Fishing On The Flats, Original Oil Painting

Fishing on the Flats, 12 x 16, Oil on Gallery Canvas w/edges painted

$400 plus S/H/appl. taxes

Fishing On The Flats is a painting capturing one of the beautiful sunsets God gives us everyday.  The joy of getting to fish in one of these remote spots is shared by many fisherman on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.   I love to fish, but I think I enjoyed painting this scene more than going fishing this week.  Many Thanks to my friend Rockey for letting me use his photo for reference.  I can paint a favorite fishing memory for you.  Email me for information.

Hope your like the painting.  Now let's go fishing!  

God Bless You,

jimmie@jimmiesart.com

Daybreak on the Bay Oil Painting

Daybreak on the Bay, 12x24 Oil Painting on Stretched Canvas

$200 USD plus S/H

I finished this one today.  I tried to capture the beauty of the actual daybreak when I took the reference photo in November 2006.  I brightened the water a little and lightened the sky some as the photo had a bit of color and value shift from what I remembered.  At daybreak, siloettes do have different values and color.  This one captured a lot of detail.  Check out the rigging and the figures.  Do you see the Captain in the cabin holding a mug of coffee?  The window lights were lit up by the glass reflecting the yellow sky.  The bouncing oranges and yellows bring out the action going on in the water, from the nose of the boat plowing through it,  and the churn wash from the propeller at the stern.  The sky backlights the strain on the rigging and cabling as the dredge box is digging up oysters on the bottom of the bay.  Notice that the masts and antenna are not painted black but lend to a tonal orange color to harmonize with the skylight.  I get excited about the power of light and shadow in contrast.

We were doing an A/C show in the Bauer Center in Port Lavaca, Texas that day and I got up early to shoot photos of the bay.  It worked out great as it happened to be the opening day of oystering season and the boats were already dredging.  I took a lot pictures, then went back to the RV to eat breakfast before the show opened at 9 am.  It was one of those days an artist loves and remembers.  Beautiful scenery and an art show.

The painting is still wet and is priced at $200 plus S/H and any tax or insurance that may be added.  S/H usually runs about 15.00 for ground rate within continental USA for packages about this size.   I plan to put a buyitnow PayPal button here for purchase after it is dry enough to ship.   Please contact me via email if you are interested or want to buy it now and I will ship it when dry.  (About 2 to 3 weeks from today.)

I hope you like this intriguing panoramic oil painting.  It will look great on your wall this Christmas.

Let us pray before we paint,

jimmie@jimmiesart.com

The Fishing Pier

The Fishing Pier, Oil Painting, 18x24 on hand stretched gallery wrap canvas is finished.  The previous post shows the start of this painting as a work in progress (WIP).  The paint is still wet and will not be ready to handle for a couple of weeks.   The Pier will be for sale when the paint is dry.  I had a grand time with this one exploring the neat effects of light and shadows created by the sunset bouncing light on the water and pier.

We have two indoor shows this month.  The first one is this Saturday at the El Campo Civic Center and the next one is in Halletsville on the next Saturday in the KC Hall.  If you are in the area, I hope you can visit us and the other vendors.

I hope you like the Fishing Pier.  All comments welcome.

Let us pray before we paint,

Jimmie@jimmiesart.com