"FEBRUARY MORNING" 12011, contemporary mixed media forest tree abstract © Carol Nelson Fine Art

February Morning

I used textured wall paper for the trees.  I like the textured look of the paper.  The background was applied thickly with a palette knife.

This palette is different for me - there's no orange!  Well, there's orange, with white and yellow, in the sky color, but that's really an orange TINT.

This painting is at auction on Daily Paintworks.  Click here to put in your bid, and you might get this 6x6 for $75, which is a 25% saving over my usual 6x6 prices.

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"SUNSET TREES" 11046 daily painter landscape trees © Carol Nelson Fine Art

"SUNSET TREES"

I did this little 6x6 inch painting as part of a poster project.  My artist guild is making a poster of members' 6x6 paintings as a promotional tool for an upcoming art show the guild sponsors.

The only restriction was that each painting had to be done in tones of blue, orange, white and yellow.  I used phthalo blue, pyrrole orange, and yellow ochre (Golden fluid acrylics.)
It's always fun to do a painting with a restricted palette.

For information on this painting, click here to go to my website.

"WINTER SUNSET" daily painter winter landscape © Carol Nelson Fine Art

"WINTER SUNSET"

Winter sunsets seem to be extra beautiful.  I think it's because the earth is covered in neutral tones of white and gray, making the splash of color in the sky all the more brilliant.
For purchase information on this 36x18 original oil, please click here to go to my website.

"OREGON SUNSET," daily painter original seascape © Carol Nelson Fine Art

"OREGON SUNSET"

My friends SueP and John are touring the country in their motor home.  I live vicariously through the fabulous photo Sue posts on her Facebook site.  This is a painting based on one of her photos.  The only change I made is the two seagulls were sitting on the large rock in the photo - I put them on the wing.

Sue's photo





To purchase this 5x7 oil on paper, click here to go to my website. This painting comes with a black 11x14 mat and arrives ready to frame.                        

"CITY TWILIGHT," 10130, daily painter original cityscape © Carol Nelson Fine Art

I haven't done very many cityscapes. This particular image was on a commercial photography site. I paid a fee for the rights to reproduce the image in a painting. This is a scene in Denver, CO, but it could one of several major cities.

What attracted me to the image was the dramatic last rays of sunlight shining on the buildings and the reflection of that light bouncing off the railroad tracks. That photographer had to be in the right spot at just the right moment. Doing a complex painting such as this, in a small 7x5 format was a real challenge. I had to simplify, yet still detail the buildings enough to suggest the windows and architecture.

This 7x5 inch painting is available for $100. Click here to go to my website for more information.

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My website is with Fine Art Studios Online (FASO). The folks at FASO have a monthly Bold Brush art competition that anyone can enter. If you look at the top right sidebar, you'll see a rather blatant appeal to vote for my painting - you might have to have a Facebook page, but I'm not sure about that.
Anyhow, I was browsing through my paintings trying to decide what to enter for next month's competition, and I came across Randy's smiling face. He was part of my 100 Portraits project and was one of my favorites, because I think it was particularly well painted.
Feel free to vote, or not. : - )

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Studio Sale - save on this original painting "SUNSET BEACH"

Sunset on the beach. What could be more peaceful and romantic? My daughter's wedding was on the beach, at sunset, in Zihuatanejo, Mexico. It was just a perfect scene.

This 12x12 original oil on canvas is available with a black canvas floater frame for $200, including shipping. The painting without the frame is $150. Please email me for additional purchase information at carolnelsonfineart@comcast.net.

Miller Time, 9049, twilight in the Big Apple

This is my version of another DSFDF challenge. Karin Jurick, our fearless leader, supplied the photo of bustling New York City. I thought I would change the time of day to early evening. The lights have come on and everything is bathed in a glow from the golden sky.
I've never painted a cityscape before. It was challenging and tedious. I COULD NOT STAND to do every little window, so the buildings are just a suggestion of what is in the photo. I would make a terrible architect. The main thing I wanted was the beautiful effect a glowing sky has on the scene.
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Sunset Beach, 08808

Perhaps it's the fact that it's snowing and 8 degrees outside that makes me paint these beach paintings. I think this painting captures that irresistable scene of the sun dipping low into the sea. I wouldn't mind standing on that beach right now. This original oil painting is on 12x12 inch gallery wrap canvas.

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