Original Oil Painting Harvey's Bloody Mary

Harvey's Bloody Mary

12" x 12"

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We had a little get together a couple of weeks ago and my brother in law, Harvey was kind enough to serve his " Bloody Mary's ".  Harvey also brought some of his brother Bobbie's canned mushrooms. Since I am not a Bloody Mary drinker, I decided to take photos with the help of my niece, Amy. It was quite a family affair. Unfortunately Harvey had to wait to drink his because we were taking many photos with different compositions and lighting. This is the results! Thanks Harv for being such a good sport and letting me photograph your drink!

Original Oil Painting Old Man of the Sea

Old Man of the Sea

12" x 12"

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Here is a close-up.

I painted this for my class. All the time I was painting it, I thought of the movie: Old Man of the Sea. I hope it was ok to name my painting after a movie. If not I will probably change it to Old Man of the Sea with a Motor Boat. In the movie it was a row boat. I did add the sea gulls. I could not resist adding them.

Original Oil Painting Romantic Carnations

Romantic Carnations

12" x 12" 

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This is a close-up of the carnations.

My goal for this painting was to make it romantic, rich and playful. I really concentrated on variety of brush work and thickness of paint. 

Original Oil Painting Orange and Egg

Orange and Egg

9" x 12"

Painted on gessobord.

I painted this when I was also painting the portrait Jeff listed below. Here again I worked on reflective colors and glow. I soften the egg and orange to give them a glow look. I painted some reflective color in the egg and orange also. If you look closely you can see the orange half reflected in the whole orange and a hit of the table color in the egg's shadow. I painted this from a still life I created and photo I took. The idea came from my class. I decided to use the same objects given in the class photo assignment but use my own camera. That way I got a different perspective than the class photo.

Original Oil Painting Jeff

Jeff

9" x 12"

Painted on gessobord.

I have been working on two paintings at once. The portrait you see here and the Orange and Egg painting above. There are a lot of similar techniques you use in both still life and portrait painting. I was trying to focus on receding colors and advancing colors. Even thou Jeff's face has a warm shadow, I used cool colors to show receding colors on the lighted half of his face and warm colors to show advancing colors. I also try to show reflective background color on both sides where the face recedes. 

Original Oil Painting Franklin's Sunflowers

Franklin's Sunflowers

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16" x 12"

Painted on a box frame. The edge is painted and it is 3/4" thick.

I painted this using a photo from Francis Klinkemallie. He is a popular photographer and artist on the Paint My Photo website better known by Franklin. Unfortunately he passed away this last February and PMP has a challenge going on now to honor Franklin. I have painted from Franklin's photos before, "Street Musicians" from Praque naming one. His photographs are amazing. Franklin solves a lot of the composition problems for you which I greatly appreciate. When I painted from his sunflower photo it was if the painting just fell together. I love the strong light and shadows I saw. His generosity will always be felt for many years as other artist will definitely be using his wonderful photo references.

Originial Oil Painting Pink Zinnia

Pink Zinnia

9" x 12"

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This painting was 100% fun! Getting to paint with wonderful shades of pink and to top it off adding a golden crown. I have always loved zinnias and this was painted using one of my garden photos. I guess I will be planting zinnias again this year.