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Saturday, April 29, 2017

Quick Sale - SOLD

I've redone the Blue Hydrangeas (called At the Florist before) and dropped the price.

Blue Hydrangeas
Oil on Canvas Panel, 11" x 14"
SOLD

Overcast Day
Oil on Canvas Panel, 12" x 16"
SOLD

This one is a beauty, but the photo showing it before was very dark.
I didn't change the painting, just took another photos and dropped the price.




Glass Bottle

Glass Bottle
Oil on Canvas Panel, 6" x 8"
Available at $10 plus $10 shipping.

I was looking around for something small to put on one of the 6" x 8" panels, thinking I would then have time to spend at the "Paint-the-Town" plein air festival going on this weekend, poke around downtown. Hmmmm, maybe not my best choice. It turned out to be a lot harder than I thought. But well, it kind of looks like glass.

Friday, April 28, 2017

Simple Landscape - SOLD

Simple Landscape
Oil on Canvas Panel, 12" x 16"
SOLD.

I get emails whenever Johannes Vloothuis has a free Livestream demo going on. So I tuned in and watched him demonstrate and talk about scumbling and dry brush work, very interesting. I liked the trees he did, so tried some on my own, as a paint along.

If you want to see the Livestream demo and talk, it's HERE and it's free.

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Spring Overcast - SOLD

Spring Overcast
Oil on Canvas Panel, 12" x 16"
SOLD

I've been thinking about what it is that I myself like in a painting, and beyond admiring excellent craftsmanship, I think I like "moods" or something with drama, a play of light. So I tried here to do something with a little more drama than usual. I think it turned out well, for an imaginary landscape. All done with a palette knife, so lots of texture. (You can click on it to see it larger; some texture showing.)

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Two Onions - SOLD

Two Onions
Oil on Canvas Panel, 6" x 8"
SOLD

It's raining here today, chilly and windy, so I'm inside painting for the duration.
I will do either another hydrangea, maybe just blue, or a palette knife landscape, one or the other.
But meanwhile....onions.

Monday, April 24, 2017

Lavender Hydrangeas - SOLD

Lavender Hydrangeas
Oil on Canvas Panel, 11" x 14"
SOLD at $25, includes shipping.

Today I went with the blues and purples, from a bush of hydrangea.


Sunday, April 23, 2017

Hydrangeas at the Florist - SOLD

Hydrangeas at the Florist
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
Revised and SOLD.

A very sketchy Hydrangea painting, you can click to see it larger.
I'm sure there will lots of Hydrangeas this Spring, they are just fun to paint.

Also, a few revised paintings, all improved I think:

Gala Apples, Oil on Panel, 6" x 8"
SOLD.

Creek Revised, Oil on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14"
Available at $35, includes shipping.

Lane in Bloom, Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 16"
SOLD

This one was called "April Magic" I changed a lot!