here are some highlights from my sketchbook(s) from 2009. all different mediums and styles. hope you like...

I have prints available now through Society6. Its a great website and Annie Adjchavanich, curator, all around art maven has personally curated the offerings. Its Annie's first curated online exhibition of all hand picked artists, so I am really excited to be a part of it.

Check it out... Society6

I have a new workshop starting this week in Ventura. Please read the info below and if interested feel free to contact me directly or the Vita Art Center for more info. Intro to Contemporary Abstract Painting

FALL 3-09

Instructor: Scott Yeskel

Dates: Wednesdays, November 18 - December 16, 4 sessions

Time: 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.

Class Code: A32W

Adults

A workshop by Los Angeles Artist Scott Yeskel exploring themethods and ideas of contemporary Abstract Painting. Yeskel derives his inspiration from the Landscape and incorporates thick layers of oil paint to come up with abstract imagery of cities, atmosphere, structures and masses. The workshop will cover how to use a photographic reference to start your painting, how to work ala prima with oils, and how to know when a piece is complete. Various Demos will be performed as well as a brief talk about Yeskel’s work and inspiration. Acrylic paints can be used in place of oils. Material list will be provided before the first class. No Class 11/25.

Fees: $120. ºº I am also continuing to teach a workshop at Paint Lab in Santa Monica on Tuesday as well various private workshops throughout L.A. and Orange County. Its been great and I am always looking for new students!

an article from the Ventura County Star about my show! If you are in Ventura this Saturday please stop by the Vita Art Center, part of the City-Wide Ventura Art Walk Weekend.

Driven to paint
Vita ART CENTER IN VENTURA
The sun, the sand, the ocean Southern California is, truly, a paradise. Alas, to get to the beach and the ocean, you most likely have to hit the highway — and that means traffic. Lots of it.
Scott Yeskel, a New Jersey native now living on the West Coast, is at once dismayed and inspired by the effects of urban sprawl. While he hates the enervating effects of traffic gridlock, it can’t help but inform his art. When he goes to paint, Yeskel told American Style magazine last year, he strives to take the “unattractive elements of urban sprawl and make them personal, poetic, beautiful.” Many of his paintings, like the one pictured here, feature cars. “They speak of our journeys, moods, where we are going, where we’ve been,” he told the magazine. “They also speak of how separated we can be at times.”
Yeskel’s work, both abstract and representational landscapes, is on display today through Oct. 29 in Studio 30 at the Vita Art Center, 432 Ventura Ave., Ventura. A reception will be held tonight from 6 to 9. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and weekends by appointment. Call 644-9214 or visit http://www.vitaartcenter.com for information. Yeskel’s Web site is http://scottyeskel.com.

the Pacific Club's Meet the Artists 9 is this Thursday night! I am looking forward to it and hoping for a good turnout.
painting taco trucks as usual, I like this one so far. Loose and painterly. 11"x14" oil on wood panel.

I love pictures of paintings lying around. getting ready for the Pacific Club Meet the Artists Show Oct. 15th.



some pictures from the Vita Art Center Gallery where my opening was last night. Thanks to everyone who came out. It was a really fun evening!

the press release for the show!

Los Angeles based artist Scott Yeskel has been painting his love/hate affair with Southern California since his relocation to the area six years ago. Traffic snarls, boxy apartments and occasional car crashes often act as Yeskel's muse. It is when Scott switches to his abstract work, his love affair with the spirit and color of the West appear. That's right, Scott paints both abstract and representational landscapes switching back and forth using many of the same colors and themes. Inspired by mid-century masters such as Diebenkorn and Richter yet original in both content and style, Yeskel's oil paintings are true statements of contemporary California living. Yeskel's frequent visits to Ventura has served as a nice respite to his hectic Hollywood neighborhood. The sea and crisp air have inspired a current mix of colorful visions of the seaside town mixed in, of coarse, with his iconic L.A. cityscapes.

Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday from 10 -5 and Weekends by appointment

Vita Art Center, 432 N. Ventura Avenue Studio 30, Ventura, 805-644-9214

finally a piece that really sums up the artworld nowadays. please click to zoom in and read. William Powhida, the new world, graphite, watercolor and pencil on paper 15.5"x19"

pictures from the Metro today. I took it to Chinatown to go to my framer. my muse met my work and the colors worked perfectly.





. we were in Palm Springs at the Ace Hotel for our 1 year wedding anniversary over the weekend. Here we are drinking champagne at breakfast. I love my wife.

shawn barber at the Shooting Gallery, S.F.
Moki's opening at the new Jack Fischer Gallery
I traded Liz Maher for this piece above last time I was in S.F. She is in a group show at the Barber Lounge. Her funny, spunky whimsical works are going somewhere.

Although I am not totally clueless when it comes to the L.A. Gallery scene, I rarely hit up openings anymore. I still feel much more in touch with San Francisco's more intimate and eclectic scene. Even if the work is kinda so-so in S.F. is still feels genuine. The opposite can be said for most of the work I see here in L.A.

*photos courtesy of S.F. Art openings.

some of you might recognize these pieces from before. I have been working on them in my studio and am happy with some added tweeks of color and contrast. Going back into paintings can be scarry but I'm glad these worked out.
Inner Coastal 40"x60" oil on cnavas
Overpass View 30"x24" oil on canvas

so...been really busy thus the lack of posts here. But I do have to report that SGFA has put me in their 'Meet the Artists 9' show once again at the Pacific Club this year, October 15th. Its one of my favorite events to participate in because I get to actually chat with collectors and other artists alike. and the food is always good.

I finished the piece detailed below in a studio shot. I cleaned it up a bit and added alot more of the yellow ochre color to create a division of the space. I'm happy with it and continue to enjoy working in a large squared format. Park-South 52"x52" oil on canvas.

I have been working on a series of paintings that were inspired by a brief trip in Chicago and the views I saw there of Lake Michigan. Lake View # 1 & #2 oil on canvas, 30"x24" (each)

We went to Palm Springs over the weekend to attend this Modern Arts and Crafts Day at the Ace Hotel presented by Apple Via. Hot Sun, cool crafts and luckily, cold beer and clean swimming pools. Dina and I have decided that we are going to retire in Palm Springs. Can't wait.