Relatives in all their Glory!

 

So lucky to have these unique individuals in my life!  

A Day at Bondi Beach - video

Spent some quality time at Bondi Beach in Australia in October and spent the day taking photographs.  This one added a soundtrack of me playing Satie (not very well) with the addition of various other sound effects to tie in with the action onscreen.  I've done another one uploaded to Vimeo (vimeo.com/user1980254/)

which has a different soundtrack.  Let me know which you prefer.

Photographing the Great Barrier Reef from Cairns and Port Douglas, Queen...

A great vacation with friends and family in Australia (despite the 15 hour flight to get there).  Highlights include two snorkel trips about 90 minutes out on boat to the Great Barrier Reef, one from Cairns and another from Port Douglas in Queensland.  

Teeter Totter

The Taylors come to Marin and we all go to the beach!  Music by Haydn, Mozart, a little original music and some loops.

New Oil Paintings September/October

 Top to Bottom:

1.  Playing in Mud at the Estero 18x24x1.5 oil on stretched canvas.  

2.  Parts 2 if 5 of a 5x7 oil-on-linen mini landscape series:  

    a)  Northern California Quarry & Hills

    b)  Winding Road to Mustard Fields

Weekend in Lake Oswego

A Day at North Beach Video

Family having fun at North Beach in Pt. Reyes, May 2021.  Soundtrack includes The Swan by Saint-Saens and Bernard Romberg cello music played by Susan Manata, and the original composition Elegy by J.L. Autrey with Susan Manata on cello and J.L. Autrey on piano. 

Hiking Dry Marin in the Month of May

Post Covid-19 vaccinations, a family visit and hike up into the dry hills of Marin County, with fire hazard grass being eaten by goats in the distance. Video and Soundtrack by Lucy Autrey Wilson with original music by Greg Manata. Copyright Lucy Autrey Wilson, 2021. Full screen version of video on my YouTube channel here

Painting Mock-Ups

 

Working on the concept for a series of Flowery Memories of Childhood with small 5x7 oil on canvas paintings of my family (parents and siblings) set against floral backgrounds.  The original concept was to paint the humans with few facial details and in odd skin colors to blend in more artistically with the looser floral backgrounds (once painted).  There has been a suggestion, however, that it would be preferable to paint both the individuals and the flowers with more realistic details.  More opinions welcome!

Option A:  Paint both background and people in realistic colors with facial details included (example Lucy bottom pic)

Option B:  Paint backgrounds and people in bolder colors with fewer details (example Lucy 2nd to bottom pic)

These smaller paintings are companion pieces to my bigger 18x24 oil paintings in process (see below)

Thanksgiving Hike along the Trails above Rossmoor in the East Bay

Thanksgiving day socially distancing hike with family.  Clear blue skies, fabulous views, unique terrain, steep uphill - well worth the effort!

Playing Around With Old Photos, Patterns and Neural Filters in Photoshop on a Gray Day

 Top to Bottom

Photo shot in Seattle, September 2011 with Amber, Cole and Wilson - as shot

Same photo with B&W filter and some Photoshop Beta Neural face smoothing

Same photo with a different Neural filter and a pattern overlay of a repeating self portrait painted by my father, the late, great E.A. Autrey

Same photo toned down a bit by re-layering the original photo over the 3rd photo.

Since I am no longer travelling up to Seattle on a regular basis, this makes up for it a little.

Relative Sightings

Top to Bottom, Elsa, Gregory, Jean L. Autrey (age 96), Rachel

Exquisite Corpse Family Vacation Art

Contributors:  Lucy Autrey Wilson, Matt Taylor, Wilson Taylor, Rebecca Laughlin, Charlotte Laughlin, Malia (friend of Charlotte), Matt Songer, JeanAAutrey, Susan and Gerry Manata, Elsa and Rick Zisook

People, Places and Things

And finally, a few new oil paintings:
1.  "Sundown," oil on linen 22x28.  This family exploration painting follows the series begun with "Laura," then "Girl at the Window" (updated version below), and "The Witching Hour."
2.  "Eyes in the Skies," oil on linen 16x20.  The first in a planned new series of clouds.
3.  "Chester Arnold Painting," oil on marble gesso on board 8x10.  Painting of my famous art teacher who posed for his art class at Indian Valley College while he painted. 

Rainy Sunday

It's raining today but I'm warm inside thinking about family and our trip to Texas in 1958