White flowers

I really enjoyed painting the two previous still lifes I did. I decided to do one more, and I like this last one the best. It was good exercise trying to describe the white flowers without actually painting them in individually, or adding in much detail. I am very pleased with the outcome.

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Another still life

I don't usually paint flowers, or even still lifes, but I did a few in one sitting. I enjoyed painting the negative shapes and painting the loose backgrounds. I'll post one more that I really liked after this one.


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Still life

A holiday still life in watercolor.


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Memento Mori

This is a small 8x10 oil painting I did recently. It was a challenge and I'm happy with the outcome.


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Macchinetta

It's been too long since my last post. This has to be a reoccurring theme in this blog, but I feel like it's like that for most art blogs. I produce work almost constantly, but it isn't necessarily work I want to share. I've been busy with school, so I've mostly been doing some light sketching.
So from now on (I'm sure I've written this before) I'll try to post more often.

So I have been doing oil paintings, a lot of which are alla prima plein-air landscapes. Now I'm trying to paint in my small home studio. This is one of the last paintings I've completed.

This is my "Macchinetta" or coffee machine. I received it as a gift when I was in Italy and I use it daily.

8x10 oil on canvas


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Plein air in progress

Doing some painting locally. Photo of a painting in progress.


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Valley Stream village green

This weekend I drove to the Valley Stream village green to do some painting. I painted for about an hour and a half, before it started to get cold and the sun started going down. I got through most of the painting so I decided to call it a day. I'm happy with the painting and as usual I will try to paint outside more often before the winter comes.

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