Gavin Otteson

Day 160: #makearteveryday

Atmospheres thick with gases and wind-tossed fines. Oddly shaped formations and unearthly structures stand tall upon dusty, barren plains. Terrans exlplore with a mix of wonder and trepidation.

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Day 155: #makearteveryday

A googly-eyed sentry tower keeps watch over a silent planet that hasn’t had a visitor in 20,000 years.

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Day 153: #makearteveryday

A day of tasks leaves me with just a few sketchbook moments at the end of the day.

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Day 152: #makearteveryday

Varnishing paintings. This is layer 3 for this batch.

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Day 151: #makearteveryday

The final details of this painting came together tonight.

Two curious explorers venture into a forest. Or is it a city? Or a herd of creatures?

What do you think?

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Day 149: #makearteveryday

A couple of random creative projects happening in the studio tonight. There is a very brown theme going on.

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Day 148: #makearteveryday

A desert planet with a desert moon.

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Day 147: #makearteveryday

Some napkin art at the Disneyland of sandwiches, Katzinger’s Deli in Columbus, OH.

Shoutout to Charlie for filming flawlessly while chomping on coleslaw!

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Day 146: #makearteveryday

A sketchbook page of dreamy, interstellar destinations. Anywhere, but here, right?

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Day 144: #makearteveryday

Today’s progress on my latest gouache painting.

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Day 143: #makearteveryday

Shadows, reflections, textures, and details are developing in my mind and on my canvas.

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Day 142: #makearteveryday

Sometimes painting feels more like sculpting when you’re working to build up shape and form and depth.

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Day 141: #makearteveryday

Today’s sketchbook page is set to random.

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Day 140: #makearteveryday

Work in progress. Colors in play.

I didn’t have a lot of time to work on this today, but any progress is good progress.

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Day 139: #makearteveryday

I started a new painting today. The thumbnail that inspired it has been in my sketchbook for months waiting for its chance to become a painting. Today is the day!

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Thanks so much! I’ll keep that in mind as I seek galleries that make sense for my work. ✌🏻🧡

Day 138: #makearteveryday

Stark landscapes. Blank walls. Open gateways. Just a bunch of places I want to see and walk around in.

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Day 137: #makearteveryday

This painting came together almost too quickly. I’ve had a fantastic time building these thin, soaring spires of stone, but I think it’s just about done and I’m a little sad to move onto the next one…but also quite excited!

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Day 136: #makearteveryday

I started this drawing in a really organic and shapeless way. Basically I scribbled and made random marks until an idea began to take shape. This is what came out. What do you think?

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Day 135: #makearteveryday

I think my favorite part of every painting is creating textures. I obsess over painting rocks, stones, wood, earth, regolith, metal, etc. The rocky spires in this painting are giving me life!

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Day 134: #makearteveryday

Alien castlescapes are rolling around in my head today. I’m sort of imagining how Mary Blair would illustrate an Isaac Asimov story.

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Day 133: #makearteveryday

Great progress made on this science fiction gouache painting today. It rained all day today, but spent my time painting and dreaming of sunny days and discovery.

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Day 132: #makearteveryday

And a new painting begins. Is there anything more difficult than correctly drafting ellipses freehand? I think not.

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Day 131: #makearteveryday

Todays effort was the art of making preparations for future prints. I scanned several paintings and spent a couple of hours editing and correcting the digital images. Fun times!

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Day 130: #makearteveryday

I am, admittedly, a very sketchy person. I sometimes lose myself in a sketchbook page as ideas evolve and come to fruition at the end of my pencil.

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Day 129: #makearteveryday

Simple. Surreal. Arid. Lonely. Quiet. Strange. Dusty.

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Day 128: #makearteveryday

I finished this gouache painting tonight! It took longer than I thought it would, but I’m pleased. The vibe I’m laying down with this one is rooted in the often strange, almost absurd, SF book cover art from the mid 20th century.

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Day 127: #makearteveryday

Charlie and I recently watched the Ken Burns documentary about Da Vinci and I’ve been very inspired by his approach to landscapes ever since.

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Day 126: #makearteveryday

Locking in the final details of this science fiction gouache painting. I think one more session ought to do it.

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Day 125: #makearteveryday

Pivotal choices were made today. Tonal changes. Textural levels. And, most importantly, the rocket landing site. I am nearing mission completeness. Thanks for hanging on for such a long ride on this one.

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