Category — Oil

I saw this bird at the Audobon Zoo over a year ago. I have no idea what kind of bird it is, but it is a cute one. I started this a long time ago and just put some finishing touches on it. I think the colors in the photo are a little darker than real life, but it’s not too far off. [Read more →]

I painted these in July after buying some heirloom tomatoes and fresh basil from the Durham Farmer’s Market. I don’t know how I managed to forget to post them for so long, but January seems like a great time to start wishing for fresh picked tomatoes again, so I thought I would post them now.

Summer Tomatoes | 14" x 18" | Oil on Gallary Wrapped Canvas

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Would you like a glass of wine? | 12" x 12" | Oil on Wrapped Canvas

I finished this painting last night. It is 12″ by 12″ and I started it a while ago, but I decided to withhold posting anything until completion. I’m quite happy with how this turned out. I have somehow developed a strong fondness for glass; especially clear glass. This was really fun because of all the reflections of the orange label through both glasses. You can see its color from the top of the wine glasses to the bottom.

Here are the stages of the painting. [Read more →]

Since my first post on the white flower, I have worked on it some more. The changes might seem subtle, but the overall tone of the white flower was off, and needed to be corrected.

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Unfolding White Flower | 16" x 12" | Oil on Gallary Wrapped Canvas

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This is the first painting I’ve done in 2010 that is larger than 5×7.  This one is 12×16 oil on canvas. I am mostly done, but I do have one more session planned for the kind of tweaking that can’t be achieved wet on wet. [Read more →]

I don’t think I’m quite done with the one yet. The most recent version is at the end of the post. I will post again when it’s done.

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I think I am done with this little 5in by 7in painting. I never know for sure…sometimes I decide to tweak things down the road, but I am pretty happy with the result of this one. It was great green mixing practice because other than the pink petals peeking out it is a very limited palette.

Peeking Pink Petals | 7" x 5" | Oil on Linen Panel

One of the fun things about this painting is that I actually took photographs of this piece and different stages to share.

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I finally finished this painting (I think). I posted the earlier version here. I learned an important lesson from this one: tomatoes can be challenging to paint because you need to be able to give it shadows and highlights while still making sure it is clearly, entirely red. I think I re-did the tomato three times because first I would do the shadows and highlights too strongly and make it look like it wasn’t fully red anymore, or it would be too close to being a uniform red and look flat. Obviously, I need to paint more tomatoes, and with summer coming, that should be easy.

Tomato and Garlic | 7" x 5" | Oil on Linen Panel

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