Archive for the ‘Oil Paintings for Sale’ Category
Sunday, September 5th, 2010
Most people paint objects or places that evoke their emotion. Sadly, the things that they choose to portray do not always captivate the masses. For the people who enjoy painting as a hobby, the mass appeal of their work is not that important, but the professional painters cannot afford to not sell their pieces.
At our last garden painting, we finished, as always, with a group critique. This session led us to a discussion about creating art that sells. First, we only concluded the obvious: painters need to have a strong artistic foundation to create sought-after pieces. But after further discussion, we realized that for a painting to sell, the painter must exude professionalism.
Art is an over-saturated field, which makes it hard for a painter’s work to stand out. To buy a fine art piece with a high price tag, someone must either love the painting, or see it as an investment opportunity. To do this, an artist must present their pieces as cultural artifacts. Showing their work in this vein convinces buyers that their work is of value while simultaneously stirring up their emotions.
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American Oil Painter Daryl Urig is a member of The Portrait Society of America, Oil Painters of America and Cincinnati Art Club. He has taught at the University of Cincinnati for over 8 years and is president of Total Media Source Inc.
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Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
The runner’s high is an oft discussed athletic phenomenon. This term describes the moment a runner reaches a euphoric state in which they feel they can run forever. What most people don’t know, however, is artists can achieve a similar euphoria through their work. In this moment, the artist becomes lost in his thought, his brush’s motions and his observations, and the artwork seemingly creates itself.
I often wonder if it is this high that motivates artists to create. Every painter I know must paint, for if they don’t create something, they feel unfulfilled. I think this lack of fulfillment stems from their inability to achieve happiness when not creating.
I often use painting to relieve my own deep feelings and concerns. Using my art as therapy, I’m able to better understand my emotions. Painting allows me to achieve a state of euphoria that I am incapable of reaching from regular, daily activities.
© 2010 Daryl Urig, All Rights Reserved
To view more paintings:
Recent work: http://www.darylurig.com/2010-paintings.aspx
Blog:Â http://DarylUrig.com/blog
Website: http://DarylUrig.com
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More on Daryl Urig:
Interview & Bio: http://www.darylurig.com/about-daryl-urig.aspx
Purchase:
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Price: Contact: Robyn@DarylUrig.com
American Oil Painter Daryl Urig is a member of The Portrait Society of America, Oil Painters of America and Cincinnati Art Club. He has taught at the University of Cincinnati for over 8 years and is president of Total Media Source Inc.
View his Exhibit and Awards by clicking here.
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
I had a great weekend of plein air painting at Lake Waynoka in Sardinia, OH. I enjoyed conversing with my hosts, Tom and Donna, and the other painters while painting various pieces, even though I didn’t sell any of my work. The weekend was supposed to provide artists with a forum in which to sell their paintings, but the event was not planned out well enough to interest serious collectors. Like most events comparable to this one, it didn’t help the artists sell their work, but it was a great time.
The image shown below is “Forgotten Tractors” in Russellville Ohio. It’s an 11” x 17” painting on a gallery wrapped frame. I think the yellow light and subtle colors of the wood on the barn contrast the richly red tractor with bright headlights that sits forgotten in the doorway of the barn. For this piece, color was most important. And the color shifts in large areas helped keep the piece exciting.
To view more paintings
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Blog:Â http://DarylUrig.com/blog
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American Oil Painter Daryl Urig is a member of The Portrait Society of America, Oil Painters of America and Cincinnati Art Club. He has taught at the University of Cincinnati for over 9 years and is president of Total Media Source Inc.
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
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Woman Waiting in Garden
Oil on Canvas - 24 x 20 inches
For this session, we chose to position the model completely in shadow. After positioning her, it seemed her head and face fell into a deeper shadow, which caused grays, teal grays and brown earthy colors to fill the scene.
My challenge with this piece was to match the deep tones of the scene. I wanted the painting to emerge from the background with somber, bluish-gray tones.
In retrospect, I could have taken a more direct approach to this piece. But I was initially unsure of how dark the tones had to be to hold the figure. Thus, I started painting lighter and continued to paint the piece until I acquired the deep tones. At the end of my painting session, I used Liquin glaze to deepen areas of the painting while allowing the color changes I had previously created to stand.
See the beginning of this story and how this painting started
© 2010 Daryl Urig, All Rights Reserved
To view more paintings:
Recent work: http://www.darylurig.com/2010-paintings.aspx
Blog:Â http://DarylUrig.com/blog
Website: http://DarylUrig.com
Enlist Urig for your next Historic Event Painting: http://www.darylurig.com/historic-event-oil-painting.aspx
More on Daryl Urig:
Interview & Bio: http://www.darylurig.com/about-daryl-urig.aspx
Purchase:
Price: Contact: Robyn@DarylUrig.com
American Oil Painter Daryl Urig is a member of The Portrait Society of America, Oil Painters of America and Cincinnati Art Club. He has taught at the University of Cincinnati for over 8 years and is president of Total Media Source Inc.
View his Exhibit and Awards by clicking here.
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Monday, August 23rd, 2010
8 x 10 inches, oil on canvas
I wanted my rendering to capture the simplicity and cascading lighting in this image while remaining sensitive to the subtle color changes in the model’s skin. I decided to capture the light and dark pattern and color changes in a beveled form. Although I made the painting of the figure more linear, it was the atmosphere that I created that held the painting together by merging the figure and background.
© 2010 Daryl Urig, All Rights Reserved
To view more paintings:
Recent work: http://www.darylurig.com/2010-paintings.aspx
Blog:Â http://DarylUrig.com/blog
Website: http://DarylUrig.com
Enlist Urig for your next Historic Event Painting: http://www.darylurig.com/historic-event-oil-painting.aspx
More on Daryl Urig:
Interview & Bio: http://www.darylurig.com/about-daryl-urig.aspx
Purchase:
Price: Contact: Robyn@DarylUrig.com
American Oil Painter Daryl Urig is a member of The Portrait Society of America, Oil Painters of America and Cincinnati Art Club. He has taught at the University of Cincinnati for over 8 years and is president of Total Media Source Inc.
View his Exhibit and Awards by clicking here.
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Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
 I wanted to provide admirers of my artwork with the opportunity to become part of my work and legacy. By joining me in my creative process, my collectors and I will forge a place for ourselves in Art History.
I have offered to paint at twelve private events for the remainder of 2010. I will create a unique painting at each of these special occasions, drawing upon my impressions of the affair.
For more information about this service, please look here.
© 2010 Daryl Urig, All Rights Reserved
To view more paintings:
Recent work: http://www.darylurig.com/2010-paintings.aspx
Blog:Â http://DarylUrig.com/blog
Website: http://DarylUrig.com
Enlist Urig for your next Historic Event Painting: http://www.darylurig.com/historic-event-oil-painting.aspx
More on Daryl Urig:
Interview & Bio: http://www.darylurig.com/about-daryl-urig.aspx
Purchase:
Store: http://www.darylurig.com/store.html
Price: Contact: Robyn@DarylUrig.com
American Oil Painter Daryl Urig is a member of The Portrait Society of America, Oil Painters of America and Cincinnati Art Club. He has taught at the University of Cincinnati for over 8 years and is president of Total Media Source Inc.
View his Exhibit and Awards by clicking here.
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Monday, August 16th, 2010
The Old Water Tower on 5355 Miami Road in the Village of Indian Hill, Ohio
Oil on Canvas, 11 x 14 inches
 It was only when I started painting that I realized the large size of the old water tower in Indian Hill. In addition to that, the light at the time of my plein air session lit up both the top of the tower and the ground beneath it. Although this created a beautiful effect, it made capturing the image more difficult. I think I ultimately achieved the lighting effect and showed the grand nature of the tower in my piece, but not without some alterations of my original rendering.
While painting outside, I especially enjoyed completing the top section and cloud portions of the piece. But upon arriving at the studio with my initial rendering, I noticed that the bottom of the painting did not fit with the top section. After noticing this, I repainted the bottom portion based on both my memory of my plein air session and the photograph I took of the location.
Like most of my paintings, I learned a lot from this piece.
© 2010 Daryl Urig, All Rights Reserved
To view more paintings:
Recent work: http://www.darylurig.com/2010-paintings.aspx
Blog:Â http://DarylUrig.com/blog
Website: http://DarylUrig.com
Enlist Urig for your next Historic Event Painting: http://www.darylurig.com/historic-event-oil-painting.aspx
More on Daryl Urig:
Interview & Bio: http://www.darylurig.com/about-daryl-urig.aspx
Purchase:
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Price: Contact: Robyn@DarylUrig.com
American Oil Painter Daryl Urig is a member of The Portrait Society of America, Oil Painters of America and Cincinnati Art Club. He has taught at the University of Cincinnati for over 8 years and is president of Total Media Source Inc.
View his Exhibit and Awards by clicking here.
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Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Seeing Above the Tree Tops – 11 x 14 inches, Oil on Canvas
Sometimes we need to take a step back and examine the bigger picture. Today must have been one of those times! Completing this plein air painting, I captured a fuller image than I usually do. I decided to paint the large tree and bench into the piece to provide a place for the viewer to sit down and experience the image with me.
Painting the Ohio River from Eden Park with my Son – 10 x 20 inches, Oil on Canvas
It was an overcast, foggy day, as I gazed at Kentucky over the Ohio River. My son had finished running with his school and decided to paint with me. We had a multitude of onlookers intrigued by our work, and I really enjoyed his company, as we hadn’t painted together since he was young.
With this piece, like my last one, I wanted each brush stroke to count, in order to capture the beauty of the scene. I think the painting spoke best when it was next to the river, wet on the easel, as it looked like part of the scene. However, some lucky passersby were able to experience the painting in this perfect setting, and the image evoked the same joy in them as it did me, which left me satisfied.
© 2010 Daryl Urig, All Rights Reserved
To view more paintings:
Recent work: http://www.darylurig.com/2010-paintings.aspx
Blog:Â http://DarylUrig.com/blog
Website: http://DarylUrig.com
Enlist Urig for your next Historic Event Painting: http://www.darylurig.com/historic-event-oil-painting.aspx
More on Daryl Urig:
Interview & Bio: http://www.darylurig.com/about-daryl-urig.aspx
Purchase:
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Price: Contact: Robyn@DarylUrig.com
American Oil Painter Daryl Urig is a member of The Portrait Society of America, Oil Painters of America and Cincinnati Art Club. He has taught at the University of Cincinnati for over 8 years and is president of Total Media Source Inc.
View his Exhibit and Awards by clicking here.
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Sunday, August 8th, 2010
An accomplished painter once told me a painter needs to paint their fixation. He explained that painting our neuroses provides us with the most in-depth, emotional pieces we will ever complete.
Taking his advice, I coined a simple phrase: Artistic Neurosis. It describes something we obsess over that appears subconsciously in our art. After some thought, I decided to use my neurosis to direct decisions in my artwork. Doing this quickly satiated my need to paint and produced great work.
I would urge all artists to use their Artistic Neurosis in their work. I don’t think you necessarily need to paint your neurotic subject matter, as I did, to achieve great results, see here. But it should be included in a part of your painting composition, like tones, canvas and pattern choices.
Please try this out in your artwork, and let me know what you think about the results!
© 2010 Daryl Urig, All Rights Reserved
To view more paintings:
Recent work: http://www.darylurig.com/2010-paintings.aspx
Blog:Â http://DarylUrig.com/blog
Website: http://DarylUrig.com
Enlist Urig for your next Historic Event Painting: http://www.darylurig.com/historic-event-oil-painting.aspx
More on Daryl Urig:
Interview & Bio: http://www.darylurig.com/about-daryl-urig.aspx
Purchase:
Store: http://www.darylurig.com/store.html
Price: Contact: Robyn@DarylUrig.com
American Oil Painter Daryl Urig is a member of The Portrait Society of America, Oil Painters of America and Cincinnati Art Club. He has taught at the University of Cincinnati for over 8 years and is president of Total Media Source Inc.
View his Exhibit and Awards by clicking here.
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Thursday, August 5th, 2010
I sometimes wonder what we, as artists, can do to breathe life into our oil paintings. We can always add colors, change textures, or alter our brushstrokes. But I find that even doing all of this is not enough. To make our paintings remarkable, we must look past our sociological ideals and morals to create our own artistic reality.
These ideals block us from seeing the world in a fresh light. These social mores tell us how to look, perceive, understand and communicate. They also allow us to coexist on Earth, providing us with the means to communicate with each other.
Unfortunately, these mores counter the artist’s goal to create and experience something new. To be a true artist, we must look beyond our social mores and invent new ideological associations. These will alter both the artist’s and viewer’s reality.
When a true artist creates a piece, a painting becomes a discovery and conversation, carried out in a language of color, spirits and oil.
© 2010 Daryl Urig, All Rights Reserved
To view more paintings:
Recent work: http://www.darylurig.com/2010-paintings.aspx
Blog:Â http://DarylUrig.com/blog
Website: http://DarylUrig.com
Enlist Urig for your next Historic Event Painting: http://www.darylurig.com/historic-event-oil-painting.aspx
More on Daryl Urig:
Interview & Bio: http://www.darylurig.com/about-daryl-urig.aspx
Purchase:
Store: http://www.darylurig.com/store.html
Price: Contact: Robyn@DarylUrig.com
American Oil Painter Daryl Urig is a member of The Portrait Society of America, Oil Painters of America and Cincinnati Art Club. He has taught at the University of Cincinnati for over 8 years and is president of Total Media Source Inc.
View his Exhibit and Awards by clicking here.
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