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Hot off the Press - I am the Arizona Artist of the Day today
 , Sept 5, 2017!
Last month I said "Change often leads to Growth"
The experiments continue.
Here's two more of my latest 'Ghost Town Impressions Series'. In the
top one, the four story building is the Sullivan Apartments, which I'm
told turns 100 this year! Next to it is currently Vaqueros Mexican
food. Though I've painted similar views of it over the years, I felt it
deserved a fresh approach, so I toned the canvas a grayish purple, and
created a somewhat grainy texture over that. I like the effect.
'Sullivan Turns 100' - 18"x 24". $2000.
Below that on the left is a view just a block down the street from my
Studio, I call this one "Hull Avenue Hangover' - 36"x 48" - $5000.
I started with an old painting from some years ago, and painted over it
with a grayish blue layer, then I did this  painting using a lot of
palette knife. Due to the texture of the older painting underneath,
this one has a really interesting surface quality about it. I let a lot
of the blue/gray show through also. On the left there is some faintly
visible lettering from past businesses over the years, and I took great
care to get that right.
This is another example of experimentation leading to insights, which
lead to new and exciting results. The Hull Ave. experiment inspired
Sullivan, which was done in a similar manner, except on a new canvas. I
like them both very much.
Grand Canyon
The river scene on the right, is my studio piece for this year's Grand
Canyon Plein Air Event. I'll be leaving for that event tomorrow. I'm
one of only three artists who have been at this event every single year
since the beginning. I won it in 2010, got Artist's Choice Award in
2015, have been a top seller most years and last year (2016) I was the
number 2 selling artist.
It's been a good event for me, and I hope you'll come and see it if
you're in the area. It will hang through the end of the year at the
famous Kolb Studio on the south rim of the Grand Canyon.
Workshops
October 18-20 - Plein Air to Studio - $325
Expand your creative language with this fun and informative three day
workshop. we will have one day of plein air painting in Jerome, one day
of plein air painting in Sedona, and on the final day we will head into
the studio to enlarge one of our plein air studies.  This is a great
opportunity to learn more about the different thought process between
the plein air and studio mindset.
There are still  few spots left, so if you're considering painting one
of the most beautiful areas of the country, now is the time, come join
us.
More information about the workshop, and registration can be found
here.  
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Videos
For those of you who can't come to the workshop, I have started a
videos page. So far I have one plein air video of me painting along Oak
Creek in Sedona, and one studio video about painting old trucks from a
photo. I'm keeping these very affordable at just $35 each. There are
also some FREE videos, and my interview with the Masters Secrets. Visit
my Videos Page here.  
CodyDeLong.com  

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Koya Klips




River pose.                                                   Daddy's
girl...ok only when mommy isn't home.

   
 
 
 	 
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