Donald Neff Weblog

An artist friend emailed me a recent book review from the New York Times by Steven Heller entitled The Original Art of Basil Wolverton. From the article: Any aficionado of early Mad comics published during the first half of the 1950s, when Mad was still a riotous comic book and not yet a formatted magazine, [...]

I received an email last night from my gallery in Carmel, Sandy-by-the-Sea, that I had been accepted into the Carmel Art Festival. again this year. I have not received official word yet, but their website had me listed for the show. This will be my third year in the event. Below is a painting from [...]

After a quick breakfast, and checking out of Yosemite Lodge, it was time to do one last painting and then head home. With the snow, there were not many places to pull off and paint, but I found a wonderful spot along the Merced River with a view of El Capitan in the background. The [...]

After a quick breakfast, I headed out this morning to a spot I found yesterday on a foot bridge over the Merced River. I set up on the bridge, and began to paint the river and the surrounding scenery. I didn’t last long! My back was starting to bother me, so I decided I had [...]

Today I took off for what has become an annual winter trip to Yosemite National Park. We just had a rough (at least for California) winter storm come through, however it was breaking and the weather should be great in the park. I awoke to rain and clouds in my San Jose home. I guess [...]

I am off to Yosemite Park tomorrow for a couple days of painting. As usual, I received a special coupon where I stay one night free for every night paid. It should be great as a large storm front just passed through and there should be plenty of sun and snow. Last year I went [...]

Quimby Road runs a couple blocks by my home, in San Jose, CA, zig-zags straight up the eastern foothills of Silicon Valley, offers spectacular views of Silicon Valley, then goes over the central foothills, joins Mt. Hamilton Road, eventually San Antonio Road, and finally you can get to central California, or the San Joaquin Valley. [...]

An article came across the news wires the other day about the growth of digital art, it’s acceptance, and growing prices. Thomas Kostigen writes: But the agent of change may be the product of change itself: Virtual art is becoming big business, with artworks created online fetching thousands of dollars, and pixel space selling for [...]

Thought I would post a better picture of the painting I did a couple days ago of Coyote Creek. After I got home, I didn’t really have to touch it up much…it looked ok to me as-is. Anybody have an opinion?

Due to one of my gallery’s urging, I have been painting a series of Yosemite Valley…mainly small and miniatures. They are fun to do as I have not painted the valley recently. I think the last time was a plein air trip about a year ago you can read about here. I still am planning [...]