Evening sky colors are beautiful. I don't know if I am able to capture them correctly. This is my 8th or 9th landscape painting. It's also my most abstract. Maybe going loose and abstract is what I like about painting the sky.
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Trees on the Road
It is all about the sky, but the dark trees seemed to take center stage. This painting was reworked several times, but it was worth it and a lot of fun.
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Around the Bend
My attempts at landscape painting continue. So much to consider besides color and composition. I have to find a style of laying down paint and getting the look of distance. I have many artists whose work I admire and hope to learn from, one of them is Debra Huse. I've finished watching Ken Burns' Leonardo da Vinci documentary. How humbling to view his accomplishments.
Monday, October 21, 2024
Friday, October 18, 2024
Box Top Landscape
Every time I paint this landscape I learn new things. It's the color temperatures and values that create depth, and I love clouds.
Saturday, October 12, 2024
The Future Looks Bright
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Arlene's Artist Materials SOS
Arlene's Artist Materials, Inc @followers Sending out an SOS!
Friday, October 4, 2024
Edgar Payne's Composition of Outdoor Painting
Edgar Payne's Composition of Outdoor Painting. This book has been recommended in artists' blogs I've been reading. It comes highly recommended, is beautifully bound and has lots of helpful illustrations. My goal is to read it this winter and feel more comfortable with landscape painting. Below this is my first attempt at a forest scene.
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Evening Sailors Study
Happy Cows Cigar Box
So much fun painting on cigar box lids. I've learned a lot about shapes and colors of varied skies, clouds and colors of simplified backgrounds and foregrounds.
Sunday, September 8, 2024
Clouds and Lake
I've been working on painting clouds within a landscape. Previously clouds were just a slash of white across the sky. I'm getting the hang of large cumulus clouds. I'm happy with this composition. According to John Carlson, the sky is the key to the landscape and it's the most fun for me. An object helps draw the eye into the scene. Today it's a canoe with a sail.
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Large Still Life on Yellow Cloth
Monday, July 29, 2024
Cloudscape
Monday, July 1, 2024
The Landscape Painter's Workbook
Looking for an interesting book to read this summer, then I suggest The Landscape Painter's Workbook by Mitchell Albala. I'm a still life painter, but I like reading about all types of art. This book explains some art terms that always interested me. Albala added beautiful paintings that demonstrate those terms. This is a book I'm happy to add to my book collection.
Friday, June 14, 2024
Who painted this portrait?
I'm not a portrait painter, but I'm lucky to know one. Who painted this portrait? It's Trudi Smith and what a nice surprise to have been presented with this. Trudi is a wonderful portrait painter, but you won't find her work online. Nowadays, she keeps to herself.
Sunday, June 9, 2024
Art for the Win
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Amber Vase on Blue Plate with Three Lemons
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Sunday, May 12, 2024
Mother's Day 2024
This image was created using AI by my son James and daughter-in-law Shu-Ying Chung. I'm here in my studio with their cat Mikko during a painting session. What a fun Mother's Day gift.
Flowers from my daughter Samantha.
What a surprisingly nice Mother's Day.
Friday, April 19, 2024
Partly Overcast Sky
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Oakroom Artist show at the Cooperstown Art Association Gallery
Thank you Oakroom Artists and the Cooperstown Art Association for putting together a beautiful Show. Everyone's work looked great and we had a large turnout at the opening reception. This event is free and open to the public.
The show runs April 12th - May 8th
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11am to 4 pm
The show is located in the Town Hall - 22 Main St. Cooperstown, NY
Monday, April 1, 2024
The Oakroom Artists & Meet Me In My Flower Garden Show at the Cooperstown Art Association Gallery
I'm pleased to announce I'll be participating in this prestigious Cooperstown Art Show featuring approximately 28 Oakroom Artists. I'll be contributing four art works to this large show.
Opening Reception: Friday, April 12, from 5-7pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday from 11am-4pm
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Windy Day Landscape
I've always been fascinated by landscapes, especially skies. I like those artists who simplify their compositions and create gradations of blues in the skies from dark blue higher up and lighter blue near the horizon, and also many values of grays in the clouds. I hope to find a sense of spontaneity in my landscape and a feeling of wanting to take a deep breath when viewing at my painting.
Saturday, February 10, 2024
Blue Orchids, Green Vase and Silver Tray
I wasn't sure I'd post it since it seemed a little busy to me, but I said what the heck, I'll do it and move on.
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Rubber Plant in Clear Glass with Plates, Yellow Pitcher and Silver Bowl
Rubber Plant in Clear Glass with Plates, Pitcher and Silver Bowl 10 x 10 in. oil on gessoed panel #oil#oilpainting#brushstrokes #painting #still life #allaprima #colorful #paintingfromlife#impressionistic#rubberplant#yellowpitcher #silverbowl#orangecloth #contemporaryart#robinrosenthalart
Friday, January 5, 2024
Violet Vase on Blue Plate and Silver Bowl
I recently purchased this cut glass violet flower vase at the thrift and wondered why someone would get rid of it. It was so pretty in the light. It was fun to paint and lovely to look at. I'm happy with the outcome.