Oil paintings have been around for many, many centuries. Some artists use a medium like linseed oil, flax seed oil, mineral spirits or turpentine mixed with the oils to thin them making the paint more workable when applying to the canvas. Artists do not always use canvas as a substrate; sometimes they use linoleum tile, wooden panels, paper/cardboard and slate. They do not always use a brush either. Some have had great success using palette knives, their fingers, or a common rag.
Oil paint dries by oxidation, not evaporation; therefore, it should not be varnished before a six month period... usually one year is necessary to allow for a complete drying cycle. Art conservators do not consider an oil painting completely dry until it is 60 to 80 years old.
Do not leave oil paintings in direct sunlight or damp surroundings for extended periods of time. A light dusting is all that is necessary; do not use spray cleaners or polishes on the surfaces.
"Washington Park Lake House"
"WASHINGTON PARK LAKE HOUSE"
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Canvas Size: 12" x 36"
Price: $215.00 - Unframed
$255.00 - Framed
".......Hydrangas"
". . . . . Hydrangas"
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Canvas Size: 18" x 14"
Price: $130.00 - Unframed
$175.00 - Framed with Linen Insert
"VORTEX STANDING"
TITLE: "Vortex Standing"
MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas
Canvas Size: 12" x 12"
Price: $110.00
Gallery Wrapped Canvas - No Frame Required
"Winds of Change"
"WINDS OF CHANGE"
MEDIUM: OIL ON CANVAS
CANVAS SIZE: 12" X 36"
PRICE: $215.00 - UNFRAMED
$255.00 - FRAMED
So many of my friends and colleagues offered a name for this painting. [Thank you!] The name is a culmination of suggestions. Gail Hartley implied: "It looks like eating a lunch at a bistro in Paris ." I liked this name, too.
Title: "Lunch at the Bistro - Paris"
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Canvas Size: 16 x 20
Price: $160.00 - Unframed
$210.00 - Framed
Title: Kirsten's Surprise
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Canvas Size: 12" x 12"
Price: $85.00
Gallery Wrapped Canvas - No Frame Required
"Kirsten's Surprise", 12 x 12, Oil, Gallery Wrap, $85.00
"City Lights"
"City Lights", Oil, Gallery Wrapped, $85.00
Title: "City Lights"
Medium: Oil
Canvas Size: 9 x 12 Inches
Price: $85.00
Gallery Wrapped [no frame required]
"Mousing Around"
Title: "Mousing Around"
Medium: Oil on Canvasboard
Canvas Size: 5" x 7"
Price: $35.00 - Unframed
Framed: $55.00
The Elk's Club, State St., Albany, NY
Title: "B.P.O.E. Elks Club" State Street Albany, New York
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Canvas Size: 12" W x 36" H
Price: $215.00 - Unframed
Framed: $235.00
Three Years in the Making
"Alaskan Mountains"
"Alaskan Mts.", Oil on canvas, 12 x 36", $255.00
TITLE: "ALASKAN MOUNTAINS"
CANVAS SIZE: 12 X 36"
MEDIUM: OIL ON CANVAS
PRICE: $215.00 - UNFRAMED
$255.00 - FRAMED
"Happy Confetti"
Title: "Happy Confetti"
Canvas Size: 15" x 36"
Medium: Oil on Gallery Canvas
Price: $285.00
NOTE: No Frame Required
"Rockport, Me."
Title: "Rockport, Me. - Study"
Oil on Canvas
Canvas Size: 24" x 30"
Price: $300.00 Unframed
$525.00 - Framed
"Kona"
Title: "Kona"
Oil Painting on Canvas
Canvas Size: 12" x 36"
Price: $215.00 - Unframed
$265.00 - Framed
"Reflections"
Title: "Reflections"
Oil Painting on Canvas
Canvas Size: 24" wide x 36" tall
Price: $400.00 - Unframed
Framed: $485.00
"Morning Flower"
"Morning Flower", oil on Canvas, 6 x 6,
Title: "Morning Flower"
Canvas Size: 6 x 6
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Price: $36.00 - Unframed
$86.00 - Framed; Linen Insert
"Morning Flower" is painted from a photograph of photographer, Robert Felber.
I thought this picture was simply beautiful; a fine example of the simplicity but awe-inspiring design of nature.
"Lake George"
Title: "Lake George" New York, USA
Oil on Canvas
Canvas Size: 11 x 14"
Price: $75.00 - Unframed
$125.00 - Framed
Lake George is located in the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York. It is a famous tourist attraction during all seasons of the year. Many events and activities have made this village "home" such as the Winter Carnival where the Polar Bear Club makes a splash in the frozen waters. In the summer, many charities and organizations seek out this town to hold their "happenings" such as the yearly Harleyfest, Firemen's gathering, and the Adirondack Nationals - a event in which over 5,000 custom hot rods, antique and one-of-a-kind autos show up to "strut" their stuff.
This area is also famous for fishing, boating, parasailing, hiking, camping and just plain vacationing. People come from all over the world to visit this quaint town and return again and again.
Shown at Albany, New York 1st Friday Event and the Schodack Town Hall Exhibit.
"Shawn's Table"
"SHAWN'S TABLE"
OIL ON CANVAS
CANVAS SIZE: 9" X 12"
PRICE: UNFRAMED: $100.00
FRAMED: $140.00
"Dave's Place"
Title: "Dave's Place"
Oil Painting on Canvas
Canvas Size: 6" x 12"
Price: $35.00 - Unframed
$55.00 - Framed
Price: $60.00 - Framed
"Bar Harbor, Me."
Title: "Bar Harbor, Maine"
Oil on Canvas
Canvas Size: 18" x 14"
Price: $125.00 - Unframed
"Bar Harbor, Me.", 18 x 14, Oil on Canvas, $169.50
Price: $169.50 - Framed
"Sunset on the Connecticut Shore"
Title: "Sunset on the Connecticut Shore"
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size: 16" x 20"
Price: $150.00 - Unframed
Price: $200.00 - Framed
"The Dunes"
Title: "The Dunes"
Oil on Canvas
Canvas Size: 9" x 12"
Price: $55.00 - Unframed
$105.00 - Framed
Displayed in 2008 at the Local Color Art Gallery
Latham, New York, USA
Framed
$145.00
"AlTech Steel"
"Altech Steel, Menands, NY", oil on canvas,
Al Tech Steel, Menands, New York, USA
[Also known as Alleghany-Ludlum Steel]
Al Tech Steel was a very large employer in the upstate New York region for many decades. Like the other American steel companies of the 20th century, its decline and despair was due only to the outsourcing of steel through other countries. There was a variety of buildings throughout the Al Tech Steel compound. Railroad tracks that lead up to some of the buildings still can be seen from a distance.
Oil on Canvas
Title: "Al Tech Steel No. 1"
Size: 24 x 30"
Price: $360.00 - Unframed
$520.00 - Framed
This original was juried into the Historic Albany Foundation show and auction - November 2006.
"Plum Island, Me."
Oil Painting on Canvas
"Plum Island, Maine"
Size: 8 x 10"
Price: $60.00
Unframed
Framed Painting:
$95.00
Outside Dimensions of Frame: 16 x 18 1/2"
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