passage tranquille #3 and #1

i first did something like this two years ago. as a whimsy. people always "oohed" and "ahhed" at the framed version. i guess it is eye catching. so - i am doing some more of them now. the original ("passage tranquille #1) was bought by a local psychologist. she said it calmed her and she hoped it would do the same for her patients. i wonder if the subsequent pieces will live up to the first piece?





#1

st. michael's in the snow

This is an alla prima piece. simple. three pigments. maybe four. yeah four. aureolin, maimeru blue violet, phthalo green and a touch of alizarin. from a distance it is actually photo-realistic. which is amazing considering the lack of detail. 15x22". a lot of fun.

cathedral

something new. may need more edge treatment? full sheet arches.

mallee spring

this one was done at the end of last year. i love the foreground in this. the brain fills in most of the detail. the color very much lends support to the structure that the brain interprets. imho.

-- joel.

Blessing of Light

i did this about a year ago. i called it up randomly and made it my background wallpaper at work.

i have this new fancy 22 inch lcd screen and i keep staring at it. the painting has "re-mesmerized" me! this is a painting very much in my unique style. it is a very colorist piece and uses color theory to complete the painting. it is very balanced.

i have not painted much lately as we are having a deep, dark winter. the gas in my studio went out. i need to re-light the pilot light etc etc etc.

if you stop by and look at this - let me know if you like it as much as i do. -- joel.

Blossom

So yeah. Here is my latest piece. As you can see (perhaps) i tried using some of the edge treatments taught by Nicholas Simmons. It is amazing how they make the lights "pop"! Wow. i am pleased with the result. this one is only 17x17 inches. i need to make it much larger. glad to be back painting. keep the faith.

new season

i am posting an atmospheric piece i recently did here. this is the one i think Nick said has a "gigantic sky". well it is a nice sky and the rain effect works well - i think.

this was done using Art Spectrum Cerulean and Vermillion. these two pigments granulate and separate magnificently - plus they are pure complements and grey down like nothing else on Earth.

i want to try this technique with the Da Vinci Fluid acrylics. oh - and i still have this piece (somewhere safe (i think)). i might do a show later this year and need to start cranking out material for it - so i won't sell this just yet...