Sky Painting, Small Oil Painting, Daily Painting, 8x8x1.5" Oil Painting

An early morning beach photo shoot was the inspiration for this piece.  Thank you to Pat Garvey for sharing his image with me.

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 One of the biggest problems of selling art online, is representing your art with correct colors.  I didn't realize how big a problem this would be.

I tried for over an hour to edit this piece correctly, and was only partially successful.    Blues seem to be the colors that always give me problems in my photography.

The image above is washed out compared to the actual piece, which is sitting here next to me.  My problem was trying to get the blue gray on the lower right corner to read correctly...which is right on with my monitor.  But that means I have lost some beautiful warm rust and mauve hues in the dark cloud.

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In this detail, the mauves and orangey rust shades are correct, but the blue on the right side is way too strong. Also the pale yellows are not warm enough.  What to do?  I have no answers.

Even if I am able to get the colors correct on my monitor, they may not be what you are seeing on your monitor.

So I do my best to represent what I see and offer my customers a full refund if they are unhappy.

I think most buyers understand this issue as fortunately, I have not had a painting returned in almost 10 years.

If any of you have a solution, I would love to hear it.

After writing this post, I tried again to edit my image, and finally have settled on this as the best representation of the painting.  It is better, but still does not reflect all the color variations.

Still missing mauve and purple colors in the dark cloud area and aqua tints behind the pelican.

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Carol Schiff
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and the air smelled like rain. . . ' original oil landscape painting by santa fe artist dawn chandler

and the air smelled like rain. . .  
by dawn chandler

And the Air Smelled Like Rain. . . .


by Dawn Chandler

oil on panel
12” x 24” x .25” 



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Visit www.taosdawn.com to contact Dawn and view more of her work.

Southwestern Palette knife Landscape " GOLDEN AFTERNOON" by Sally Fraser

                       

                         GOLDEN AFTERNOON by Sally Fraser       14 x 11 acrylic 

A Southwestern palette knife acrylic painting on board. The glowing  afternoons are unforgettable with the late afternoon warm sunlight and glowing skies that create beautiful shades and shadows. The photos that I have taken as I have traveled through the Southwestern States keep calling me to paint them. The memories are so vivid.

Contact: sngfraser@gmail.com              www.sallyfraserfineart.com

Price: $200 not including tax, frame or shipping.

 

Daily Painting, Small Oil Painting, Storm Painting, PALETTE KNIFE LANDSCAPE, "STORMY WEATHER", OIL, SOLD

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Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky
Stormy weather
Since my man and I ain't together
Keeps rainin' all the time.

Tom Snow/Leo Sayer

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For those of you into rap.....this is a wonderful, soulful old song made famous by one of the top female singers in history, Billie Holiday.  If I knew how to add a sound clip, I would be playing it now.

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Sky Painting, Daily Painting, Small Oil Painting, Cloud Painting, "Autumn Skies" by Carol Schiff, 8x10x1.5" Oil

In this small oil painting, the rusty foliage and peachy clouds are the perfect foil to the blue sky.  It's always a happy day when a painting goes together easily as this one did.

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I painted with a palette knife, which is almost always fun, to achieve the texture and subtle color changes I was looking for.

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In these hectic days before the holidays, it's always nice to stop, take a deep breath, and enjoy the world around you.



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New Mexico Skies, Contemporary Landscape Paintings by Arizona Artist Amy Whitehouse

11" x 14" Oil, $175

This is one of my favorites, painted with pure pigment sticks ~

that's what gives it such rich color ~

and I hope it finds a "forever home" where it will be loved.

Of course this may look like California, Arizona, or any number of places;

it may remind you of a path you are on in your life right now.

I'm in the process of packing up to move,

and so am reducing prices to spur sales;

I'd much rather these artworks go to homes than spend time

in moving boxes.

If interested in purchasing this one, please contact me:

amy.whitehouse@me.com

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Daily Painting, Small Oil Painting, Storm Painting, PALETTE KNIFE LANDSCAPE, "STORMY WEATHER", OIL, SOLD

SOLD

Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky
Stormy weather
Since my man and I ain't together
Keeps rainin' all the time.

Tom Snow/Leo Sayer

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For those of you into rap.....this is a wonderful, soulful old song made famous by one of the top female singers in history, Billie Holiday.  If I knew how to add a sound clip, I would be playing it now.

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SMALL OIL PAINTING, DAILY PAINTING "BIG STORM BREWING" by Carol Schiff , 6x8, OIL, SOLD

Storms can be very scary...when you are driving, when the sky is full of lightening,when the wind gets crazy, when that loud house-shaking thunder fills the air.

But, I love to paint storm clouds, the bigger and blacker, the better!  It gives me a chance to throw paint around and get wild!

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"Monterey Coastline" Landscape Painting by Brooke Crosthwaite

Monterey Coastline

Oil on Canvas panel

8"x10"

$160.00

This was inspired by a photo I took in Monterey, California in 2012. I wanted to capture the warm sand and growing cloud formations. It's my goal to see and paint as many California landscapes as possible. I love how diverse each area of California can be. From the beautiful coastlines to the Rocky Mountains, I want to display it all in my work. 

This piece is for sale at brookecrosthwaite.com

BrookeCrosthwaite@gmail.com

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