COPPER PLATED PEARS

I'm in the process of starting to prepare for my summer painting classes at Art-A-Fair in Laguna Beach.  I primarily teach palette knife work with an underpainting done with brushes and this is done to establish your value pattern (pattern of lights and darks).  Palette knife is such fun because the color stays so clean and it can almost be sculpted when you have enough paint on the canvas.  I'll be teaching on Tuesdays.  The first class will be July 1st.  For information, call 714-271-1135 or to make a reservation, call 949-494-4514.

Original Palette Knife Oil
Size:  11 x 14
Price:  $195.00 Unframed

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SUNFLOWER EXPLOSION

I've always loved painting sunflowers and they seem particularly conducive to palette knife painting.  This one has lots of nice juicy texture.  As a suggestion to any oil painters out there, palette knife painting helps separate us from photographers even more because of the texture we can create.  Lots of fun!!!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  We had 10 guests so it was a lot of work, but fortunately everything came off very well.  My son deep fries the turkey and it was yummy!  We were supposed to have rain, but we got lucky and it waited until early this morning.

ORIGINAL OIL
SIZE:  22 X 28 ON STRETCHED CANVAS

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DOS MANZANOS

I'll be teaching a palette knife painting class this summer at Art-A-Fair in Laguna Beach, CA so I'm going to be working on a series of images that will suit all levels of painters.  Palette knife painting is so fun since it is somewhat "plastic" in its maneuverability.  With so much paint on the canvas it is easier to move edges and change things by scraping off.  Come down and give it a try.

Original Oil
Size:  8 x 10

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