Talia of Firehouse North

Firehouse North is a gallery in Berkeley, California where artists can meet to paint models. My oldest son's Christmas gift to me this past December was a couple of trips to this gallery to paint.  So on a cloudy February 7th, I packed up my easel and paints, caught the BART train and walked up Shattuck Avenue a few blocks to spend a delightful three hours painting Talia who happened to be the model that day.  There were quite a few of us in this studio and it was difficult to back away from the canvas to check all the basic elements, so I got home and found Talia was out of proportion (her head was too big for her body, etc.), but I decided that I liked it anyway...I haven't officially sent Parker a nice written thank you note... so Parker, this is my thanks for a wonderful gift.  I can hardly wait to go back!

Kathryn Wills

Cat

Cat, oil on canvas, 24 x 36"

A big, big canvas, and just three hours to work on this view of the whole room.

Talia

Talia   acrylic on canvas  18 by 24

Talia, a very pretty model, posed for us in the Firehouse for two sessions. This painting was done with acrylic on 18"x24" canvas.  Philip Ng

Many Months Ago

Woman with Lamp   acrylic on canvas  30 by 24

I did this quite a few months ago but only recently had it photographed.  Karen

Tyler on Valentine's Day

Tyler  oil on canvas   24 by 18

Tyler posed on Valentine's Day wearing his bright red NBA t-shirt.  Iris Sabre

Talia

This portrait was tremendous fun to paint.
My one previous attempt to paint
Talia was a flop, so I'm glad this one came out
better. It's in acrylics on paper.

Jenny in Green Dress

Jenny in Green Dress  oil on canvas

Jenny wore an irridescent silk print Idonesian blouse. She showed me how it was sewn from one piece of fabric. She had on black feather earrings and a black beaded hair ornament. She sure was fun to paint.  Iris Sabre