Sunflowers Three

Well, it's finally finished. I don't think I over worked it, but I'm never sure.
Thankfully the Collector loves it, particularly the center impasto and the contrast with the yellow and red (which will go in her living room perfectly, she tells me).


Dimension: .24x36x75 gallery wrapped canvas

Media: Oils
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Work in progress

Still working on this sunflower oil painting and having a lot of fun with it. Glazing is something I haven't done too much of and I've glazed the leaves with at least a dozen different coats of thin paint, in different colors of the yellow family. In glazing, you need to let each layer dry completely before applying another layer so it becomes very time consuming. You can use mediums to speed up the process but I've only been using linseed oil to thin the paint with my water mixable oils.


The center, however, in a typical sunflower is composed of numerous disk flowers and I wanted to capitalize on this area and have thick impasto since I know my collector likes this technique. So, what you see in the center, is the background for the impasto which will be added later. I'm not too happy with the leaves showing in the upper left flower. Will have to work on that...

I really like the red background contrasting with the yellows. Let me know what you think!

Work in progress

These babies are the inspiration for a new Sunflower painting I'm working on. It's a request from a collector who wants a red background behind the yellow flowers. She plans to put the painting, which measures 24x36, over her living room sofa. I'll let you know how it goes.

 Sketch

Laying in the local colors

Navy and Fuchsia Hyacinth

We all have favorite customers we like to deal with or in my case, "collectors" when we make art. Some people are a pleasure to work with and you want to do your best for them and strive to make them happy, others-not so much.

I'm lucky in that most of my repeat collectors, are great. One of my favorites is Ileana (and her sister). She recently asked me to make two hyacinth paintings fashioned after little aceo's I have in my etsy shop.

So I've been working on this commission recently. These two 8x10's are the result of her input. She specified the colors that will co-ordinate with the room she's decorating in her new home. Using the palette knife and swirling the oil paints on thick kind of reminded me of decorating a cake with frosting!  I really love the results but most importantly, so did Ileana!

Thank you, Ileana. I hope they put a smile on your face whenever you glance their way.

If you see something in my shop that you would like in a different size, color, etc., please contact me at msr107@gmail.com.

  

Pink-Plum Hyacinth Original Oil

Copyright 2010 by Maria Soto Robbins

This painting was done at the request of a collector who had seen my little aceo Pink Hyacinth and loved it but the size was all wrong. Sometimes it's easy enough to take the theme from a little 2.5x3.5 aceo (art card edition original) and enlarge it to what ever size is needed, with the correct orientation. However, in this case, my little aceo was kind of a modernistic, abstract shape of an hyacinth, with heavy impasto. Of course she loved the tones but they didn't match the walls exactly. And she didn't want quiet such a modernistic, abstract painting since the room it's being displayed in is more traditional. She sent along color chips of the colors in the room. This is so helpful, if you're interested in an exact match. I don't mind doing this at all. As a matter of fact, I think it helps with the decision-making aspect of what colors to use, since that decision is made for you by the client. So these are some of the considerations when dealing with a commission.

Dimension: 18x24x.75 gallery wrapped canvas

Media: Oils

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