Morning Glory

by admin | Mar 1, 2011 | Oil Paintings for Sale

I was out shooting reference for this painting and I saw this beautiful hill and the sweeping grass, I knew it would be perfect for the model to walk up the hill for a photo. After several tries I believe I captured something I would like to paint. But when I got into...

Grandpa Urig’s Farm in Avon Ohio held so many memories for me as a kid

by admin | Feb 20, 2011 | Oil Paintings for Sale

Being at my Grandfathers farm was such an adventure when I was a child. My cousin Terry and I would explore everything we could find. Bursting out to take a long walk on those little legs of ours, covering as much of the fields as we could. It seemed like my...

Moonlit Night – Using Photoshop to help with your grey tones #2

by admin | Feb 17, 2011 | Oil Paintings for Sale

Continued from Part #1 I enjoyed the strongly beveled shapes that dramatized form. Softening and generalizing values to emphasize space I then concentrated on the head or face. To many paintings I have ruined by not giving proper attention to all the small detailed...

Moonlit Night – Using Photoshop to help with your grey tones #1

by admin | Feb 15, 2011 | concepts in painting, Oil Paintings for Sale, Uncategorized

This painting was taken from a photo I had taken that inspired me. I am including it in my Urban painting series and want to use this painting to explore the massing together of similar shapes and tones in a composition. It is amazing how few shapes and tones we need...

Cold winter coming

by admin | Feb 8, 2011 | Oil Paintings for Sale

Sometimes you just don’t know what inspires you about a location, ingredients of a landscape painting, or time of season. For some reason this image really captured me. I really enjoyed painting this old farmhouse nestled back in the graying trees of the landscape in...

Daybreak

by admin | Jan 20, 2011 | Oil Paintings for Sale

This was a scene I had to paint. In the barn, there was a bucket hanging from a twisted old nail, accentuated by various shadows and lights hitting the worn floor boards. The light that hit the bucket provided a nice transition to the glaring light that came through...