by admin | Aug 13, 2010 | Table of Contents
PLEIN AIR PAINTINGS “Country View – June 3, 2009” | June 4th, 2009 | https://darylurig.com/blog/?p=135 “Knollman Farm House – June 6,2009” | June 8th, 2009 | https://darylurig.com/blog/?p=182 “Woman on Beach – June 11, 2009” | June 11th, 2009 |...
by admin | Aug 12, 2010 | concepts in painting, Oil Paintings for Sale, plein air
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...
by admin | Aug 8, 2010 | concepts in painting, Education, Oil Paintings for Sale
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...
by admin | Aug 5, 2010 | concepts in painting, Education, Oil Paintings for Sale
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...
by admin | Aug 2, 2010 | concepts in painting, Education
An associate of mine, Joe Bowler, an accomplished portrait painter, once told me, “you never figure out art because it’s a lifetime study.” Joe owns an immense library of books, detailing various painters’ works. He constantly pores over the artwork and re-reads the...