Daryl Urig’s Creative Underground Studio

by admin | Sep 11, 2014 | concepts in painting, Education

The Creative Underground is my new studio space in Springdale Ohio. A place of artistic inspiration for artists and associates to come and get the imaginative juices flowing. Share fresh ideas in painting, with eco-friendly materials along with a structure of...

Roles of Light and Shadow – October 2014 Issue Leisure Painter Magazine

by admin | Sep 9, 2014 | concepts in painting, Education

See my latest article in the October issue of Leisure Painter. It is about understanding the Roles of Light and Shadow. You may link to it here: http://www.painters-online.co.uk/Magazines/Leisure-Painter/October-2014/Issue/_is264 I hope this gets the creative energies...

My New Studio Space

by admin | Sep 8, 2014 | concepts in painting, Oil Paintings for Sale

These two paintings will be on display at my new Gallery/Studio! I am So excited. ...

Exploring the figure

by admin | Aug 6, 2014 | Abstract, concepts in painting

I have been exploring the figure in my last few paintings. Definitely I am not attempting to have one painting style. Instead an exploratory of abstraction, conceptual, opposites, exploring new concepts in rhythm and motion while developing dexterity with the painting...

How can I stretch time when plein air painting?

by admin | Jul 23, 2014 | concepts in painting, Oil Paintings for Sale, plein air

I have been painting Plein air and studio during my trip to the Carolinas. Plein air studies provide me an opportunity to study the affect of light, with the challenge of how to represent the light on my panel within a limited time frame. There are definitely many...

I enjoy the slick surface of primed panel over gesso panels for plein air painting

by admin | Jul 3, 2014 | concepts in painting, Education, plein air

Primed panels are much less resistant to my painting knife and allow it to glide over the surface of the painting. Gesso creates more of a dry absorbent surface to paint on. I can make just under 40, 9 x 12 inch panels from a 4 x 8 foot 1/8 inch thick piece of...