Three Small Abstracts in Oil
I’m liking this small size just to try things out and play with different compositional ideas and processes. Things I learn in these will be applied in larger work.
I’m liking this small size just to try things out and play with different compositional ideas and processes. Things I learn in these will be applied in larger work.
Don’t you just love how dawn just spills over a hillside? You’ve just got to be up and out in order to see it.
Both of these are 11″x14″ and done in oil. Which one do you like best?
I’ve always loved that the Bible likens your soul to a “watered garden.” With all the rain recently, it was finally time to paint it.
I’ve been painting in the garden lately in oil. I’ve got several on the go, but this is the first one finished.
Elizabeth Cummings is an Australian artist, whose work I just recently became acquainted with. I thought you might like to see it too.
Most people think of soil as a brown decaying place, but actually it should be full of life! I read recently a whole chapter on soil life in a book called Regenesis, which prompted my thoughts on this subject, which led to this painting.
While praying about Venezuela, I remembered this unusual sunset looking south over the gulf of Mexico from Corpus Christi after our nephew’s wedding.
I painted this oil painting in my studio, even though I usually try to only paint oils outdoors. I’m loving some new oil painting stuff I bought with my Christmas money, and felt the urge, so I ventilated well and went for it anyway.
Will you give this process a try?
I loved adding pastel to this oil painting. Don’t you love the result?
Watching You Grow (oil) by Polly Castor This new 20″x24″ oil painting is titled Watching You Grow. You can see the whole painting above and close up details below. Click here to purchase the original oil painting. Click here to obtain prints or merchandise with this image on it. What do you think? … Read more
This painting has the elements of the place in general, while no specific photo reference was used.
I was only there for the beginning of this class, but here it what I did and what I thought.
I’m feeling a little bittersweet that summer is almost over, and that’s what this new oil painting of mine is about.