Up the Hill

Up the Hill
Oil 9 by 12"

Hills and Snow

Hills and Snow
Oil on Panel
8" by 17"

Portrait Pencil Sketch

Couple Plein Air Sketches from today

The first one 7" by 12"

The second quick 6" by 8"

Self Portait Pencil Sketch

Alice

Oil- 11 by 14"

Below is the preliminary sketch I did before the painting...

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New Book Available

I'm happy to announce my new book of my artwork. It contains 34 full page images of my original paintings.


Follow the Link HERE to check it out

Jack

Oil on wood plaque
8 1/2 by 11 1/2"

Bella

Oil on Wood Plaque
8 1/2 by 11 1/2"

it's available HERE

New Sketches

Green Pear
Oil 4 by 5"

Garlic
Oil 4 by 5"

They are up for sale on my sketch sale page:http://www.etsy.com/shop/DiaDeLosMuertos

Sketch Sale

Some new pieces at my online only sketch sale.

GO HERE to check it out

Exclusive Scott Burdick Painting Demo

A while back I did an interview for tlc magazine with one of my favorite artists Scott Burdick. Today I'm sharing the painting demonstration he did for the interview which hasn't been seen on the net.

"Curious" Tibet - oil, 40" by 26"

Be sure to visit Burdick's site for more work

Palette Knife Paintings

8" by 10"
oil

8" by 10"
Oil

Exclusive Online Only Sketch Sale

My page for my sale of original sketches is up. Check it out!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/DiaDeLosMuertos

Raven

"Raven"
Oil on Canvas
10" by 12"

Nude Studies

Below are a couple of Nude studies I've done. Nudes to me are a lot about form and color and light, so I tend to like to put a more abstract contemporary bend to them.

"Standing Nude"
Oil on Canvas
28" by 15"

"Seated Nude"
Oil on Canvas
11" by 14"

6by8 Sketches

Lilies

Oil on Canvas
12" by 16"

Master: Antonio Mancini

Wanted to take a minute and post some pics from one of my favorite master artists Antonio Mancini.
















Take a look at his Graticola above. This photo really shows the great accuracy he was able to get with it. In some of the paintings above you can see the lines from the graticola ropes over the canvas.

Wiki excerpt:

Mancini was born in Rome and showed precocious ability as an artist. At the age of twelve, he was admitted to the Institute of Fine Arts in Naples, where he studied under Domenico Morelli (1823–1901), a painter of historical scenes who favored dramatic chiaroscuro and vigorous brushwork, and Filippo Palizzi (1818–1899), a landscape painter. Mancini developed quickly under their guidance, and in 1872, he exhibited two paintings at the Paris Salon.

Mancini worked at the forefront of Verismo movement, an indigenous Italian response to 19th-century Realist aesthetics. His usual subjects included children of the poor, juvenile circus performers, and musicians he observed in the streets of Naples. His portrait of a young acrobat in "Saltimbanco" (1877-78) exquisitely captures the fragility of the boy whose impoverished childhood is spent entertaining pedestrian crowds.

While in Paris in the 1870s, Mancini met Impressionists Edgar Degas and Édouard Manet. He became friends with John Singer Sargent, who famously pronounced him to be the greatest living painter. His mature works show a brightened palette with a striking impasto technique on canvas and a bold command of pastels on paper.

I've got one of his books if anyone knows of any more books of his work I'd like to pick one up, Thanks!

Cold Creek

"Cold Creek"
Oil 10" by 8"

small study from the creek a few blocks from me.