The Adventures of an American West Oil Painter
The
Paintings
of
Daryl
Urig
One stormy plein air day, I learned to paint through chaos—each stroke a fight, each canvas a triumph. That grit shapes my art, waiting for you to discover. Step into my vibrant world of painting.
“Daryl Urig’s paintings capture raw emotion and texture—a must for any collector.”
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About My Process
My paintings evolve through years of bold experimentation, each canvas a playground of vibrant energy. Every mark—whether a knife’s thick stroke, a brush’s soft edge, or a fingertip’s touch—brings color and form to life, inviting you into a vivid, three-dimensional world.
From My Studio
Explore my blog for insights, stories, and the passion behind my paintings. Join me in bringing vibrant art to life, one canvas at a time.
Work and Toil
More plein air paintings with a painting knife of Ohio Valley Farms Work and Toil, 9 x 12 inches, oil on panel painted with M. Graham paints and Walnut oil and painting knife. Purchase paintings here Information on Workshops & Locations © 2012 Daryl...
An eye opening experience – Ohio
Coming home from my National Tour and being able to paint plein air in the countryside of Harrison, Ohio has been an eye opening experience. Not sure if it was because of traveling and seeing all the different color pallets that happen around the country since...
Burn the learning exercises or dud paintings
In my workshops it seems like almost a regular part of my artistic talk, or philosophy as one commented, is that when we learn we do not need to put undo pressure on ourselves. What I mean is, we don’t have to be perfect and we don’t need to necessarily get a painting...
Young Painters – Young Picasso’s – Big concepts
I was asked back a second year to the Woman’s Art Club in Mariemont, Ohio to Instruct the Young Picasso’s Class I had designed for children. What an exciting class. The Young Picasso’s or painters had so much enthusiasm, concentration and thirst for more knowledge in...
Seeing color and developing your artistic eyes
Well I was very wrong about Ohio color. It took me to traveling the United States on my American Workshop Tour to see the colors I have back home. I tell my students this all the time, when we start to see, and develop our artistic eyes, it does not just happen. We...
It bothers me that some painters say that you should paint only where you live.
Since there are so many very nice places to paint outside of Ohio. Traveling with my National Workshop Tour has taught me the difference in color, light, and definition that I see as I travel. I never understood some of the colors I saw in others painting till I...
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