Gigi's Palm

This was the second of two paintings of this palm...the first I painted on location but when I got it home I felt the colors were "too cool". So rather than fiddle with it to try and make it right, I painted this second version using the first on as my guide. Playing in the paints again, enjoying the "juicy brushwork" that  spontaneity provides!

Copyright L.Capell 2014       Oils on wood panel, 9" x 12" 

Mauna Kea Sunrise

This is the view at 6 a.m. in the morning from my backyard. The sun is just peeking over from the east side of the island, creating a "slice of sunshine" on one side of the mountain, while the other side is still half asleep. I love this time of day, but I must say I am not usually wide awake enough to dive into my paints at such an early hour. It took some planning! Painted on location in Puako.

Copyright L.Capell 2014               Oils on wood panel 9" x 12"

"Beach 69"

Headed down the road in the Puako area seeking shade and found this scene at 69"s. Late afternoon sun and lots of changing colors as it began descending to the sea. I love these old bleached out trees by the water's edge. Wind picked up a bit, coming straight at me so it was a challenge to keep this little guy from flying off the easel!

Oils on wood panel 9" x 12"  copyright Lynn Capell 2014

"My Backyard"

On the weekends I stick close to home, as during the weekdays for the last  couple of months there are workmen renovating the place upstairs. All kinds of hammering and "loud men noises!" So on the weekends I get my sweet peace back, (ahhhhhh...) and look for excuses to hang around my yard. This was painted on my back porch patio, looking toward the neighbors yard. 

"My Backyard" 11" x 14" oils on wood panel 

Copyright 2014 Lynn Capell

Sandy Path in Puako

Ok I confess,,, Started this on the beach (plein air) but it was just too large to get it done that same day without getting fried to a crisp! And you know those cute little green beach chairs sitting in the sand (that I worked on over and over).... well,.. "poof!!"... all this artist has to do is wave my brush and they're gone!! Magic!! (Anyway they were a bit too sentimental for my liking.) I finished this one in my studio 2 days ago. Enjoy!

Oils on wood panel  22" x 30"

Copyright Lynn Capell 2014

Clouds over Kohala

I painted this one the same day as "Cheri's Place", working quickly on the beach cottage porch with my pallette knives (my "trowels"!) to try and capture the lovely afternoon clouds over Hualalai mountain. It was such a spectacular day and the mountain was simply "glowing".
Oils on wood panel 11" x 14"
copyright L.Capell 2014

Hussshhh..

Unusual,  such a windless day. I was painting at the north end of Puako and this was such a still, warm afternoon. Just a gentle "husshh, husshh" of the waves lapping on the shore as the sun was dropping lower in the sky.  Soft colors all around.

Oils on wood panel 12" x 16"

Copyright L.Capell 2014

Seagrape Shade

A friend's place on the makai side of Puako in the shade of a big seagrape tree behind their house. It was wonderful painting beneath luscious shade for 3 hours. Still not sure I did justice to the view, as I was trying to paint very quickly to be done by noon (when the shade would be gone!)


9" x 12"  Oil on wooden panel  /    Copyright Lynn Capell 2014

"Buff's Backyard"

My friend , Buff, lives in down the street in a cozy cottage by the ocean, with his "not too shabby view" of Kohala Mountain across the water. Figuring I'd stick close to home, I set up on on the beach behind his house and began to paint at 9 a.m. Some 2 hours later, holding down my easel with crazy "in my face wind" (causing  tears to flow streaming down my face and my nose was just one big drip!)... it was done. Whew. Time for a nap... (ya got a hammock handy, Buff?)   

9" x 12" Oils on wood panel. Copyright Lynn Capell 2014  

(tickled pink!)

Ohhh.. my  "Daughter of the Sea" won 1st place (President's Choice) in the Hawaii Museum of Contemporary Art Summer Art festival in Hilo.  I didn't make it to the reception, and only now got the good news recently. Wow....I'm honored and thrilled!!

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WIND!

I may be the daughter of a sailor, but I'm not wild about the wind!! Especially when painting!! Got up this morning with the very vocal birds (ok, screaming Frankolins..call em what they are!)  intending to get an early start on a plein air piece after my walk. 

Started out with  a  nice little bit of wind, no big deal. Set up my easel on the beach in Puako and was painting the always lovely tidepools looking north toward Kohala mountain. Nice.

 An hour later, a little more wind..."ok...keep painting Lynn, it'll die down" I told myself. Another hour... HOWLING winds from the mauka side so that every few minutes I was grabbing my easel AND my palette (and yelling," No!" at the wind gods!) (yes- I've had THAT happen before!) 

Finally called it a day after painting as fast as I could...... Whew, I'm beat!! Enjoy..

16" x 20"  oils on canvas panel

Copyright 2014 Lynn Capell

PANIAU WINTER WAVES

Hot off the 'ole easel, This one was painted with a big palette knife and literally gobs and layers of paint!!  It chose it's own wild path.. as usual I was "but the brush" (and covered in just about as much paint..!)  I am dedicating this year to painting seascapes, and have spent  hours by the ocean to try and record those impressions in my mind  (kinda tough to do a big one like this on location!) Tomorrow I'm back to plein air, .. for now this one is "pau" (and so am I!!) Enjoy!
Oils on wood panel 36" x 48"

Copyright 2014  L.Capell

Duke's Place

A friend of mine rented a small studio on the makai side here in Puako, and this was his backyard! Just love it! So I set up my easel on his back porch and painted this one afternoon. Enjoy!
 copyright Lynn Capell 2014 .

Puako Plein Air

Deidre, I apologize!! After insisting that my student NOT work on her piece once she got home, I did exactly that the next day, "touching up" here and there and then wishing I hadn't!  "Sigh" ...Sometimes you just loose some of the freshness... but overall, a fun, hardworking day last Thursday at the beach!!

Waipio Valley Woodblock Print

I started this one last summer; at first it included a fisherman throwing a net. It began as a scene I photographed a year ago while in Waipio Valley. Struggled for a while with the fisherman... started out big, then slimmed him down....finally took him out all-together! (the print breathed a "sigh" of relief!)  Printed in watercolor paints with 4 carved blocks. Enjoy!
Copyright lcapell 2014

"Hau`oli Lā Hānau"

Happy birthday to me! And what a spectacular day! On Thursday I went down to the end of the street in Puako to paint by the ocean with my friend Mary, and I just could not get over how stunning the day was! The breaking waves were glowing, the sun was shining down and as people walked by our easels they often stopped to chat. And while we were painting the seascape there were humpback whales  offshore flinging themselves skyward in tremendous breeches, or tail lobbing with loud "thwacks!!" every so often.  Too beautiful for words.. or paint...

I am grateful.

"Lavender Quilt"

Just finished this puppy... It's a "redo"... it's a painting I did last year, but it just "wasn't right" yet.... I sanded it way down (scary but fun!) then painted a toned wash over the whole image so you just saw a "ghost" image, kind of "orangey".  Then, basically started over!!

 Changed the  colors, elongated the figure, and highlighted some of the sun burnished areas, faded out others,... Ta da! Now she's happy!!  (yes it is Natalia, my lovely and amazing daughter)
"Lavender Quilt"
Oils on Wood 48" x 60"
copyright Lynn Capell 2014

"Daughter of the Sea"

Sonnet XXXIV (You are the daughter of the sea)

"You are the daughter of the sea, oregano's first cousin.
Swimmer, your body is pure as the water;
cook, your blood is quick as the soil.
Everything you do is full of flowers, rich with the earth.

Your eyes go out toward the water, and the waves rise;
your hands go out to the earth and the seeds swell;
you know the deep essence of water and the earth,
conjoined in you like a formula for clay

Naiad: cut your body into turquoise pieces,
they will bloom resurrected in the kitchen.
This is how you become everything that lives.

And so at last, you sleep, in the circle of my arms
that push back the shadows so that you can rest--vegetables, seaweed, herbs: the foam of your dreams."

By Pablo Neruda

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My newest piece, finished this week. Painted in acrylics on a large copper panel framed in wood and glazed with epoxy resin 

Mahalos to  Pablo Neruda... and the sea.

Dimensions: 28" x 79" 

Copyright  L.Capell 2013  

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Indian Springs Buddha Garden, Calistoga

This first image I painted in oils on a canvas panel on location at Indian Springs Resort, in the early morning hours, I was delighted  by the glimpses of orange hammocks as the sun rose above the hills in the background. In the second one I worked from a photo I took on location that same morning, working larger in oils on a wood panel.

Calistoga Summertime...

Calistoga Paintings!