Stretching My Wings, Original Oil Painting

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This is an original oil painting of a hummingbird stretching his wings. My wife took  this unique photo of this little guy playing around in her flower garden.

The hummingbirds are very active at our place.  Carolyn has two feeders in the front flower bed and one in the back yard.  They circle the house at sonic speed and the aerial acrobat antics are so intertaining.  They will migrate next month and we will miss them when they leave and be anxious for their return.
I hope you enjoy the painting.  Please tell your friends about the web site.  They might want to  buy you something for Christmas.

Let us pray before we paint,
Jimmie

Roseate Spoonbill Party, Original Oil Painting

This oil painting is of Roseate Spoonbills feeding in the wetlands of Matagorda, County Texas.  The painting is on an 8x10 inch stretched gallery canvas.

Roseate Spoonbills are seen frequently along our Texas coastline marshes and usually seen together in groups.  This painting was inspired by a photo taken by an artist friend of mine which gave me several photos of the spoonbills to paint.  These beautiful birds are rather skiddish and he had to crawl through the wet and the weeds to get these great photographs.   I hope you like the painting.

Let us pray before we paint,
Jimmie

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Also, if you like my painting, I would appreciate it very much, if you would tell your friends about my blog and website.  As you can see, I do not have outside advertizing on my blog and sites.

Somewhere There is a Lighthouse, Original Oil Painting

Somewhere there is a lighthouse.  This oil painting is 6x8 inches and on canvas archival board.  Being an old sailor I love the water and all that goes with it, boats, the fish, beaches and far horizons, and especially lighthouses.  I painted the Hawaii Diamondhead last week and was still in the mood for painting a seascape, so I borrowed a little of the last composition to paint this lighthouse out of my head to put emphasis on the far horizon and more beach.  I had no restrictions, just the paint and brush.  A fun painting.  Hope you like it.  If you wish to purchase email jimmie@jimmiesart.com.

Let us pray before we paint,
Jimmie

Just as the Lighthouse guides the mariner in the darkest night, our lord and saviour, Jesus Christ is always here to love and guide us.

Meet Monique, Original Oil Portrait

I have been working on this portrait off and on for over a month and finally finished it.  You may want to look back at the previous work in progress posts of this painting to see the stages of progress to get here.  The painting is on a 14x11 stretched canvas.  I hope you like the way she came out.

On the easel:  another small lighthouse, roseate spoonbills, and a longhorn steer.

Let us pray before we paint,
Jimmie

A Seagull Moment, Original Oil Painting, 9x12 canvas

This is a plain and simple painting inspired by a picture we took in the marina at Palacious, Texas located on Matagorda Bay.  As you can see, this perching spot is well frequented by the gulls.

Let us pray before we paint,
Jimmie

Diamondhead Lighthouse, Hawaii Original Oil Painting

This is the lighthouse on Diamondhead volcano in Ohau, Hawaii.  This is an alla prima oil painting on a 8x6 inch archival canvas board.

The inspiration for this painting goes back to my navy days during which we were living in Eva Beach, Ohau.  On one of our exploring trips we went to Diamondhead and took the picture with a cheap box film camera.  I remember having to climb down the side of the valcano to get a good shot of it. The lighthouse turned out very small.  Had no zoom lens.  Well, a young sailor couldn't have afforded one anyway.  Anyway, I first painted the lighthouse in 1974 and still have it today as one of those to look at.  We ran across the photo last week and it had faded a lot.  I scanned it into photoshop to enlarge it enough to work with and used it as reference for this painting.   After I finished painting the lighthouse, I looked it up on the internet and found a lot of information is available about the lighthouses in Hawaii.  I was happy with my work on the painting after looking at the other photos of it on the net.  For the distance away from the lighthouse the old camera picked up enough detail to paint from.  I painted what I saw in light, form, and shadow taking some artistic license with it and I think it came out pretty good.  What do you think?  If you would like to purchase this painting email jimmie@jimmiesart.com .

Let us pray before we paint,
Jimmie

Dogwoods in the Night, 12x16 Oil Painting

I posted this painting on April 10, 2010 but recently felt that I hadn't taken the painting far enough, so I broke out the bushes and added some more to the background. I also found a nice frame for it.  jimmie@jimmiesart.com if you would like to purchase this painting or other works.
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Let us pray before we paint,

Jimmie

Finished Sequel Portrait of Damon, 14x11 in Oil

This one of my grandson Damon has been on the shelf for a couple of weeks.  I finally had a chance today to put in the final tweaks and call it finished.  I hope you like the way he came out.  Email me if you would like me to do one of you or your family.

Our fourth of July was great.  We had good food and celebrated our declaration of independence in remembrance of the sacrifices made for us to be and remain a free nation.

God Bless America,

Jimmie

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Damon, Oil Portrait, and Teaching Art

 

Finally finished the demonstration portrait tune-ups.  I had hoped to get it done and posted sooner, but the work I started on my little fishing boat ate up more time than expected.  Also, I have started working on training materials in preparation to teach art classes.  A workshop for learning to paint portraits is in the planning stage.  Hopefully, we can get it started this summer.  I am excited about the possibility of getting to teach art.  I was an instructor for many years when I worked in power plants and I really miss training and helping others learn.

Email me if you are interested in attending a workshop or taking art lessons using oils or acrylics.  jimmie@jimmiesart.com  I hope you like the way the painting came out.

Let us pray before we paint,
Jimmie

Portrait Demo Pics

Some of the pictures taken by Raymond at the El Campo Art Association Show on June 5, 2010.  These four are typical of the demonstration.  I used a photo of my grandson Damon as a model to paint from.  The first pic is the start adding color to the underpainting sketch.  I started out not noticing I had given him a lazy eye.  It was pointed out to me halfway through the demo, thank goodness.   In pic 2, the group had gotten smaller and became more interactive.  I really enjoyed their enthusiasm.  People browsed the art in the competion and revisited us during demo to see the progress.  We discussed the portrait, paint, brushes, and anything else folks was interested in.  I had planned to be there for one afternoon, but they gave me the opportunity to demonstrate on the next day, so I came back on Sunday.  Pic3, I even changed my shirt for the second day.  LOL Pic 4, this is as far as we got with the portrait.  His lazy eye was fixed and the skin tones reached a reasonable valve at this stage.

Thankyou El Campo Art Association for enviting me to participate in your show. 

Jimmie