If you are interested in downloading my new video, Winter Tangle, the time is now. The $30 introductory price is good through the first week of January and then it goes up... http://www.peterfiore.com/videos
NEW Painting Demo Download
Winter Tangle Download
Today I am announcing the release of my new video download, "Peter Fiore Painting Winter Tangle". In this two hour painting demonstration, you will see my painting emerge from photo reference through it's completion, all prima, along with a full dialogue about my materials, inspiration and process. All for the unbelievable price of $30. It is available at... http://www.peterfiore.com/wintertangle
ARC Finalist
Acquiesce, oil/linen, 30x60
Southwest Art Feature
Blue Variant, oil, 18x18
I have a feature article in Southwest Art this November. Here's the link below. Check it out. Hope you enjoy it. http://www.peterfiore.com/southwest_art2016.html
Next Workshop: October 21-23
Discussing photo reference
I’d like to thank all who attended my summer workshop. It was a fun week and I enjoyed spending time with everyone. My next workshop is October 21-23, 2016. More information on my website... http://www.peterfiore.com/workshops.html. I hope you can join me.
New DVD-Ccoming This Fall
Due to popular demand of my first painting DVD "River Bend", I just finished shooting my new video, "Winter Tangle". My friend Christopher Libertino aided me in filming. It will be going into post-production soon -- look for it this Fall. Lots of information -- it is sure to be an informative video.
Artnot Art Museum 75th Regional
Extinguished
My painting Extinguished is on display at the Arnot Art Museum in Elmira, NY. It has been included in the 75th Regional Exhibition. Here is my statement about this painting...
My work focuses on the narrative landscape. Trees serve as the subject matter and inspiration for many of my paintings. From the saplings to the scarred, I explore symbols of humanity: life and death, growth and change, rebirth and sustainability. I find a human connection—a universal scenario.
Extinguished is one of a pair of paintings that makes up the body of work Passage. Genesis is the painting of birth, where you have a small sapling growing in the shadows and coming into the light. Extinguished is the end of life as symbolized by the last light of the day hitting the top of the tree. Now that this tree is dying, lichen is flourishing, vines and creatures occupy the physical space of the tree, it sustains life… nature’s cycle.
If you're in the area, stop in. The show will be there all summer. Barbara has a piece too, The Standoff.
Work In Progress: Pre-Dawn, 60x84
A few more passes needed.
The entire surface of the canvas has now been touched.
A solid block in. Now the real painting starts.
It's like building a house. A lot happens very fast and the real work slows drown.
Closeup center left. This is typical block in that I enjoy. Lots to do
Third pass
Second pass
First pass
Planning for Light
Scouting a location
This is a location that I have painted many times. Watching the weather, I knew that there was a snowstorm coming and that the morning after would be crystal clear. The sun would rise in a cloudless sky which will yield some wonderful color and opportunities for a wide color palette.
Predawn
I knew the sun would rise at 7:18 AM which meant that I would have to be in place by 6:45. Since I would be at the location before any sunlight, I know it will be cold. Dressing warm enables me to be comfortable and makes it easy to wait for the light.
Getting to a location early, I can be in place with my camera, setup and be ready to go. I also clear the ground where I am standing so that my feet will not be cold. I look for composition with a dynamic array of shapes. Now I just need to wait for the light. In the photograph above, there is the slightest hint of warm light hitting the main tree trunk in the foreground. It is the warm light of the sky, just before sunrise.
Sunlight peaking through
The sun is rising and poking it's way through the tree line directly behind me causing a spotlight effect on the distant hills and some of the trees in my subject. I'm really liking the golden light in the distant hillside through all of the branches. The light changes very fast and within a matter of minutes we will be in full sunlight.
Full Sunlight
The light is now everywhere bouncing and reflecting with a strong play of very warm light against the cool shadows. An interesting observation, the more sunlight, the flatter (graphic) the picture. Everything being lit equal brings all the sun struck branches to the forefront. In the previous picture, there is much more depth because of the layering of light.
The sequence from predawn to full sunlight was less than 10 minutes. You can see you need to know where you're going to be when the sun comes up. You haven't got time to search for your location. An old photography adage, you get more by waiting then you do by moving.
Now all I have to do is make the paintings. I'm planning two 60x84 inch canvases, pre-dawn and full light. I don't paint exactly what I photograph, it's always about what I feel and what I want the viewer to experience. The photography is the inspiration, the painting is the art.
In My Glory
Went out this morning after the snow and was rewarded with a magnificent array of color. I will be posting more about how to wait for light.
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