Dunes Project: Slightly larger painting

On this 24×24″ gallery wrap called “Dunes Afternoon 24” took on a new palette. I wanted to make my brush strokes larger and use warmer browns and yellows.

More Beach Dune paintings

Continuing the dunes project to learn new techniques, I moved from 8×8″ small paintings to 3 20×16″ canvases. Each scene was totally made up form frequently going to the beach, walking over the dunes to the beach, taking photos of my favorite beach access walkovers. Not having a pictorial reference or photograph to “copy”. I had to use my memory to create shadows and highlights.
“Dune Kite Surfing”, “Dunes at Nite”, and “Dunes Sunset”…all for sale.

Dunes series has been a project all month

Not sure if I am correct but I heard that Monet did over 350 water lilies and pond paintings. So I decided to pick a landscape and explore different techniques and colorings of the same scene. I also incorporated this lesson while teaching my art students in October. One was started as a black and white painting and then thin colored glazes were added in thin colors. Once one layer was dry another color glaze was added for a luminous look. One was done with no seaoat strokes and large brush with thick paint. There were so many ideas that I wanted to attempt…
All of these are 8×8″gallery wraps. I made of the scenes without photos and had to figure out where the light would hit, etc. Let the lesson continue!!

I recommend doing this project. Choose any subject. Its all about the techniques. I learned a lot already and want to continue…

This was stage one before they were all completed.

Small island paintings on sale

Around the holidays, I get a lot of interest in my small original paintings. Not only are they affordable but look great on a shelf or as an accent place on a wall. One collector has been collecting the 4×4″ paintings for years and put them on her hall wall in a vertical line. If you are interested in any of them message me and I will give you prices and information.
lindaolsenart@gmail.com

Sunset on the Ocean

Still working on the series of Bodysurfing Paintings, “Lee Shore Wave” was just completed. Working with a warm and cool palette is challenging and since I made the scene up entirely from memories of swimming and surfing added to the challenge. I had to continually analyze and figure out where the highlights on the water would be and if they were reflecting the sky enough. The painting is 40×30″.

Request for pictures of wall space.

Pier Painting with surfers

 

Evening Waterway Painting

This 24″ square gallery wrap is ready to hang.
“Crescent Moon Over Palms” has some subtle metallic highlights which I photographed with lights to shot the details. Straight on, you cannot detect the metallics.

New West Indian Mermaid

I have been working on this painting off and on since returning from St. Kitts and Nevis in the West Indies in March of this year. “Nevis Siren” is smaller than most of my mermaids at 24×36″. She changed quite a bit over the months. I wasn’t happy with her for so many months and made so many radical changes and then would put aside until I could work on her again. I returned from weeks in California recently and was able to have fresh eyes and work on her . Finally she emerged! I hope to send this painting to the West Indies to Dale’s Gallery in Christophe Harbor Marina, St. Kitts. Afterall, it was my trip there that inspired me.

Sailing is a recurrent theme for my paintings

Big Swell is 30×20″ and was started 5 years ago and recently was tweaked.
Since I spend many years on the Pacific ocean sailing with my family. sailing still is a theme I work on. Top one is the new version. Below are additional sailing paintings.

Along the shore…

Another smaller painting completed. I wanted to keep the expressionistic feeling with larger brush strokes and energetic touches. “Blue Crab” is 20×16″.
Sometimes, the more I work on a painting, create details and textures, I lose the expressionistic style that I am aiming for. So this one, I called it DONE and am happy with the result.