Category Archives: Oils

Autumn Field 2 in Oils, Session 5

Original Oil Painting 9 x 12 Baltic Birch Panel Friday, August 13, 2010 Technique: Direct Colors Used: Titanium White, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Umber Medium Used: Walnut Oil I worked on the foreground today after adding a small sliver of brighter … Continue reading

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Autumn Field 2 in Oils, Session 4

Original Oil Painting 9 x 12 Baltic Birch Panel Monday, July 28, 2010 Technique: Direct Colors Used: Titanium White, Azo Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Umber, Manganese Blue, Quinacridone Magenta Medium Used: Walnut Oil I photographed this painting and almost put … Continue reading

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Autumn Field 2 in Oils, Session 3

Original Oil Painting 9 x 12 Baltic Birch Panel Monday, July 19, 2010 Technique: Direct Colors Used: Titanium White, Burnt Umber, Yellow Ochre Medium Use: None I worked on Autumn Fields 2 today, but almost didn’t. When I looked at … Continue reading

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Autumn Fields 2 in Oils, Session 2

Original Oil Painting 9 x 12 Baltic Birch Panel Monday, July 06, 2010 Technique: Direct Colors Used: Dark Palette Gray, Manganese Blue, Prussian Blue, Titanium White, Yellow Ochre Medium Used: None Yesterday’s work was still wet enough that paint came … Continue reading

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Autumn Field 2 in Oils, Session 1

Original Oil Painting 8 x 10 Baltic Birch Panel Monday, July 05, 2010 Technique: Direct Colors Used: Titanium White, Manganese Blue, Palette Gray Dark Medium Used: None I decided on a whim to look through my stash of unused panels … Continue reading

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Keyodee Star Finished

16″x20″ Oil on Oil Primed Linen Canvas on Baltic Birch This is Keyodee Star, my latest portrait. Odee, as he is affectionately known around the stable, is a Michigan bred Standardbred. The day the photograph was taken upon which this … Continue reading

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Always in Style, Under Painting, Part 3

Original Oil Painting Raphael Belgian Linen Panel, 16″ x 20″ At this stage of the process, the under painting is beginning to look complete. But this is my favorite part of the under painting stage – adding the details that … Continue reading

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Always in Style, Under Painting, Part 2

Original Oil Painting Raphael Belgian Linen Panel, 16″ x 20″ Work continued on the under painting for Always in Style. Using the same colors and, for a good portion of the work, I painted the eyes again and finished the … Continue reading

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Always in Style, Under Painting, Part 1

Original Oil Painting Raphael Belgian Linen Panel, 16″ x 20″ This fine mare is Always in Style, a retired Standardbred now living at Bonley Farms in Sunfield, Michigan. Style, as she is fondly known, is the dam of several good … Continue reading

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Lockkeeper: Work Begins on the Horse

After a few weeks for drying the landscape portion of the painting, I put Lockkeeper back on the working easel this week. Work began yesterday with an umber under painting on the horse. The idea, when I started work, was … Continue reading

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