White Pelicans, an Original Oil Painting by Jimmie Bartlett

White Pelicans is an oil painting on a 36 by 30 inch gallery wrap canvas with edges painted black.

I have been working on these guys for several months, as time permitted, because of our full show schedule.  The setting for the painting is on Matagorda Beach where hundreds of white pelicans and a large variety of sea birds were enjoying a sunny winter day. In this painting, there were so many small birds following the pelicans around it looked confusing, so I chose three pelicans and included enough sea birds to make it more interesting.

The bright whites of the birds and pelicans created some over exposures on my reference phots, but I was able to compensate with off white mixes using a variety of colors and earth tones.  Gulls are much easier to paint as they really deal more with the gray scale ie light to dark blacks.  I prefer to use paynes grey instead of black.

The original is for sale.  Giclee fine art prints on canvas and archival paper are available.  Contact me for information on limited edition prints of White Pelicans.

I hope you enjoy the painting and have a blessed day.

Jimmie@TheBartlettPair.com

Peaceful Beach an Oil Painting by Jimmie Bartlett

Peaceful Beach oil painting is painted on a 16 by 20 inch gallery wrap canvas.  I enjoyed the freedom of colors and composition in this work.  The only requirement was to paint a beach scene with the beach as the focal point, a few birds allowed.  Sunsets were also excluded.  The main palette for the sky was cobalt blue, a bit of ultra marine, touch of purple, and white.  The sea built with cobalt blue, cerulean blue, and viridian green.  The sand was painted with earth tones, paynes gray,  and white.  I used some photos for guides, but got tangential and let it flow. Canvas and archival art paper prints are available.

Blessings,
jimmie@thebartlettpair.com

 

Cody, An Original Oil Painting

I finished Cody this week after several settings of painting him in layers and tweaking the features to make him identifiable as the unique horse he was.  This commission is painted on a 20 by 16 inch canvas in oils.  I hope you like the background with a soft cosmic approach to push the image forward.  The colors were mixed to represent his summer coat and I tried to capture the likeness of his mane, blaze, and face realistically.

One eventful story about this horse:

The lady that owned and loved him entered a fund raiser barrel race.  She had never ridden in a barrel race, but Cody had earlier in his life.  She let him have his head and he ran the barrels without missing a lick!  All she could do was to hang on.  A horse with a strong heart.

I hope you enjoy the painting and the story of a very memorable horse.

May God Bless You,
Jimmie@jimmiesart.com

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Blue Tipped Rose Oil Painting

The Blue Tipped Rose Oil Painting is on a 16 by 20 inch gallery wrap canvas.  I selected this rose to paint because of it's unique combination of colors.  The work was a nice challenge in mixing and blending to get the results for a realistic approach.  I changed several of the petal shapes hopefully to give the rose center a more traditional look and make it easier for me to paint.  The black background really makes the rose vivid.  The pallet is very simple using a bit aliz. crimson, permanent rose, purple, prussan blue, lamp black, and tit. white.  By the way, back grounds take longer to dry.
 
I want thank and give to credit Mr. Andreas Hensel for the use of the reference photo he contributed to the public domain web site Pixabay.

Hope you like the work and come back to visit.

God Bless You,
jimmie@jimmiesart.com

Blue Iris Painting

One of my early paintings of irises that surprised me with how well the simple composition came out. I painted it freestyle without references or sketch. Very relaxing to paint with freedom. The gold background compliments the blue iris.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jimmie@jimmiesart.com

Birdhouse Art

Building and Painting Birdhouses is another avenue of art that I enjoy.  The compositions are endless as there are many types of birdhouses and themes to paint.  I paint these in a "free style" mode, just get an idea and start painting.  Cutting out the wood pieces and assembly of the houses is fun.  These are built to withstand the rigors of outdoor use and have removable bases to clean the old nests out.  Most of my customers use them for indoor or porch decor.  The birdhouses are for sale on etsy.com.

I hope you are enjoying the Spring weather and will come back to see my blog.

God Bless You,
jimmie@jimmiesart.com

Bluebonnets have arrived in Texas

Bluebonnets are in fresh bloom in Texas.  We have seen several small patches springing up, along with the Indian Paintbrush and other wild flowers.  Springtime is such a good change after the long wet and cold winter all of the USA has had this year.  I took the picture (right) of one in our front yard that started blooming three days ago.

I usually paint a bluebonnet composition every year in anticipation of their arrival.  See my blog post about Bluebonnet Fields in Texas .  I hope you enjoy the bluebonnets or whatever the springtime bloom brings to your area where you live.   We will be taking road trips in early April when the bluebonnets blanket the Texas countryside.

God Bless You,
Jimmie@jimmiesart.com

Bluebonnets Fields in Texas Original Painting

Bluebonnet Fields in Texas is an original acrylic painting on a gallery wrapped 16 x 20 inch canvas.

I completed the painting today and feel great about the outcome.  I could continue to include more components in the painting, but I liked the open distance it projects with no man made objects.  The painting is impressionistic with a lot of depth in the background.  I enjoyed building the cloud movement.  Dashes of light pinks and lavenders were used to build body and interest.  Receding hill tops in the background grow fainter with distance.

I hope you enjoy the bluebonnets.

God Bless You,
jimmie@jimmiesart.com

www.thebartlettpair.com

Yellow Crowned Night Heron Painting

Yellow Crowned Night Heron painting is done in acrylics on a 14 x 14 inch gallery wrapped canvas.  This is one of those I finished (2009) but wasn't quite satisfied with it.  I have a spot high up in the studio where I hang paintings to be revisited.  Usually I get back to unfinished works within a few months.  Here it is five years later and I got out the ladder and put a little more paint on him.  I worked on the body feathers to build more contrast.  His head is the only place on the little guy that has color.  There is not much detail in the crayfish he was eating as he had already crunched it.  He was standing in carpet grass while fishing so I put some water behind him to make the painting a little more interesting.  Yellow Crowned Night Herons are plentiful here in the Texas coastal area.  They fish in swampy areas, ditches, ponds, and salt water marshes.  They make nests of sticks in trees and bushes.

I hope you enjoy the painting and the story.

God Bless You,
jimmie@jimmiesart.com

www.thebartlettpair

Passionate Rose, Original Oil Painting (fresh off the easel)

Where to purchase Passionate Rose painting!

Passionate Rose Oil Painting on a 16 by 20 inch gallery wrap canvas with edges painted.

I finished this one last week and have been waiting for it to dry and get some good pictures for printing.  The one at left was taken with the paint still a little wet and shiny.  The one on the right (taken later) has less glare and more suitable for printing. I am still experimenting with exposure and lighting to get a better shot to show the dark rich greens in the background.  I have another rose painting on the easel now that is more colorful than this one.  It has been cold and wet so oil paintings are taking longer to dry.

I will put a matte finish on the painting to even out the tone and dull the shiny spots.  This one is still a work-in-progress until the clear top coat finish is on it.

Hope you like the Passionate Rose,
jimmie@jimmiesart.com

www.thebartlettpair.com