Bodybuilders Pumping Up on Contest Day

by admin | Mar 7, 2011 | Oil Paintings for Sale, plein air, sport

Arnold Schwarzenegger noticed right away the 6 pack on Aydin Bigkiv in Urig’s painting, Bodybuilders Pumping Up on Contest Day at the 2011 Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus Ohio on Saturday afternoon. He said that he appreciate how it was captured in paint and...

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...