Edgar payne

We buy and sell paintings by Early Southern California Impressionist Artist Edgar Payne. Payne is best known for his plein-air landscapes.

Edgar Payne, one of California's leading landscape painters of all time, helped me understand three key ideas about painting trees when I did a master copy.

This week's sketches involve animal metaphors! Enjoy. "The pickpocket was a sly fox." "Mr. Swineson was a greedy pig." "Kathy was a curious cat. And she annoyed the heck out of Scotty." "She was such a chicken when it came to crossing the road. Then again, things always ended up badly when she did." "The elf had eagle eyes. His keen vision was a force to be reckoned with." This past Saturday, I visited the Pasadena Museum of California Art which was exhibiting the work of master landscape…

Edgar Payne (1883-1947) is one of my favorite painters of the California Impressionist school. That's because his paintings have strong composition supported by equally strong brushwork appropriate to his subjects. Wikipedia has a reasonably detailed entry for him here. Besides his art work, Payne collected his views on art in his book "Composition of Outdoor Painting" that was first published in 1941 and is still in print. I bought a copy several years ago, but have yet to work my way…

Orange County's Finest - Bowers Museum

Edgar Payne Fine Art is dedicated to locating and chronicling the artwork of Edgar Payne (1883-1947). We purchase Edgar Payne paintings.

I am continuing the theme of the last few days of writing short posts on a particular subject rather than a large theme. I will return to another series of related posts soon, after I recover from the massive "Every brushstroke" campaign. The paintings on this page are by Edgar Payne, the author of a book I want to tell you about. Some time ago I recommended John Carlsons Guide to landscape painting.Today I am recommending another book. Edgar Paynes composition of outdoor painting. These two…

High Sierra, Mountain Scene

Payne was an American Western landscape painter. He grew up in the Southwest, & left home at the age of 14. He traveled all over the States, painting portraits, signs, murals, & local theatre stage sets, to pay his way. Payne was self-taught after attending (& disliking) only two weeks of the Art Institute of Chicago. He made it to California in 1909 & met commercial artist Elsie Palmer (1884-1971) - they were wed three years later. Their daughter Evelyn was born in 1914. Later, Payne (with…

I just stumbled across a beautiful book collecting the paintings of Edgar Payne. I know nothing about him, but I love the paintings. Great compositions and great brushwork. I'm inspired. Check it out, the book is called Edgar Payne, The Scenic Journey.