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Places and Faces Plein Air Watercolor Paintings, Conté Crayon Drawings, Pen & Ink Sketches by Jonathan W. Lowe and Friends |
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| "The sketch hunter has delightful days of drifting about among people, in and out of the city, going anywhere, everywhere, stopping as long as he likes -- no need to reach any point, moving in any direction following the call of interests. He moves through life as he finds it, not passing negligently the things he loves, but stopping to know them, and to note them down in the shorthand of his sketchbook, a box of oils with a few small panels, the fit of his pocket, or on his drawing pad. Like any hunter he hits or misses. He is looking for what he loves, he tries to capture it. It's found anywhere, everywhere. Those who are not hunters do not see these things. The hunter is learning to see and to understand -- to enjoy." |
| -- Robert Henri, 1923, The Art Spirit |
| Plein-air Landscapes |
 A palace's conical towers in the town of Sintra near Lisbon, Portugal |
 The Albany Bulb, San Francisco Bay Area, California |
 Two red buttes along the Green River, Utah |
 Foggy hills above Limantour youth hostel, Point Reyes, California |
| Portraits and Nudes |
 Portrait of Cat, San Francisco, California |
 Jenny Lowe self-portrait, State College, Pennsylvania |
 Reclining nude, Martinique, Carribean Islands |
 Seated nude, University of California, Berkeley |
 Half portrait of Mom, Berkeley, California |
| Painting with limited palette |
 Dad doing dishes, State College, Pennsylvania |
 Homes along Buena Vista Avenue, San Francisco |
 The Mazowe River in Zimbabwe, Africa |
 Vacant lot, Berkeley Hills, California |
 Chabot Reservoir, Oakland, California |
| Mountains, Boulders, Gardens |
 Lembert Dome, Toulumne Meadows, California |
 The town of Jagat, Nepal, in a deep river canyon |
 Prayer flags at the entrance to Chame, Nepal |
 Mountains West of Letdar, Nepal (Elevation: 13,860 feet) |
 Snowy ranges below Thorung Phedi basecamp, Nepal |
 Rocky Shore (inspired by a Hasslehurst painting) |
 Boulders and Conifers, Central Maine |
 Twelve miles from Murehwa, Zimbabwe |
 Botanical Garden, Harare, Zimbabwe |
 Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris |
| California Landscapes |
 Beltane Ranch, Sonoma County, California |
 Tuffa towers under storm clouds at Mono Lake, California |
 A hot day along the Navarro River, California |
 Golden waving fields near Bakersfield, California |
 View from the rooftop, San Francisco, California |
| Freehand pen sketches |
 Sculpture of Annibal, the Louvre, Paris |
 Bayeux Cathedral, Bayeux, France |
 Lines to the Louvre form below Cafe Richelieu, Paris |
 Rue Des Tournelles, Paris, France |
 Krazy Coyote Saloon and Grille, Anza Borega Desert, California |
| Still life, sketch diary, studio work |
 Plantains, Lemon and Limes, Carribean Islands |
 Landscape field sketches, Coachella Valley, California |
 Desktop still life, San Francisco, California |
 Kayaking in Baja, by Christopher W. Kent |
 Larch Waxy Cap Mushrooms, from "Mushrooms Demystified" |
Last update: 26 September, 2007. Copyright 2007 Jonathan W. Lowe. All Rights Reser ved. |