Flower of the Sun an Original Oil Painting

Flower of the Sun

I found a painting that I had not posted yet, probably because it was painted in 2007 before I started the blog site.  I had set it back with intention to rework the center of the flower and never got around to it until seven years later.

Flower of the Sun is painted in oils on an artists grade 24 by 18 inch stretched canvas.  I painted the stapled edges with a dark brown to compliment the center of the flower.  The flower is highlighted by sunlight bathing the petals from the back creating a lovely translucent effect.  The reference photo has some overexposure in the background resulting in a nice batch of bubbly lights.  I liked the effect and softened some of them into circles by spinning my brush.  Easily done in oils.

Flower of the Sun will be in our fall shows.  Hope you like the painting!

God Bless You,
jimmie@jimmiesart.com

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Tall Sunflower Oil Painting

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Tall Sunflower is the oil painting I finished today.  It is painted on a 14x11 gallery wrapped canvas with edges also painted for hanging without a frame, although I think paintings look much better framed.   I wanted the sunflower to stand alone much taller than the rest backlit with a beautiful blue sky.

I used two photos from www.wetcanvas.com reference library of images for artists to make up the composition using the best features of both.  I like to paint flowers especially a single flower in portrait mode so we can focus on the great beauty and anatomy each and every flower has.  When several are bunched in nature, or an arrangement, the view becomes multiple and sometimes the focal point becomes one flower anyway with the rest in varying degrees of importance to the composition.  I placed the flower to the left side of the canvas and located the leaves to maintain the overall balance of the painting.   I hope you like the painting.

Let us pray before we paint,
Jimmie@jimmiesart.com

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A Summer Sunflower, Origianl Oil Painting

I finished this little painting today.  It is in oils on a 14x11 inch gallery wrap canvas.  I like painting single flowers on dark backgrounds as the contrast is strong and the flower stands out vividly.  Also, putting in strong highlights and shadows on the flower and leaves makes up for not putting in a colorful realistic background.

I used the following colors in my pallet:  black, white, yellow, yellow pale, red, orange, sap green, terra verde green, van dyke brown and prussian blue.   I have three large tool boxes to put all my paint and brushes in.  One is for oils, one for acrylics, and the last one is for the glass paints I no longer use.  I stopped painting on glass several years ago, but I keep them anyway.  I sold a lot of window paintings back in the day, but got tired of painting on glass and cleaning up old windows.  I prefer painting on canvas or board.

Your comments are welcomed.
Let us pray before we paint,
jimmie@jimmiesart.com

Mexican Sunflower

An acrylic painting of a Mexican Sunflower, 14x14 gallery stretched canvas, edges painted.

This was painted as a still life setting in the studio.  The flower was my grandsons graduation class flower as it brightly displayed the Van Vleck Leopard's school colors.  Each graduate presented their mother with a Mexican Sunflower in appreciation of their support.  I figured if it represented that much of an honor, I would paint it so it would last in memory.  Besides, it is a pretty flower.  I enjoyed working on this painting.
 
Prints are available if you would like to purchase one. 

Let us pray before we paint,
Jimmie@jimmiesart.com