Mazatzal Mountain, 18 x 36 inches, Oil on Canvas. Ready to hang in your fabulous home or office.
The regular price is $870, for a limited time, it's available for $575. Click on the photo to invest in yourself and add beauty to your space.
Monday, November 15, 2021
Plein Air Landscape Oil Painting - Mazatzal Mountain Now Available
Mazatzal Mountain, 18 x 36 inches, Oil on Canvas. Ready to hang in your fabulous home or office.
The regular price is $870, for a limited time, it's available for $575. Click on the photo to invest in yourself and add beauty to your space.
Monday, June 14, 2021
Painting in Progress - Purple Flower
My painting, Purple Flower, took a turn today. I’ve been resisting putting lime-green on it. Today I gave in.
I saw a painting, Hibiscus, by Georgia O’Keefe, which has its main color scheme of yellow and purple in the Facebook group Georgia O’Keefe (Official). I thought I should introduce yellow into the painting as the complementary color to purple. I wasn’t sure how to go about it or what shade of yellow to use. When I saw her painting, I had to try it. I have put an orange-yellow shape on it, which I wasn’t sure was working.
Turns out the lime green energized it as I thought it would. But, then I added a slice of blue for the sky modeling O’Keefe’s painting, Hibiscus. I wonder if it works or if it pushed too much into a nature scene.
I added yellow to the lower section. Then, I decided it was too bright and covered it with lime green (Green Gold). It toned the yellow down. But it could be overkill. The background might overshadow the star of the painting, the flower. I’ll have to see what happens after it dries overnight. Many times, the colors lighten as they soak into the raw canvas.
Please Comment
What do you think of the color combination of the detail I've added here?
Monday, June 25, 2018
New Painting: A Visitation to Middle Earth
A new oil painting has just been released sitting in my studio. "Strange seduction", said she, while the painting stares back at her. Certainly, there is a story in that composition somewhere. Characters come off the canvas, while others recede.
A young girl, an old woman, Pan himself, a pig, and an extraterrestrial co-exist on this oil painting on canvas. Bold blues play the background role while bright green yells out for attention. The extraterrestrial begs for a conversation. He insists on being lifted off the canvas to realize real life on this planet right in my living room. He wants to chat and have tea. He comes as a friend, he tells me.
Painting Process
The painting began years ago. It's been traveling with me to my various locations and addresses. It was a painting that never quite made the grade. So, finally, I decided to just paint over it and begin anew. But, some of the areas are left. I lovingly blended those colors. I couldn't get myself to paint over those spots. I painted Ultramarine blue and Prussian blue over the places I wanted to hide.
The whole painting was intuitively painted over a slow two month period. Lots of time sitting, staring, and contemplating was spent while trying to figure out what to do with the dark blue space I had created. Slowly, colors called, paint danced across the canvas. A new oil painting revealed itself. The final abstract painting is a little strange, I admit. It's a mix of abstract with surrealism.
The strokes are all made with a palette knife. I adore not having to clean brushes after having fun with paint. Just wipe off the paint and voila, done until next time.
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Until Next Week
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