Amber's backside (standing nude)

Did some more work on this five by seven, when I started it I ran out of ivory black, so it never got dark enough which is essential for a tonal painting like this, it came to the full value range on the second pass.

5x7 inches oil on Ampersand panel, varnished

New etsy shop for small figurative & nude oil paintings

Available drawings and paintings online

I've listed some older paintings and drawings for direct purchase online...

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a handful of them on a really low starting bid auction, they are dated differently and you can see variations in the style too,

 some of the paintings are more elaborate and took some time to finish, some are quickly resolved sketches,

"Apple bowl and orange" still life 5x7 oil painting

5x7 inches oil on canvas panel

"Reflections" 6x8 female nude figure oil painting on canvas

6 x 8 inches Oil on canvas
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"Katherine" portrait of a young girl 6x6 inches oil on canvas

It's been awhile since my last posting so this is a new portrait I just painted, I'll be posting images of some recent commissions and figurative pieces, stay tuned.
6 x 6 inches Oil on Canvas
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"Summer house" 4x6 plein air female figure painting Available

4 x 6 inches Oil on Canvas panel
This one's really a small size for a figure but it has some cool flowing dynamics throughout the painting, when it's this small you gotta keep the space well thought out and tell a story with less, I'm not a big fan of overpainting things, its much harder to create a piece that's effective and works within its own limited frame...so in this respect, each brushstroke counts.
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"Blank paper note #3" Contemporary still life art

6 x 6 inches Oil on Gallery wrapped canvas
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So it's been a while since I did any still lives, I enjoy going back to a certain subject with a new take on it, its never the same, I had to deal with subtle variations in value here and explore the nuances of light falling over the subject, constant comparison is the key in getting things right in the painting process.

"High spirits" 5x7 Female nude in plein air Landscape oil on panel

5 x 7 inches Oil on canvas panel
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"Portrait of a girl" 6x8" Original Oil Painting a day on panel

6" x 8" Oil on canvas on panel

The painting will be on a seven day auction starting at 8:15pm Pacific time.
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"The secret" 5x7 Art female figure oil painting a day on panel

5" x 7" Oil on canvas on panel

I wanted to convey a sense of suspense in this one with the girl holding the crumpled letter in her hands like she's trying to hide or forget something without anyone noticing it.



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Portrait of a man - Art oil painting by Gallery Artist

Sold5" x 7" Oil on canvas panel
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Sake cup with Red plum - Available

5" x 7" Oil on canvas

This is another piece with an oriental feel and a color study, I wanted to get the intense red from the plum and I used a madder deep for the middle tone and a permanent red for the highlights.

Flour Jar - still life art painting a day by artist

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6" x 8" Oil on canvas on panel
The delicate transparence of the jar with its tiny luminous details and search for dimension within the canvas were my goal in this painting also I haven't seen flour in a painting before so I decided to do it, painted in alla prima style in daylight.

L.A. Times #2 - Daily Oil Painting Man Figure

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Auction starts @ 7.30Pm Pacific

Mushroom

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"Mushroom" 2.5" x 3.5" Oil on canvas
This mushroom was actualy picked up straight from the ground instead of being purchased at the local grocery store, there are still pieces of the soil on the bottom of the stem, no mushrooms were digested during the making of this painting, just the regular fumes from the oil:)

Rose

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"Rose" 2.5" x 3.5" Oil on Canvas

Portrait Study in Close Values

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"Portrait Study in Close Values" 6.5" x 8.5" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished
Auction starts @ 8.00Pm Pacific Time.

Daylight

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"Daylight" 6.5" x 7.5" Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished
Auction starts @ 7.45Pm Pacific Time.
This is a new drawing in charcoal that I did and used a different combination of chalks to add more value and dimension to it, quite strong line gestures are used at certain areas to emphasize that particular part even more.

Reclining Male Nude

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"Reclining Male Nude" 6.5" x 9" Pastel and Charcoal on "Canson" drawing paper, Varnished
The Auction for this Drawing starts @ 7.45Pm Pacific Time.