Asian Vase

This still life I tried a few different techniques and such involving paint thickness, some of which I liked, some that I didn't.  So here is my latest still life.

For Sale

The following paintings are for sale for the listed price.  Contact me at Kevman06@hotmail.com with any questions.

 

Spring Apples

Oil on Panel

9x12

$80

Purple Pansies in a Vase

Oil on Panel

8x10
$70

Watermelon, Vase, and Plums
Oil on Panel
9x12
$60

To the Coast!

Tomorrow I leave for the San Juan Islands with my family in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.  I can't wait to go back to the place of my childhood and see the gorgeous state we call Washington.  It'll be a fun family vacation with lots of activities.  I'm planning to do a painting or two while there, but I am for sure going to be taking a lot of pictures so I'll have lots of material to paint.  So over the next month or two, look forward to a lot of Washington inspired art.  I personally can't wait.  So to get me in the mood for the ocean, here's a painting I did in this last winter entirely with a palette knife.  I absolutely love the red boat and could probably look at it for hours.  

 

Oil on Canvas Board

16x20

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Spring Apples

This was a really fun painting for me.  I liked it enough that I finished it once, looked at it, and then decided to scrape it off and do it again.  Thank goodness I did, because the second one is so much better.  The blossoms were really interesting to paint because there were so many of them and they were so bright.  I tried to have a pretty free approach to painting them, and for the most part I like how they turned out.  Overall I really like how this one all came together.  This is definitely one of my new favorites, but like every other painting, I'll have to see if I feel like this tomorrow.  Most likely I'll find all the flaws in it and want to paint something better.  My mentality is both a curse and a blessing.  I'm always pushing myself to produce better paintings, but its also sometimes discouraging because I expect more or thought I could have done better.  But either way its still a lot of fun.  So here's the painting I call "Spring Apples"

Oil on Panel

9x12

$80

....as compared to my first effort...

Oil on Panel

No longer in existence