Painting

November 16, 2019

Colorful Oil Paintings Capture the Beauty of Tranquil Water Lily Ponds

If you stop long enough to really observe nature, you’ll start to notice how bodies of water, land, and foliage interact together to exhibit a wider variety of hues than you might have imagined. Donna Young’s colorful oil paintings capture the vibrancy of water lily ponds, complete with mesmerizing ripples and sparkling reflections.

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October 27, 2019

Interview: Former Architect Captures the Emotion of Architecture in Watercolor Paintings

Artist Thomas W. Schaller combines a passion for architecture and storytelling into emotional landscape watercolor paintings. Originally trained as an architect, he found himself drawn to images of the built environment and eventually left designing behind to pursue fine art on a full-time basis. His education places him in an ideal position for architecture painting. Schaller understands how to design structures and knows what attributes to include and what he should leave out.

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October 19, 2019

Interview: Expressive Horse Paintings Capture the Creature’s Wild Beauty

Driven by a lifelong love of horses, Jill Soukup has made a name for herself as a well-known Western painter. The Colorado-based artist has developed an unexpectedly expressive style that enables her to capture “the richly kinetic moments that define Western ranch life.” While this painterly treatment has proven effective on a range of ranch-themed subjects, it is particularly striking when paired with horses, as evident in Soukup's Equine series.

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October 1, 2019

Pixelated Palette Knife Paintings Capture Energetic Cityscapes in Hazy Hues

British artist Jason Anderson creates colorful abstract paintings composed of pixelated swatches of pastel-toned oil paint. Up-close, the artist’s paintings look like blocky layers of shapes and color; but, from afar, his scenes—featuring cityscapes, roads, trains, and marinas—are revealed. Anderson began his career as a stained glass apprentice, where he worked on restoring the windows of cathedrals.

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