Recent work at Bergamot Station

This new watercolor and two other recent paintings (Dazzled and Allure, shown in a previous post) are in a group show at Bergamot Station Arts Complex in Santa Monica...

(NOTE: I have removed the gallery name and contact info some time after this event, since they no longer show my work)


Remember, watercolor, 2008, 20 x 15 in.

Dazzled

This small watercolor is just off the drawing board...



Dazzled, watercolor, 2008, 10 x 7 in.

These ten-striped june beetles were out in force each night during our recent stay in the eastern Sierras (south of Carson City, NV). I told the two who posed for me that I would make them famous -- and they bought it !

August art update

I'm just back in the studio again after a very peaceful desert roadtrip with the family to western NV and the Sierras. A few new watercolors are fresh off the drawing board, and still more are in process. The model for this first painting was a rowdy luna moth very generously given to me by local artist Lynn Hanson when we visited her beautiful studio on the Venice Art Walk (thanks!).


Mixer, 2008, watercolor, 25 x 18 in.

This mantis was also very kindly donated to the arts by a local science teacher
(Thanks, Mr. A!)


Allure, 2008, watercolor, 7 x 10 in.

More new paintings are in process, and new images will be posted soon.

In other news, my work was featured in the Aug 2008 issue of Bootleg Magazine:



You can read the interview here, if you're truly curious...

Many thanks for looking in!

Recent work

Some new watercolors just off the block...


Prop, 2008, watercolor, 10 x 7 in.


Fly, 2008, watercolor, 10 x 7 in.


This, 2008, watercolor, 18 x 14 in.

I'm working on a larger piece involving the same luna moth as in Fly. More images coming soon...

Venice Artwalk & Auction: Sunday, May 18

One of my recent watercolor paintings will be included in the Venice Artwalk silent auction, which includes over 400 artworks donated to this fundraiser by Los Angeles-area and Venice Art Walk artists. The artwalk allows you to explore over 60 different artist studios in the area -- some of these are truly amazing spaces. The silent auction is open to the public, while artwalk studio tour tickets are $50 per person. This is a great opportunity to start or add to an art collection, as these donated works can sell for less than normal gallery prices. And all proceeds benefit the Venice Family Clinic, which provides free healthcare to low-income, uninsured, and homeless patients.

What: Venice Art Walk & Auction
When: Sunday, May 18, 2008, 11 am - 5 pm
Where: 1010 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA

You can find a map here.

More information at at www.paulpitsker.com

My contribution:


Steamed, 2008, watercolor, 10 x 7 in.

Many thanks for your interest!

Thanks to some last minute additions (made possible by many hours of heroic driving by a generous friend), the show that opens tonight at Left Coast Galleries in Studio City, CA will include a number of my paintings never before shown in L.A.


Chill, 2008, watercolor, 25 x 18 in.



Gripping, 2007, watercolor, 20 x 15 in.



Message, 2007, watercolor, 10 x 7 in.



Drink, 2008, watercolor, 20 x 15 in.


Left Coast Galleries
12324 Ventura Boulevard
Studio City, CA 91604
818-760-7010

When: April 24 - May 29, 2008
Hours: Mon - Sat 11 - 6, Sun 12 - 6

Reception: Thursday, April 24, 2008, 6 - 9 pm.

More images and news of other upcoming events can be found at www.paulpitsker.com

Many thanks for your interest and support!

April art news

Hey, my painting in the current 2nd City show ("California Visual Artists") is on the cover of this week's Long Beach District Weekly...


Sucker [detail], on the cover of the Long Beach District Weekly, Vol. 1 Issue 52

That show runs through April 10. I am also in a group show called Spirits of Los Angeles at Barnsdall Art Park in Hollywood (and at the Los Angeles International Airport), that runs through April 20.

Meanwhile, if you're curious what's on the drawing board, I am almost done with this skipper...


Up [unfinished], watercolor, 2008, 7 x 10 in.

And just last week, I finally finished this tall glass of water...


Drink, watercolor, 2008, 20 x 15 in.

I will be showing a selection of new work at Left Coast Gallery in Studio City, opening April 24, reception 6 - 9 pm.

What else is new?

I am again participating in Incognito, the semi-annual exhibition and art sale fundraiser at the Santa Monica Museum of Art on May 3 at 7 pm. It's $100 to get in, but it's a crazy fun event, with art by a wide variety of artists, some established, some emerging and some more or less unknown. All the work is the same size, displayed anonymously and all bargain-priced at $300. The work literally flies off the walls -- it's total mayhem, as you can see in this video from the 2007 event. (Sue and I are briefly visible in the lower mid-left at around 11 - 12 seconds -- I'm the tall one with the black hat...) Anyway, just to give the 3 - 4 readers of this blog an angle, here are the pieces I am contributing to this show...

Numb, watercolor, 2008, 6 x 8 in.

Look, watercolor, 2008, 8 x 6 in.

The subject in Look and Up is a small, speedy type of butterfly called a skipper. I’ve been wanting to paint one for a while, but they are fast and hard to get close to. But finally just one flew in the open door of my studio a few months ago and landed on a toothbrush (makeshift watercolor scrubbing tool) that was lying there. Hard to beat a volunteer (or is it?)...