I am a landscape and seascape oil painter. I have been painting for over 30 years. Inspired by the beauty of nature that surrounds me. I try to paint daily while life continually gets in the way! Life? What is that? It's what happens when I am not painting! Being a wife and mother, finding the remote, the shoes, signing permission slips. Where is the permission slip? "Mom why is there alizaran crimson on my permission slip?" I paint en plein aire as often as possible, and studio paint when I can't, like at 1:30 in the morning. Often enlarging small plein aire paintings onto a large canvas. I hike all over Mt. Diablo and the surrounding hills gathering field notes for my large paintings in the form of sketches, notes, small oil sketches, and photographs. I have been chased by cows, tangled up in barbed wire, soaked in rain swollen creeks with slippery crossing rocks, and all the while I have to make sure I am back in time to pick up a kid from school! Back in the studio, I get to work on the day's information I have gathered. Recreating it on a large canvas. When I hear, "what's for dinner?" Dinner? What's for dinner? I should know this. My mother always knew this. It should be on the table in about ten minutes from now, and I haven't a clue as to the answer of that question. I am still trying to figure out how I got alizarin crimson on the permission slip!


Please enjoy my work, I will post as often as possible. Feel free to leave comments or to contact me by e-mail.



All works © 2010 Catherine McClure Lindberg No images may be reproduced without express permission from the artist.

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Artistic Distractions


Off to a foggy start this morning.  I have to go to a funeral today.  It is about an hour away from my home.  I plotted my driving route and it will take me right through Niles, and Niles Canyon Rd.  Beautiful area.  I will have my camera and sketchbook with me.  No paints allowed.  I am trying to figure out what exactly I can wear to a funeral and look acceptable and still be comfortable enough to go out hiking and sketching along the way. I am leaving in plenty of time to lollygag along the way.  I am thinking black jeans, and bring a change of shoes and a nice sweater to put on when I arrive at the service.  Works for me. Can't miss an opportunity to capture some of that beautiful scenery I will encounter along the way.  I can't wait to get back home tonight and paint where I've been!  In the meantime I am posting an old oak tree I painted. Everything is so green this time of year.
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Robin Purcell said...

Congratulations on your new blog. I can't wait to see the new stuff!Plein Air Painting season is beginning and we will be out there often I hope! Robin

February 16, 2008 at 7:20 PM

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