View of the Winery - ACEO Painting

View of the Winery, Acrylic, 2.5 x 3.5 inches

I built a pochade box and wanted to test it out in my studio before embarking on a field-trip. The pochade box is small and very light weight. It's perfect for small paintings in the 5 x 7 inches range. It should be easy to pack into the field for plein aire sessions. This small painting is the first to come off the pochade, and it's based on some photo's I took last summer during a research trip for a larger commissioned piece.

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Cloud Study

Cloud Study, 2013

Revelry, Jay Raymond, Oil on panel, 30 x 40 inches

Camera Phone Photography - A New Genre

I'm no Luddite, but until now I resisted getting one of those fancy phones with all of the extra features such as a QWERTY keyboard and a camera. I've been perfectly happy with a basic cell phone, but my service provider recently discontinued it's mobile offering, and so I was forced into looking for a new phone and a new company. I had no idea what I was missing. The phone that landed in my hands turned out to be Apple's iPhone. What an incredible tool! It's not simply a phone. I've loaded several applications that provide functionality ranging from managing my bank account to navigating via voice enabled GPS. It has turned out to be an inexpensive replacement for various dedicated devices through the addition of affordable applications downloaded from iTunes. Included in the phone is a lens for still photography and video. I know most phones now have a built in camera so that people have the ability to capture images at any time, but I didn't realize ...

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