection that celebrates agriculture.

Finally, here's a photo of the painting I'm working on now.  This is from its earliest stages, and looks like a mostly white canvas, but it is a snow scene, so there won't be too much color involved.

Wow, that's really not much to look at is it?

Latest Painting

Here are some work in progress photos of my latest painting...

Studio Update

This week I've been working on a farm scene and have a few photos to share.  As always, please excuse the photo quality - I usually take these while the paintings are on the easel, and there's always a glare from the window.

I'm starting a different painting tomorrow, so check back soon for new photos. 

Happy Labor Day!

Are you ready for a holiday weekend (for those of you who celebrate Labor Day that is)?   I am.  Over the weekend I'm planning to photograph my latest paintings and start some new ones. Right now I'm in the development stage where I look through my sketchbooks and idea notes and decide what I want to paint next.   It's not the sort of work I can photograph and post here on the blog, but I do have something else for you to look at - and listen to.

It all started yesterday when I was on Netflix catching up on Doctor Who season 7.  There was a song in an episode that I recognized and used to love, but I couldn't even remember the name of the band or the name of the song (and I had this song on cassette once upon a time).  Thanks to Google I found out the song was "Fire Woman" from The Cult.  How could I forget the Cult you ask?!?  Anyway, I found a video of it on Youtube and that lead me to a song of theirs that I probably loved even more (but forgot), and that's the video I've posted for you below.  I never even knew the name of this song and don't know what lyrics I used to sing, but they weren't "love removal machine".  If you're traveling this weekend, you may want to add this to your playlist...

Enjoy!  

I once had a ruffled shirt very similar to that...and a semi-mullet too.