A PAINTING A DAY

"Sidewalk shadows" 5x7 LA Urban Plein Air Landscape painting

5 x 7 inch Oil on canvas panel
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I did this small study on the hot sidewalks of West La, you would think that there won't be much activity on Sunday but you'd be wrong, occasionally dog walkers were blocking my view cause there's plenty of them but I was able to pull off a quick study before the day ended.
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"Bartlett pear" 2 x 3 inches Still Life oil/canvas

2.5 x 3.5 inch Oil on canvas panel
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Ok, this probably is one of the smallest paintings I've done so far, I think I shouldn't go any smaller then this because it probably won't exist at all:)
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"2:36pm" 6x8 Urban landscape with a female figure Oil painting

6 x 8 inch Oil on canvas panel

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I started this painting earlier but it needed more work since there was a lot going on in the background, there's some palette knife on the left that was needed to make an even bigger contrast distinction between the lights and the darks, direct sunlight creates dramatic play between these polarities, so around this particular time is the result that came to life in form of a painting.
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"Undressing Female nude" 5x7 Original oil daily painting by Daniel Peci

5 x 7 inch Oil on canvas panel

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"Peach in purple" floral still life

6 x 6 inch Oil on canvas

Before I actually compose the still life I like to visualize it, in this case it was mostly color combinations, I like to have an idea what its gonna look like prior to the actual object arrangement, the only thing that wouldn't agree to that was the actual peach, it would just not sit still, you'd think it should just stay flat on the table but no..., its like a sitter that likes to move a lot, I fixated it between the foldings and it seemed to work!

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"Red cover" 6x8 Female nude and article in Professional Artist magazine

6 x 8 inch Oil on canvas panel

Here's a new nude from last night, it has a nice color play throughout the painting, when figuring out the composition I try to focus on the things that 'matter' and leave the other objects within the interior of secondary importance.

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Also there's an article mention about my work and selling art online in the new July/August issue of Professional Artist Magazine.

"Calmness" 5x7 Original Art Female Nude daily painting

5 x 7 inch Oil on canvas panel
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"Brass cup with a rose"

6 x 6 inch Oil on canvas

Haven't really painted a still life in a while so I decided to do one yesterday, I had this small antique cup that I used for the setup and I put the flower over it for a more organic effect, I don't really like when the still life is too 'properly' arranged.

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New Gallery Representation

I'm now represented by Ellis Nicholson Gallery in Charleston, SC, here's a few larger paintings that are now available through the Gallery, also I'm preparing new paintings for a solo show at the Gallery in October this year, so plenty of new work coming up...

"Falling Asleep" 12x16 inches, oil on canvas, Framed.

"Katelyn" 9x12 inches, oil on canvas, Framed.

"Pillows" 11x14 inches, oil on canvas, Framed.

If you are interested in purchasing any of the pieces please contact the Gallery here.

"Reclining female nude" 6x8 Original figurative art daily painting

6 x 8 inch Oil on linen on Panel

I really like these Robert Simmons Signet brushes that I just started using, they're great for applying heavier strokes of paint and they're also very flexible, for the middle values and transitions I usually use a mongoose brush, so I balance between the two, mostly flats though...
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