tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89183216719402718662024-03-10T20:23:06.286-07:00James M CoulterJames M. Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894621051265162765noreply@blogger.comBlogger168125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918321671940271866.post-19482586278932684752016-01-06T06:23:00.000-08:002016-01-06T06:23:00.485-08:00BLU GONDOLAS<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />James M. Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894621051265162765noreply@blogger.com305tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918321671940271866.post-70304436554871153542015-12-25T15:36:00.002-08:002015-12-25T15:36:23.832-08:00DESERT WASH<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I promised my dogs we would go outdoors to paint on Christmas 2015. This is a dried up river bed where we take our daily hikes.James M. Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894621051265162765noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918321671940271866.post-47978949221783847382015-12-22T18:24:00.000-08:002015-12-22T18:24:32.803-08:00ANYONE SEEN BATMAN?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I got caught up with all the Art Box and Panel Christmas orders, so I thought I'd do a little painting. I put on some Chet Baker and dug up an old photo of a trip to Italy. James M. Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894621051265162765noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918321671940271866.post-88536530240226518292015-10-09T12:30:00.003-07:002015-10-09T12:31:25.176-07:00Scottsdale Art School Beaux Arts Fundraiser<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I've donated this painting to the fundraiser auction at<a href="http://scottsdaleartschool.org/event/beaux-arts-2015/"> Scottsdale Art School Beaux Arts </a>November 14, 2015. James M. Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894621051265162765noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918321671940271866.post-14089785196861077752015-07-04T10:06:00.000-07:002015-07-04T10:06:11.660-07:00BENCHREST<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This was a fun little painting I did of a couple of my new Benchrest Shooting buddies. Benchrest is a very accurate type of target shooting with the goal of putting either 5 or 10 bullets through the same hole at 100 or 200 yards.James M. Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894621051265162765noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918321671940271866.post-39926329165616551892015-05-27T20:00:00.001-07:002015-05-27T20:00:34.919-07:00Venice Window Shopping<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />James M. Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894621051265162765noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918321671940271866.post-75710528611994422015-02-03T08:22:00.004-08:002015-02-03T08:22:59.817-08:00TROUT LAKE<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />James M. Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894621051265162765noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918321671940271866.post-72367159953044776372014-11-13T14:06:00.001-08:002014-11-13T14:11:30.048-08:00BRITTLE BRUSH at CAMELBACK MTN<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I did this Studio Demo today using the previous field study and photo reference for my "Basics to Plein Air" class.<br />
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Today's class was all about painterly drawings and squinting to "Graphitize" the landscape into large simple organized shapes. I did a quick 12x16 color demo at the end of class.James M. Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894621051265162765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918321671940271866.post-74886078968486262302014-09-28T12:04:00.003-07:002014-10-26T22:07:28.519-07:00"BASICS TO PLEIN AIR" class<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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My "Basics to Plein Air" class begins Sat. Oct 18 at the <a href="http://scottsdaleartschool.org/instructor/james-coulter/">Scottsdale Art School.</a><br />
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Arizona: Bachelor of Fine Arts in
Oil Painting. Graduated May 1981</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Southwest Art
Magazine Award: Emerging Artist Sonoran Arts Festival 2004</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">1st place award in
Oil Painting: Evergreen Arts Festival Colorado 2002</span></div>
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MAGAZINE Oct 2000 and 2004 </span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Estes</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> Park</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> Plein Air Invitational - Colorado<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2004</span></div>
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Creek, AZ<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One Man Show<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>2004</span></div>
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Invitational - California 2001, 2003, 2004</span></div>
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Montana<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2001</span></div>
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Miniature Show - Tulsa, OK.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>2001</span></div>
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Invitational Tucson AZ 2000</span></div>
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James M. Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894621051265162765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918321671940271866.post-16251114207586063872014-09-24T10:11:00.000-07:002014-09-24T10:11:22.900-07:00DESERT CREEK<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Well it's starting to cool off a little in Arizona finally and we had a little rain to create some water down in the river bed. The dogs and I snuck down there one morning and I did a little study.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jack is looking at us and Katy is messing around in the creek.</td></tr>
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<br />James M. Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894621051265162765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918321671940271866.post-85320914017221758322014-05-17T13:25:00.000-07:002014-06-01T08:36:35.608-07:00SALT RIVER<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Some painting friends, past students and I met out where thousands of sun-worshipers from Phoenix float down this river every summer in their inner tubes. Some will tie some tubes together with a plywood platform on top with a car battery and some huge stereo speakers, add a cooler full of soft drinks and beer and you have quite a party.James M. Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894621051265162765noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918321671940271866.post-80322865162603280832014-04-19T16:17:00.001-07:002014-04-19T22:30:11.856-07:00PLEIN AIR TO STUDIO DEMO<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Studio: Sketch, Field Study, Studio Panel Drawing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1st step: Block or Key In done rapidly, emotionally, with large brush.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Large studio glass palette with large brush.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2nd step: Further relationship adjustments. Slowing down, working dark to light, thin to thick, more thinking, medium size brushes. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Studio photographic reference: BIG screen TV.</td></tr>
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<br />James M. Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894621051265162765noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918321671940271866.post-28299570457897549212013-12-21T10:58:00.001-08:002013-12-21T11:00:49.673-08:00ART CONTESTS<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">I recently won "FINALIST" in the <a href="http://www.raymarartcontest.com/">RayMar Fine Art Contest </a>2 months in a row. <br />
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Starting in August<a href="http://www.dailypaintworks.com/contest/2013-november/192"> </a>I also placed as a "FINALIST" 4 months in a row in the<a href="http://www.dailypaintworks.com/Contests"> DAILY PAINTWORKS CONTEST</a> and I am the judge this month, December. <br />
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<br />James M. Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894621051265162765noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918321671940271866.post-88579630022981884252013-11-19T14:22:00.000-08:002013-11-19T14:22:11.166-08:00TAMARISK BUSH<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<strong>What is tamarisk?</strong><br />
Tamarisk (also known as salt cedar) is a deciduous shrub or small tree
from Eurasia. Tamarisk can grow as high as 25 feet tall. The bark on
saplings and young branches is purplish or reddish-brown. Leaves are
scale-like, alternate, with salt-secreting glands. Flowers are small
and the petals are reddish, pinkish, or white. Each plant can produce
as many as 500,000 seeds annually. The seeds are dispersed by wind, water,
and animals. Seeds are small with a tuft of hair attached to one end
enabling them to float long distances by wind and water. Seeds are short-lived
and can germinate within 24 hours after dispersal, sometimes while still
floating on the water.<br />
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<strong> How did it get here?</strong><br />
Eight species of Tamarisk were first brought to North America in the 1800s
from Southern Europe or the eastern Mediterranean region (DiTomaso 1998).
The species were first planted as ornamentals and later as windbreaks,
and to stabilize river banks. Tamarix species escaped cultivation and
are now widespread throughout the United States, with heavier concentrations
in the Southwest. <br />
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James M. Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894621051265162765noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918321671940271866.post-68937392970332642222013-11-18T09:12:00.001-08:002013-11-18T09:14:31.685-08:00SAGUARO BLUFF<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This spot is about a half mile down the river bed where the coyote stand and lookout over the valley.James M. Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894621051265162765noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918321671940271866.post-57875093186889944072013-11-17T08:38:00.001-08:002013-11-17T08:38:22.353-08:00DESERT RIVER BED<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This is a view of the river bed where I hit my golf balls. After the spring floods there is a small creek like flow in the lower part of the painting where the water runs for weeks afterwards. James M. Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894621051265162765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918321671940271866.post-4830050361150000842013-11-14T01:58:00.001-08:002013-11-15T02:26:46.470-08:00BLUE WINDOW<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This is the garden shed in my yard. The blue window grabbed my attention. There was a lot of sunlight bouncing around playing with the shadows on this one. James M. Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894621051265162765noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918321671940271866.post-77808831199405160832013-11-13T04:00:00.000-08:002013-11-14T01:53:31.787-08:00LAST OF THE FLOODS<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This was the last bit of water remaining from the summer floods in the river. A couple years ago the water got up to 35 feet deep in places, washed out part of a RV Park. The river remains dried up for most of the winter, making it a good golf driving range.James M. Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894621051265162765noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918321671940271866.post-6819742913999079352013-11-12T11:29:00.001-08:002013-11-12T11:29:49.293-08:00SUNSET SAGE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the second in a series I'm going to do on locations within walking distance of my studio here in Black Canyon City, Arizona. My studio is on a cliff looking out over a river valley that my dogs and I hike every day. This was done just before the sun went down behind the distant mountains. I was sitting down amongst all this sage brush with the sun lighting up the tops and creating shadows down deep. James M. Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894621051265162765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918321671940271866.post-64872003031678173522013-11-11T09:59:00.000-08:002013-11-11T10:56:38.740-08:00WILD HORSE VALLEY and Backpack information<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The weather here in Arizona is cooling off. I threw on my backpack and the dogs and I went down to the river bed to do some painting. This was the first one.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's Lexi telling me to get to work. I seldom use an umbrella, but this is how I use it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kelty Redwing 50 with my palette, wet panel carrier, brush holder, and paper towels in the main section. My plastic trash bags are in one zippered side pocket and my extra thinner is in the other side pocket.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The center compartment holds insect repellent, sunscreen, palette knives, drawing materials and paint tubes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My brush cleaner container is in the very top compartment.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the Kelty Redwing 40 with the MINI Plein Air System ready for longer hikes. I always strap the tripod on one side and the Panel Holder on the other.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another set up with my backpack tied to the leg of the tripod in case of wind.</td></tr>
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<br />James M. Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894621051265162765noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918321671940271866.post-25023880833785269552013-10-19T08:43:00.000-07:002013-10-19T08:43:21.042-07:00MANY GLACIER<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This scene was done on location at Glacier National Park on the Canadian border. While painting it I was aware that there was a Grisly Bear feeding and slowly making his way down the hill about 200 yards away from me. Needless to say I was eager to complete my painting and get the heck out of there. James M. Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894621051265162765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918321671940271866.post-1619797554283407932013-10-13T16:32:00.002-07:002013-10-13T16:32:47.169-07:00PURPLE DESERT<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I did this one on location out in the desert south of Phoenix on the way to tucson. It was late in the afternoon and the weather was threatening rain, which created a strange kind of light.James M. Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894621051265162765noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918321671940271866.post-7869201672102051772013-10-08T12:10:00.001-07:002013-10-08T12:10:16.638-07:00DESERT ROCKS<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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It's cooling off in Arizona, time to get out and do some desert painting. I picked this simple scene because of the contrast. I used a palette knife for the highlights on the rocks.<br />
<br />James M. Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894621051265162765noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918321671940271866.post-86708180057367083892013-09-14T17:04:00.003-07:002013-09-14T17:12:36.956-07:00DREAM LAKE<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I'll be starting my fall painting class again September 28. It will meet every Saturday morning at 9 am for 6 class periods and end November 2. It's called "From Basic to Plein Air", and it be held at the <a href="http://scottsdaleartschool.org/course/from-basics-to-plein-air-7/">Scottsdale Art School.</a> We will spend a couple days in the studio and then move outside. The weather should be great! James M. Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894621051265162765noreply@blogger.com0