"Promise"
8" x 10" oil on panel
$595
This oil landscape is based on an area outside of Henderson, Nevada, which is a suburb of Las Vegas. There really was a rainbow in my reference photograph.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Friday, November 16, 2012
Paths And Gardens (Landscape Photographs)
"Stand by the roads and look; and ask for the eternal paths, where the good, old way is; then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls...." Jeremiah 6:16
The above reference photos of mine were taken a few years ago at Bandelier National Park in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The park is on the slopes of the Jemez mountains and covers 33,000 acres. I have several more photographs I shot of the area, and like I always say "I hope to paint these soon". :-) I have been seriously considering how often times people take the wrong path in life -- or the right path -- and the consequences. This has inspired me to start a new series soon depicting paths in my paintings. Stay tuned ! Right now I am painting two landscapes, one of Hawaii and another of Nevada, and I am pretty excited about them and will finish them soon so check back often. Below is my reference photograph of a path at Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle.
I often visited this 230 acre park which is on the shores of Lake Washington. Fall is such a wonderful season to spend time there. Below are a couple of garden shots I (again) "Hope to paint soon."
The two shots above were taken in the Japanese Garden section of Washington Park Arboretum.
I must get some sleep now so I will be fresh and energetic to work on two landscapes tomorrow. Have a great weekend everyone !
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Plumbago At Kawailoa Ranch (Hawaiian Landscape)
"Flowers are the music of the ground, from earth's lips, spoken without a sound." - Edwin Curran
"Plumbago At Kawailoa Ranch"
9" x 12" oil on panel
$695
This oil painting of horses and blue plumbago flowers is of Kawailoa Ranch on the North Shore of Oahu. It is right outside of the quaint town of Haleiwa, near Laniakea (or "Turtle") Beach. I have taken many reference photographs of the area and will be painting more scenes from this ranch, which primarily boards horses. Plumbago flowers bloom year round here in Hawaii on an evergreen shrub.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Banyan Trees And Other Things To Paint (Photos)
This photo of mine was taken in Waikiki of one of the many banyan trees to be found there. I fully intend to paint this scene before too long. It rather has a message, don't you think ? Earlier, I posted to my photography blog and gave some detailed information about banyan trees if you would like to take a look.
Above are 3 photos (which would be great references for new paintings) of my daughter-in-law at Chun's Reef on the North Shore of Oahu. She did not pose for me; I took the photos without her knowledge which always results in a better shot.
Perfect rainbow at Waimea Bay on the North Shore of Oahu. For the first time in my life I saw "the end of the rainbow" up close in the shot below at Waimea Bay.
After quickly taking this photo I walked about 8 feet or so to the end of the rainbow, but there was no pot of gold to be found. :-) And the rainbow disappeared as soon as I reached it.
I am posting these photographs because I have been told not to paint for a couple of days -- doctor's orders after a minor procedure today at the clinic. I will be so happy to paint non-stop again once all of these appointments, etc., are done with.
Please return soon and Mahalo for visiting !
Friday, November 2, 2012
Announcing New Wood Duck And Garden Prints
"Oh So Blue" - Wood Duck
12" x 16" acrylic on panel
$1500
This original acrylic painting is still available for purchase. It had been posted on this blog previously, but now I am announcing that prints are available of this image at Fine Art America. For those not familiar with FAA, they do an excellent job of prints on demand : your preferred size, whether a paper print or on stretched canvas, as well as note cards.
Below are two more paintings now available as prints for the first time.
"Descanso Gardens Flower Cart"
8" x 10" oil on panel
$500
"Rodeo Wagon"
8" x 10" oil on panel
$500
The prices on the above three works are for the original paintings. The prints available at Fine Art America are priced considerably less than that. Check out my site there !
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Horse Farm - Work In Progress and Photo
This photograph is a reference for an oil painting I began this morning. It is a horse farm on the North Shore of Oahu, just after leaving Haleiwa Beach. Below is the beginning stages of the painting.
Work In Progress
9" x 12" oil on panel
Yes, I will include the flowers and the mailboxes in the final stages of the painting. There was also some deep pink bougainvillea along the fence farther to the right that I might include as well as, or instead of, the pale blue flowers shown in the photo above.
I also began another oil painting of the same area last night, reference photo below.
Stayed tuned for the completed paintings! Thank you for stopping by to visit my blog.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
New Prints Of My Oil Paintings
I have had appointments and obligations that have hindered my painting the past few days, but I have managed to squeeze in some time on other art related chores. Below are two of my oil paintings that I posted on Fine Art America this morning that may be purchased as print on demand paper prints, on stretched canvas, and as note cards. For more information on the various sizes and so forth, go here
"Glory On The Beach"
8" x 10" oil on panel
$500
The original painting above is still available for purchase; please contact me at reynoldsrenditions@gmail.com
if interested. I accept time payments on purchases of $500 or more.
"Blue Heaven"
12" x 12" oil on panel
$1200
This oil painting of Dinard's Blue Heaven Cattleya orchid is also available and you may contact me at reynoldsrenditions@gmail.com to purchase. Again, time payments are welcome.
In addition to the above paintings, I have many more available as prints which you can view at Fine Art America. Some of my photography is featured as well at that link.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Sailing At Dawn's Full Moon - Seascape
"Sailing At Dawn's Full Moon"
6" x 6" oil on panel
$350
This sailboat was near Waikiki. I guess it is obvious I seem to be in a seascape painting mood lately.
Feel free to contact me at reynoldsrenditions@gmail.com about this or other paintings.
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Evening Light - Hawaii Seascape
"Evening Light"
6" x 6" Oil on panel
$350
This scene is on the leeward coast of Oahu at Ko' Olina resort. I used a little artistic license with the house in the right mid-ground, otherwise it is true to the actual place.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Tropical Shores (Re-worked) - Seascape
"Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth, 'You owe me.' Look what happens with a love like that, it lights up the whole sky." - Hafiz
"Tropical Shores"
5" x 7" oil on panel
$275
This oil seascape cried out to be improved from a previous post This ocean scene is totally from my imagination although it is typical of Hawaii and other tropical beaches. The blues are not quite as intense in the original painting as this image depicts.
For more information or to purchase this painting, please email me at reynoldsrenditions@gmail.com
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Moonlight Drama - Seascape
"Moonlight Drama"
6" x 6" oil on gessobord panel
$350
It was difficult to accurately photograph the various blues in this oil seascape, but this image is pretty close. Blue seems to be the only color my camera has "issues" with :-) I will be working on several 6" x 6" paintings for awhile, with a larger work now and then.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Almost Heaven - Seascape painting
"Almost Heaven"
6" x 6" oil on gessobord panel
$350
This is a scene of the beach at Chun's Reef, on the North Shore of Oahu. It was a breezy day with fantastic clouds. Clouds inspire me almost as much as the ocean does.
Saturday, September 15, 2012
By The Light Of The Moon - Black-Crowned Night Heron
"By The Light Of The Moon"
8" x 10" oil on gessobord panel
$525
I took the reference photo of this Black-Crowned night heron at Barking Sands Beach on the island of Kauai. It was broad daylight and there was no moon out. While painting this, I considered adding more branches to the tree with some in front of the moon; then I decided I liked the simplicity of it without the extra tree branches.
Monday, September 3, 2012
Mother's Help - (Beach Scene -Reworked)
"Mother's Help" (Reworked)
10" x 8" Acrylic on canvas
$525
I reworked this older painting today, softening and refining the skin tones as well as the clothing, and I am much happier with it now.
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Double Trouble - Red Jungle Fowl Oil Painting
"Double Trouble"
16" x 20" Oil on gessobord panel
I completed this painting this morning after working on it for two weeks straight. Please email me if interested in purchasing .
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Red Jungle Fowl Oil Painting ( Work In Progress)
Work In Progress
Red Jungle Fowl
16" x 20" Oil on gessobord panel
This oil painting of Hawaiian Red Jungle Fowl is what I have been working on all this past week. It still needs a lot of work to bring it to completion, but I wanted to share with you what I have been up to. Below are various stages of the painting's development.
Stage One - Work In Progress
After completely covering the panel in a thin coat of acrylic pyrrol red, I roughly laid in the composition with splashes of color.
Stage Two -Work In Progress
Acrylic
Stage Three - Work In Progress
Acrylic and Oil
In stage three I began using oil paints, mostly in the background trees and foliage. The reddish burgandy plants are native Ti or Tea Leaf foliage plants. I have one on my patio and they come in various shades of red, green, and varigated leaves.
Please return soon for the completed painting of Hawaiian Red Jungle Fowl.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Wake-Up Songs (House Finch Reworked)
"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." - Lou Holtz
"Wake-Up Songs"
9" x 12" Acrylic on canvas (re-worked)
$625
9" x 12" Acrylic on canvas (re-worked)
$625
This is an older painting that I worked on this morning to correct the bird's anatomy and color. I am much happier with this little house finch now. There are several palm trees outside my studio and several house finches sing away in the early morning; especially when the palms bear their "fruit", which they like to eat.
These birds were introduced to Hawaii from California sometime before 1870.
Below is one of my reference photos for another painting in progress right now.
These are wild Hawaiian Red Jungle fowl found throughout the islands. Please return soon to see the completed painting.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Blue Heaven (Orchid painting )
"Flowers are the music of the ground; From earth's lips, spoken without a sound." - Edwin Curran
"Blue Heaven"
12" x 12" oil on gessobord panel
$1200
This oil painting of Dinard Blue Heaven Cattleya orchid was finished this afternoon. It was a joy to work on it, and hopefully I will do a larger version with four blossoms in the near future.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Dinard Blue Heaven - Stage 2 Work In Progress
"Hurry? I never hurry. I have no time to hurry." - Composer Igor Stravinsky
Dinard Blue Heaven
Work In Progress- Stage 2
12" x 12" oil on gessobord panel
This cattleya orchid is taking some time to complete. It will need to dry before I work on it again. As much as I would like to complete a painting in one sitting, most of the time it is my habit to work in stages and not hurry. Stay tuned for the completed work.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Dinard Blue Heaven Orchid (Work In Progress)
The above reference photograph is of the gorgeous pale blue to lavender cattleya orchid Dinard Blue Heaven. I fell in love with it at first sight and after bringing it home took over 100 reference photos of it. Today I began a rough lay-in of oil color on a panel and you can see the work in progress below.
12" x 12" oil on panel
Work in progress
It looks pretty rough right now, but my aim was to first cover the panel completely with color. The details will appear as the work progresses. To view more photos of this orchid on a prior post, go here.
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Makapu'u Point Lighthouse Trail (Oahu, Hawaii)
"Checking The Surf"
12" x 6" oil on canvas
This painting was posted here previously, but I wanted to show you one of my works with Makapu'u lighthouse in the distance from Makapu'u Beach Park on Oahu. Yesterday my son Mitch and daughter-in-law Michelle and I hiked a two mile trail up that cliff to get a close up view of the lighthouse. Wow! What beautiful scenery along the trail. I have lived here 9 years and it was my first time to do that hike. Isn't it funny that when you live near such places you don't visit them as frequently as the tourists do. Below are some photos from the hike yesterday that you might enjoy.
Below are Mitch and Michelle on the trail and afterwards at a restaurant at Koko Marina where we stopped to have a late lunch after the hike. That is Koko Crater behind them in both photos.
It was a beautiful day and a wonderful visit with my son and Michelle. I posted more pictures on my photography blog as well as a video of the trail if you would like to see additional views of the area.
Now I must get back to painting ! But instead of waterlilies I feel the urge to paint the lighthouse and scenery from yesterday's welcome trip outside my studio. Such a delightful predicament ! ;-D
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Waterlilies On My Mind (Photos)
Stay tuned for more waterlily paintings. For you flower lovers out there, I made a post today on my photography blog showing photographs of various ginger flowers found in Hawaii. Below is a photo of shell ginger with a bee which I intend to paint one of these days.
Back to the easel ! Thanks for stopping by.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Lady In Red (Waterlily)
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"Lady In Red"
4" x 6" Oil on canvas on panel
I used my artistic license with the intense red of the waterlily. This is a study for a future larger painting.
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