"Occidental Park" Seattle city scenes, cityscape oil painting

I bring you one more cityscape of my hometown Seattle before I start posting a new series of flower paintings. Another rainy day scene, this time heading west on South Main St. by the little tram depot. Since most of this painting is foreground with a high horizon, the challenge was to get enough interest into the textures,colors and reflected light to draw the viewer into the scene.
16x20 oil on canvas  sold

"Eatonville Farm" oil landscape painting

I found this cool barn on the way home from Mt Rainer.  I pulled right over and took some pics. Then I made some sketches and took them back to the studio.

8x6 oil on panel.sold

Swallows on Whidbey Island" oil landscape painting

We found this old barn while exploring Whidbey Island.......I added the swallows for fun....
10x6 oil on panel  sold

"Yellow Bird" oil landscape painting

It's been so wintry.....cold and rainy/snowy/sleety/blustery  outside.....I have been wishing for summer......so I painted some for myself....and for you!
8x6 oil on panel

"WinterTwilight on Big Valley Rd." oil landscape nocturn painting

We have had some late (for the Puget Sound anyway) winter snow and cold temperatures lately. This house is a few miles away on Big Valley Rd. It seemed an inviting refuge of warmth on a cold winter night.
6x8 warm-up painting, oil on panel.  to purchase, email  robinweiss@earthlink.net 

"Starboard Tack" oil marinescape painting

Sailboats are a pretty common sight where we live. In fact Leigh's husband Jim builds them and works on them in his boat shop right next to the Knowles studio. This one is heading out for some day sailing up on Orcas Island in the San Juans.
7x5 oil on canvas panel. sold

"Cows on Whidbey Island" oil landscape painting

I am going to post warm-up paintings that have been accumulating in the studio for the next several days. Between larger work I like to keep my hand in tune by doing smaller studies from life or from photos. This one is from a photo we took on Whidbey Island last summer.
10x6 oil on panel  sold

"The Rendezvous" Seattle city scenes, oil cityscape painting

I couldn't help attempting to capture this story on canvas. It is based on one of those photos "shot from the hip" when I was lurking around in the city for reference shots. I can't remember the exact location but I was walking towards the Art Institute to meet up with my son Maury.
12x12 oil on canvas sold

"Marina Boats" oil marine landscape

I found these boats at our local marina in Poulsbo, Washington. I was drawn to the great reflection of the overcast sky moving in to a clear day and the contrasts that created in the water with the white boats. These boats are parked near the port office which is a floating "office boat" I think that would be a great job! ...Except that I would spend too much time fishing.....or painting the scenery!.

9x12 oil on oil proof textured paper mounted to gator board (works for me!..=])   sold


I have included the under-painting for this work.....For awhile now I have been drawing my compositions with a "drawing brush" and then working out values with a brush using the same paint.

"Family Trio" Seattle City scenes, figurative oil painting

I was captivated by this little girl, so excited to be visiting the city even though it was raining cats and dogs...I tried to convey an intimate moment between this family surrounded by the frenzied activity and noise of the city.
12x12 oil on canvas.sold

"Trumpeter fields of Whatcom county" landscape oil painting

8x6 warm up painting from images taken on the way home from Harrison Hot Springs. The Trumpeter Swans are amazing!... We saw them close up too....I have more paintings coming from this series........
8x6 oil on panel  sold

"Into The Woods" figurative oil painting,

I love it when I am able to rescue a painting!!...Awhile back I worked on several paintings of my friend Alexa. I felt only one of them was good enough to post on this blog......but there was one I didn't want to give up on because I liked the back ground........so I set it aside and when the opportunity came up to enter a juried show in Port Townsend at the Northwind Art Center......I pulled it out and decided to rework the figure. The theme of the show is "Into the Woods" and I thought that this painting would be perfect if I could resolve the problems. In the original painting Alexa was facing forward. Everything was rendered well except for her face...Try as I would, I could not get the feel of her expression and the overall "story"of the painting to say what I wanted .....Sometimes you just have to get a cup of coffee and sit back and study your options when resolving issues in a composition.....and remember you are the artist!.....I finally decided to turn her around, going "into the woods".....Also, I changed the color of her jacket from dark to light, enhancing the contrast in that area.....Did I save the painting?... What do you think?
11x14 oil on canvas

"Umbrella Girl" figurative, cityscape

As you can see.....it's still winter in Seattle!.....And that means rain...and lots of it!...This family was visiting Pike Place Market and having a grand time despite the rain...The little girl was excited to get on with exploring the city!
6x8 oil on panel.....sold

"The Reflecting Wall" Seattle city scenes, oil cityscape

Still working on my images of the city in Seattle WA. I found this one from earlier in the fall and was re-inspired by my original interest in the reflections off the polished granite wall of this building.
6x10 oil on panel  sold

"First and Pike" Seattle city scenes, oil cityscape

There is something about this corner in Seattle that keeps inspiring me to create more cityscape paintings. In the distance you can see the sky bridge to the convention center. In the foreground, The Green Tortoise Hostel, a subject I have painted many times.
9x12 oil on linen paper   sold

"Jazz Man" jazzcanvasonline.com

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sold

"Late for the Ferry" Seattle city scenes, figurative oil painting

A common sight in Seattle....Folks hurrying for the ferry with flowers or produce from Pike Place Market.
11x14 oil on canvas panel sold

"The Picasso Exhibit" Seattle city scenes, oil cityscape painting

Recently there has been a Picasso exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum. On the first day you were allowed free entry if you dressed in red!....What a hoot to see the long line of folks dressed in every shade of red. We saw quite a few Picasso's at the Cleveland Art Museum this summer so we skipped this one. From what I heard there were over 300 pieces of art!
This is a view of the front of the Seattle Art Museum. (SAM)
12x9 oil on oil proof linen paper. SOLD

"Winter Walk" Seattle city scenes, oil cityscape

"Winter Walk" is the completed 60x40 commission work of the waterfront in down town Seattle. I'm relieved to be done and very happy with the finished piece.......now we will see if the client likes it!
If your in the Seattle area you can see the painting in person at the next Jazz Canvas at the Knowles Studio in Poulsbo. Buy your tickets online at jazzcanvasonline.com
sold

"Picked Fresh" produce vendor at Pikes Place Market, Seattle, Wa.

This oil painting was inspired by all the intense colors, the smells and sounds of Seattle's , Pikes Place market. I spend a lot of time roaming the aisles with my handy pocket camera looking for interesting figures to add to my compositions. This produce vendor fit the bill!
20x16 oil on canvas   sold

Catching up on Commissions oil painting

The last month or so I have been working hard to catch up all the commission paintings that have accumulated. I have them listed on a board. Two more to go! This represents my biggest challenge so far ....a 60x40 canvas of Seattle city, down by the waterfront. It is still in progress but I am feeling pretty good about the overall composition.

Some may recognize this scene, as I have done it before..I don't always have success repainting prior work but this turned out okay. 15x8 oil on canvas..."Green Pastures"

Same with "The Puzzled Cow"...think I have painted this guy about four times now....sheesh!..People love him...and so do I!.....9x12 oil on canvas

I don't get to do many pet paintings...not really my forte' ....but I had fun doing "Merlin" in watercolor....12x9, W/C

Another painting of the mouth of the Dungeness river....for the same gentleman who has commissioned the rest of my river paintings......God bless him!

These paintings are all sold.......contact robinweiss@earthlink.net for available work

"Other World Abstraction" oil painting

My son Maury is attending The Art Institute of Seattle, taking game design and working on some concept art.....I painted this one for him......My lame attempt at concept art.....But it's fun!!

NFS

"Mount Rainier from the Bainbridge Ferry" oil landscape painting

This painting was done from a photo I took off the deck of the Bainbridge Island to Seattle ferry on a beautiful clear day . I was on my way to Alki Arts, the new gallery that is showing my work on Alki Beach. You can just see a bit of Alki though the trees and across the water of Puget Sound.
11x14 oil on canvas panel

"Take me to Pike Place" Seattle City oil painting

Pike Place market in Seattle is one of my favorite spots for gathering images of city scenes and the people who live, work and shop there...especially on rainy days....This painting was a view up Pike towards the convention center on a blustery day in November.

16x20 oil on canvas sold

"Grand Entry" Yakima Pow Wow dancer, oil painting

My friend and founder of Sacred Road Ministries, Chris Granberry, took the photo I used as reference for this painting. This young Yakima native is doing the Fancy Dance at a Pow Wow from this summer on the reservation. If you are interested in purchasing this painting, half the proceeds will be donated to Sacred Road ministries.
For info email robinweiss@earthlink.net 16x20 oil on canvas

Thought I would show the progression of this painting.....sometimes it is really hard to know when to stop, especially when a painting is going really good from the start......you just have to use your instincts as an artist..........but I really liked the painting at this stage!

Here I sketched the image out on the canvas with a "drawing brush" and a little cad orange with ultramarine blue.

The concept sketch from my sketchbook.

The finished painting will be available at Knowles Studio this Saturday the 4th of Dec for our second annual Oasis charity art show. 50% of the proceeds of art sales will be donated to Oasis, an outreach ministry to the victims of sex trafficking in the U.S. and many other countries.