Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Get a Buck for a penny?

Get a Buck for a penny? 




Now's your chance to bid on the painting "Oak Park II" as seen on PBS; starting bid is only a penny and there is no reserve!  Good luck!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160828722459#ht_1198wt_1338

posted by Jonathan Paulson @ 5:38 PM 4 Comments

Friday, April 13, 2012

FRIEDA

I have to tell you about Frieda. She was one of my all-time favorite students. She came to me at the age of 89. Whatever was done on her canvas was super to her. Course her favorite instruction for putting a few final strokes on the painting was always “Put a little sparkle in it Buck!” So, I would.

All the other students loved her. So after a few years (I would guess about 5) she became a little weaker and had to go to the hospital and eventually to a nursing home. We loved to visit her and feel of her enthusiasm: we came to encourage, we went away buoyed up!!!!!! Her final word to me after each visit was always, “I’ll see you Tuesday.” But Tuesdays came and went and Frieda lay somberly in her bed instead of sitting in the far corner of the studio.

Eventually she went to Serenity House. They don’t walk out of there. I went to visit her there. She was in a coma, but as I opened the door, she jerked in the bed, surprising her attending relatives. I leaned over, kissed her on the cheek and whispered, “I’ll see you Tuesday.”

That was the last time I saw her alive.

The next day, I was painting in my studio. It was 3:00 in the afternoon and I had put some final strokes on a sunset seascape. I lifted my head and looked around as I felt some one else in my upstairs studio. No one was there, but I felt the presence of Frieda.

No words were audibly spoken, but she said, “Paint a portrait of me.” I responded that I would some day, when I had more time. She said, “Do it now.”

Well, I had taken a video of some of my students a couple of years ago, and Frieda was one of them. I searched for the DVD, found it, and in two hours painted this portrait of Frieda.

I took it to the memorial and set it near an easel which had some memorable material placed on it.

The family offered anyone a chance to say a few departing words. I shared with them what I have just shared with you. It was a great way to say goodbye.

She sure put sparkle into my life!

posted by Buck Paulson @ 5:39 PM 3 Comments

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Let's Do It Again!

This is a painting called “Oak Park II” I intend to teach it in Salt Lake City the first week in May. You can find exact dates and the person to contact for details by going to my schedule on my web site.

What is interesting about this painting is the similar fate that happens a lot after teaching workshops across the country. I will take home my original, then if the workshop demo (that I complete in the class, while teaching) doesn’t sell, I take it home and work it up further with some added variations.

Well this one was done on Television for series 1000, I think. Anyway, when I brought it home with me, I decided to add the waterfall which wasn’t in the original. I am very pleased with it.

I would assume that is why it is so hard to stop working on a painting as the little muse suggests some other addition to the COMPLETED (?) work.

I have heard it said, that it is better to have a painting a little unfinished, rather than overworked.

I have a couple of paintings that were signed and dated (which I don’t often do) over 20 years ago. On one of them, I liked it as it was, on the other one; I made a few corrections and liked it BETTER.

So my advice to you………………………….is…………whatever works for you!

posted by Buck Paulson @ 7:04 PM 2 Comments

Wednesday, February 29, 2012



I did a blog last night, then in trying to add a photo, I lost it…………THEN I LOST IT!

I wanted you to know just a few catch up things: I now have my 2012 teaching schedule on the Buck Paulson site.
a. I did teach in Vancouver, WA early in February. What a great job Bev has done for me over MANY years.
We did the painting called “Mood.” That is the one I was trying to add, both to show you one of the paintings taught, then to tell you that I will also teach it in Salt Lake City during the first weekend in May. In Vancouver, as well as Salt Lake City, it will be done as a Two-day 24 x 36 size. Then it will be taught as part of several one day paintings in Louisville, KY; San Jose, CA: Spartanburg, SC; and in St. Charles, IL. So It will be Moody after all of that.

I will be doing another PBS series with Prairie Public TV in October. The one we did last Fall will be out soon………..hopefully by May. That was series 1200. I have about eight DVD’s left of series 1100. They sent me the un-edited DVD’s from the latest series (1200) so that I could list the color notes that would be used to benefit the close caption addition on the DVD’s.

Be sure and check out my Face Book page from time to time as there are a lot of up to date things there………Take a look at my new Baseball Explosion Style.

Many years ago, William Keith, a fine landscape artist, wrote to his students and said to take White off their palettes. Then several weeks later, he said to put it back on. We teachers sometimes go off on a tangent………….I came close to telling my students to dump their brushes……..and just use the knives. But, now, I think that there is room for both. Just make sure that you adhere to good art principles of: Values, composition, color relationships, etc.

I watched a DVD series recently that had 24 lectures on Impressionism. It was very entertaining and educational. Whether you agree with their school or not, you have to admire their stick-to-it attitude. And pick out those things that you can use in your own style.

Bye for now………………Buck

posted by Buck Paulson @ 8:35 PM 1 Comments

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Enter to win a Buck Paulson Original!

Are you a fan of Buck Paulson Art? If so you can win a free original painting by becoming an official fan on Facebook and posting a message on the fan page wall. You become a fan by “Liking” the page https://www.facebook.com/BuckPaulsonArt. Fans who post a message on the Buck Paulson Art Facebook page on or before October 22nd, 2011 will automatically be entered to win a 9” x 12” original Buck Paulson Pochade painting. A random winner will be announced on October 29th.

posted by Jonathan Paulson @ 7:08 AM 3 Comments

Monday, April 25, 2011

Buckumentary

For those of you who haven't see this yet, this is a nice 5 minute mini documentary on Buck Paulson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdK21Zg2kNM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

posted by Jonathan Paulson @ 10:20 AM 5 Comments

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Buck's Art is Back in Hawaii


I thought I'd let everyone know that I just updated the buckpaulson.com website with some new pictures of Buck's Hawaiian paintings that are now in the "Pacific Fine Arts Gallery" on Kona.


posted by Jonathan Paulson @ 4:31 PM 2 Comments