Don’t be afraid to break things up in your fine arts oil painting

by admin | Aug 1, 2017 | Abstract, Education

See Step one and two here High Energy Painting. Don’t be afraid to break things up. Trust yourself. You know where things belong. Since you have drawn the beginning phases of the painting they are held in the back of your mind. How much do you need to represent the...

Monsters in Our Land

by admin | Jul 29, 2016 | concepts in painting, Education

My current right as an American is to be able to voice my opinion. Have free speech. So I am doing so about Monsters in our land. I understand that my song “Monsters” is novel, or even Organic in nature. I lack any musical training. Though I have a strong...

Painting Stolen from Cincinnati Artist Museum

by admin | Jun 30, 2016 | concepts in painting, Education, Historical Sites

For Immediate Release Painting stolen from The Paintings of Daryl Urig, Creative Underground Studio and Gallery last Thursday afternoon, June 23, 2016 between 11:45 am and 12:45 pm. a 14 x 11 inch oil painting titled “Old House” painted in October of 2009 was removed...

Stand for something, or stand for nothing at all. Food-Eat Pareidolia

by admin | Jun 24, 2016 | Abstract, concepts in painting, Education

  Stand for something, or stand for nothing at all. I see a lot of injustices in our world. This painting, Food – Eat is part of my Pareidolia series of oil paintings. I want to bring attention to what the food industry has been serving up to us for years....

Pareidolia Painting Series

by admin | Mar 16, 2016 | Abstract, concepts in painting, Education

Is it Pareidolia? We walk into a dimly lit room and see a figure staring back at us, Pareidolia. Startled we recognize it is only a coat peculiarly lying on a chair. What was that? What just happened? Could it be our minds playing with us? A mind that quickly...

Dan McCaw shares his personal adventure about fine arts oil painting with Daryl Urig of the Creative Underground in an interview on February 15, 2016.

by admin | Feb 23, 2016 | Abstract, concepts in painting, Education

I hope you enjoy the video interview with Dan McCaw as I have. I have enjoyed getting to know a fantastic oil painter that I admire. His philosophy on life and painting will make you search deeper when starting your next painting or refreshing an old painting. We will...