Donald Neff Weblog

We had a short winter storm come through last night which brought rain and colder temperatures. I like going out and painting right after these storms, as it is the best time in this area to catch some big cumulus clouds and clear air. I originally thought about heading towards the coast, but got a [...]

I will have a painting up for auction in the Yosemite Renaissance Fund Raiser over the next few weeks. The donated painting will be shown online and auctioned off at the Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite National Park on Friday April 13, 2007. I decided to donate one of my latest studios series of the [...]

I did this little 6×8 seascape about a week ago, set it out to dry, and yesterday my son Justin saw it, and said, “Dad, that is a nice little painting”. He turned 18 this week. I think he has a good eye….anyway here it is—

Here are a couple better shots of the two paintings I did Monday in Garrapata State Park south of Carmel. Both are 12×16 Oil on panel.

Thought I would post the final painting from the Los Gatos Demo I did last Saturday. I spent a little over an hour finishing it. I might touch it up a bit more in the coming weeks, but it is about 98% done. Truckee Snow * 16×20 * Oil on board

We had been having spring like weather, plus it had been awhile since I had painted the Big Sur area, and taken the Harley out on a painting trip, so decided to do both today. I left around 7:30 when the sun was just starting to peek over the hills and mountains behind the house. [...]

I received an email last week from a partner in an art gallery at South Shore Lake Tahoe. The email, which was totally unexpected, invited me to start showing at their gallery located in the new Montbleu Resort (formerly Caesar’s Palace). He had seen my work at another gallery, James-Harold Gallery, where I show on [...]

I mentioned in a previous blog I was invited to to a demonstration painting at the Los Gatos Art Association monthly meeting. Today was the day. I decided to demo a painting of a Truckee River snow scene. I had done a series of plein air snow scenes several years back, and am now doing [...]

This blog is normally about art, so why would I write a note about a movie? Well, many of you know I have a Harley-Davidson motorcycle and frequently take it on plein air trips. I can never decide whether the ride there is more fun than painting while there! Been waiting some time for the [...]

The Carmel Art Festival is considered to be one of the top plein air events on the west coast. I have been honored to join about 60 other artists juried into the show this year, which takes place May 17-20. The artists will paint “en plein air” for two days, and the resulting works will [...]