A PAINTING A DAY

Male portrait 6x9 oil on paper

Second oil sketch from the same day, looks more like its been done with acrylics rather then oil because of the paper's quick absorbing properties, also the values look lighter then actual, the painting will get the proper finished look once a final layer of varnish is been applied.

6x9 inches oil on gessoed paper

"Girl with a dragon tattoo" female nude painting

Painted this one last night on a prepared paper, it responds differently then the canvas and the oil dries quicker, forces me to do more deliberate brushstrokes that gonna stay permanently on the surface, less thinking is more action.
6x3 inches oil on gessoed paper

"Antique cup with rose" 6x6 still life painting

Second still life from the same day, this one's gotta more rustic feel to it and similar chroma, painted under cool light - meaning cold light.
The 7 day auction for this small painting starts tonight at 6 40pm Pacific time.

6x6 oil on canvas
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"Peeled orange" 6x6 still life daily painting

Color, light/dark and textures, this is the latest still life, I'm starting a new series of these kind of paintings, I'll be using various objects that peek my interest, under different light conditions...
6x6 oil on canvas

..also here's a studio shot of the process involved in creating this small painting.

"Innocence" female nude figure 6x6 painting a day

The purity of youth, unspoiled personal universe, a cocoon that's still under the protection from outside forces.

6x6 oil on canvas

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Nightdress nude female oil daily painting

Figure in the night, moving through the shapes and shadows, the slow rhythm of the night descends upon us. 7x5 oil on canvas panel

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Male portrait on red background alla prima

More color in this small piece, the profile lit by warm daylight.
5x7 oil on canvas panel
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Portrait of a young man 5x7 oil painting

Fresh off the easel, brand new portrait painted on a panel, - no soft brushes used here.

5x7 oil on canvas panel
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"405 N/10 W" Los Angeles freeway cityscape oil on canvas

The flow of traffic on the 405 at 6pm, or more like the congestion on the freeway, before the sun starts to come down, capturing the grittyness of the whole scene.

6×6 oil on canvas

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"In bed" female nude in an interior oil painting

Intimist piece, private space, female body illuminated in the night, slightly covering, no words, just images.

5×7 oil on canvas panel
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"Pillows" interior still life oil painting

11x14 oil on canvas, framed, ready to hang

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Portrait of a young man - sidelit oil painting

Here’s a new portrait sketch that’s fresh off the easel, kept it loose with the brushwork and it also came out as a nice color study, the painting is brighter and has even more color when seen in person.

6×8′ oil on canvas paper
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"Granny Smith apple" 6x6 oil on canvas

There’s a quiet synergy at work between the greens of the apple and dark grey/black background resulting in a calm meditative effect, especially with the painted subject being ‘self reflective’.

6×6 oil on gallery wrapped canvas
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"Reflections" 6x8 female nude figure oil painting on canvas

6 x 8 inches Oil on canvas
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"Zen" Young Asian girl 4x6 female portrait oil on canvas

4 x 6 inches Oil on canvas
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"Portrait of a young man with a beard" 8x10 oil on panel

A glimpse into the work process, this is the beginning stage where I established the major values on the face, this way I can judge correctly the rest of the shapes and values, its one way to start a painting and every painting is different and so is the start, but I usually adjust the beginning according to the given subject and circumstances.

8 x 10 inches Oil on gessoed panel
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"Early morning" 4x6 Female nude figure original oil painting

Captured the moment of waking up and getting ready for the day ahead and the opportunities it brings.
4 x 6 inches Oil on primed panel
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"Stephanie" Commissioned portrait

Recent portrait commission that I completed.
11 x 14 inches Oil on Canvas, Private collection

"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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Limited Edition Prints by Daniel Peci

"Green room"
I started doing prints of some of my paintings, going through the selection process of images right now, they will be edition of 20, signed and numbered.

"Lightness"
For now I'll be printing them at a standard size of 8.5x11 inches, I might decide to go larger in near future, the quality and color is very true to the originals,

"Antique door"
They are printed on a card stock paper, matte finish, that's how I like them, if you wanna see which prints are currently available via auction please
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Merry Christmas

In the vein of the Christmas season I decided to list a bunch of different sketches, drawings and small oil paintings for sale, they are all listed on a seven day auction with a Really low starting bid, I thought its a good idea to clean out the studio so I can start some new ones in the upcoming year

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artwork

5x7 inches oil on panel

I hope you are you enjoying the holidays and Merry Christmas from Daniel Peci!

"Red shoes" 6x8 sitting female nude in a room oil painting a day

The body seated yet turning, unrest, thoughts passing through, static yet moving, confined into space, daylight travels across the room, introspective shadows reveal forms...

6 x 8 inches Oil on Canvas
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"Nonchalant" 6x6 inches Female portrait girl oil on canvas

If you were following my postings on my other blog A drawing a day, you'll notice that I did a preliminary drawing for this painting, now that doesn't mean that I follow the outlines of the drawing to create the painting, its just to give me a better idea how to visualize the painting before I start, the whole process then unfolds spontaneously and it can go in any direction.

6 x 6 inches Oil on Canvas

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"Fontaine de jeunesse" Female nude in a dress painting realism

A more archaic reference for this painting, using an old myth embodied in a female form, the power of myths is that they work at any point of history and even today, always open to interpretation, the image would be a visual stimulus to seek a personal meaning within or outside the context of the artwork.

6 x 8 inches Oil on Canvas
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"Zen #3" Japanese model female nude in daylight oil painting

6 x 8 inches Oil on Canvas panel

Fresh off the easel, this is a new intimist piece that I just painted, the warm daylight coming from the left travelling across all the shapes in the room, the subtle nuances of light always intrigue me.

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"Fleeting light" 9x12 Female nude plein air landscape Framed

9 x 12 inches Oil on canvas
This piece comes framed in a deep dark frame, for price inquiries email me at danipeci@yahoo.com

Oil paintings and drawings for sale

This is a selection of available works for sale, they range from 4x6 inches to 9x12, the auction prices vary depending on the size of course, some new drawings and also older paintings are available, be sure to check em out, thanks!
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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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"Carrie" Female profile 5x7 Alla prima oil portrait painting

5 x 7 inches Oil on Canvas panel
Full profile here, I visualized this painting in my head first and where do I want the face to be exactly and decided further right, makes it more interesting instead of the usual middle of the canvas placement, it also points where she's looking in a more direct way.
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"Grace" 5x7 Seated female nude Original artwork for sale

5 x 7 inches Oil on Canvas panel
The angle was the key here which placed the figure towards the right, it anticipates movement and shows the sensibility of the female form more, sometimes certain poses give more hints about emotions or thoughts then others, you can never intellectualize all of this in the beginning since most of the problematics are resolved during the creative process, you can only try to visualize the result.
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"The Swimmer" (Standing Female back) Modern Art oil painting for sale

5 x 7 inches Oil on Canvas panel

This female figure seen from behind was inspired by the 2012 Olympics in London, yes I watched some of it too!
There's a certain texture throughout the painting that suggests water and somehow found its place organically in the painting, originally it was just the initial turpentine wash but I kept its abstract quality all the way to the end since it served its purpose.
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"Android" HTC - Smartphone still life painting realism

5 x 7 inches Oil on Canvas panel
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Are we more connected today or disconnected?Does the device connect us only on a superficial level? Where's the line between the natural and the artificial? Did our brains go into stand by mode by being substituted by the android brain?...Are we more connected to the machine then to each other?

"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.

"Enchanted" reclining female nude painting sold

6 x 8 inches Oil on Gallery wrapped canvas
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I tried taking a decent photo of this painting today but the weather wasn't cooperating, it was gloomy and rainy kinda so didn't get the proper daylight for a good shot, I'll try to take another one tomorrow if the conditions are right so you can get a truer representation of the original...
*Image has been updated with a better shot*
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"Anticipation" 5x7 Seated Female nude Oil daily painting a day

5 x 7 inches Oil on canvas panel
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"July" Impressionist Female figure landscape oil painting

6 x 8 inches Oil on primed panel

In this particular scene I used the figure as an integrated part of the landscape, shapes merging in and out, colors reflecting each other, the warm light of July enveloping all forms, shadows quickly shifting their shape as the sun moves on.
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"Red cover" Framed in dark brown frame contemporary painting

6 x 8 inches Oil on canvas panel
comes framed in a deep brown frame,
with the frame measures 11" x 13"

Here's what the painting looks like framed:

"Zen #2" Japanese model Original art oil paintings

5 x 7 inches Oil on canvas panel
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There's a preliminary drawing in charcoal that I did for this painting couple of months back so I decided to finally paint it, the drawings are not necessarily identical to the paintings and I'm not using them for tracing purposes, they both stand on their own, its for a better understanding of shapes particularly and the basic planes of light and shadow, the color comes organically.
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"June" Impressionist Art female nude paintings

5 x 7 inches Oil on canvas panel
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I'll break my 2 and a something months of blog silence with a new painting that I did yesterday, I have a good excuse for not posting more often since I was back home with my family so now I'll be 'compensating' for that time with new paintings, stay tuned!
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"Unbound" 5x7 Male figure seen from behind Urban landscape painting

5 x 7 inches Oil on canvas panel
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Man is unbound, yet the limitations imposed on him are growing bigger, social conditioning and strict rules of movement in a world where the man stopped following the given guidelines and got lost on the way, he ignored the signs and got cast away from the tribe.
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"Zen" Asian female nude Original art 5x7 daily painting

5 x 7 inches Oil on canvas panel
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Since I did a couple of preliminary drawings with an asian model here's a painting of her, still a standing pose just a bit different from the charcoals.

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

5 x 7 inches Oil on canvas panel
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Happy Holidays!

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"Implied in purple" 6x8 Female nude art daily painting

6 x 8 inches Oil on primed panel
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"Second thoughts'" 6x8 Art female nude oil painting

6 x 8 inches Oil on canvas panel
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"Anticipation" Female nude 5x7 inches Daily painting

5 x 7 inch Oil on canvas panel

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Finally a new daily painting, after doing larger pieces for my solo show its good to be back painting small ones again, its always a pleasure for me to spontaneously produce a single piece for the day, in a spur of the moment fashion.

"Pumpkin" Halloween Original Daily painting Still Life 6x6 Oil on Canvas

6" x 6" Oil on canvas
In the spirit of Halloween here's an older daily painting to kick off this week of costumes, disguises and all kinds of trickery!
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