"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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"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
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"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.

"Pike Place Flowers" Seattle cityscape, oil painting

If you're tired of mall shopping and you live in the Seattle area, why not stop by the studio on Sat.Visit the artists, have a cup of coffee or tea and take advantage of some great deals on local art for that personal gift......and support your local small business!!..=]

12x9 oil on panel sold

"Seattle Rain Parade" Seattle cityscape, oil painting

Still working on studies for the "The Big One". I got off track a little with this because I liked the composition but it is a bit complicated for what I'm trying to do with the larger canvas
9x12 oil on panel   sold

"Bring flowers" Seattle city scape oil painting

I may have mentioned a large commission painting that I am working on.....this little 6x8 is one of the studies I am working on for that job. The final work will be 40x60 so I want to have a pretty good idea of what will take up all that space before I get started.  sold

"Sunset at Pioneer Square" oil cityscape for Arts in the Woods

I have recently been working on studies for a large 40x60 commission of Seattle city. From the images I have been taking of the city came this 16x20 oil on canvas of Pioneer Square. The commission will not be in this area of the city....but when I get excited about an image I have to paint it! This painting and many more recent works will be available at this years Arts in the Woods Studio Tour in Poulsbo, WA. sold

I will be at the Knowles Studio along with five other artists;

Leigh Metteer Knowles, with Printmaking and Paintings in Acrylic. http://knowlesstudio.com/

Jessica McGreal, with Prints and Encaustic. www.jessicamcgreal.com

Jennifer Umphress, with Glass Art http://www.jenniferumphress.com/

Amy Weber with Natural Dye Textiles

Robin Weiss with Landscape, Cityscape and Still life Paintings in Oil.

If you live in our area come on out and support your local artists, many who work hard in our community to stimulate the economy, mentor young people and improve our culture.

"In Flight on the Dungeness" oil landscape painting

The wildlife, especially the different birds were amazing at the mouth of the Dungeness. The caretakers of this beautiful wetland marsh do a good job managing the resource. This was a smaller study from the images I got there.

15x9 oil on canvas

"At The Mouth of the Dungeness" oil landscape painting

It's hard to tell the scale of paintings on this blog but this one is 48x24. It is the largest canvas I have attempted so far and it is for a commission project that I received a few months ago. I spent a couple days scouting, sketching and painting the Dungeness river while camping out in the parking lot of the Three Crabs restaurant. When I got back with all my reference stuff I went to work on this large canvas. The mouth of the Dungeness is property owned by a duck hunting club and I had to get special permission to access the site, which I did thanks to Matt the caretaker...I really appreciate him taking the time to hear me out and then graciously allow me to roam the wetlands freely..What a spot!!
48x24 oil on stretched canvas   sold

"Res Dog" paintings from the Ned Mueller workshop

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Okay, Wow,... it's been awhile since I updated my blog....but a lot has been happening....good stuff!! .., I took a trip to White Swan, Washington to help out Sacred Road Ministries for a project on the Yakima Indian Reservation,...I have several commission projects in the works, and in the middle of all that I took a workshop from artist Ned Mueller. Ned helped us with painting from photos,..emphasizing composition using your photo just as limited reference....which helped me a lot since I tend to rely too much on the photo. The top painting was done entirely by me ....as you scroll down, the paintings have more of Neds work in them as he is one of those instructors who likes to show you what needs fixing by actually going into your painting and fixing it.

Ned added a few touches to this one darkening the trees behind the house to define it better.

Here is Ned working on a demo at Rockwater Art Center where we took the workshop.

Ned worked more into this one using his extensive background in illustration to proportion the figure to work better as a painting.....wish I had a pic of the painting as I had it before Ned worked on it, to show the difference.

This beach scene was completely wiped out by Ned as I had it painted....the figures brought more into the forground , the horizon, softened , and the color unified.....Over all I learned a lot and see how far on the journey I have to go!.....Brush miles!

"Quilcene Trucks" oil landscape painting ,

A painting from the images I took in Quilcene while scouting locations for a commission piece of the Big Quilcene river. I used my pallette knife for most of the paint application..

I am entering this in the Bold Brush painting competition and would appreciate your help by clicking the like button after going HERE



16x20 oil on canvas.

"You are my Sunshine" sunflower oil painting,

I have been working hard on several commission paintings but still can't resist the sunflowers!

6x10 oil on panel sold

"Yellow Joy" sunflower oil painting,

It's sunflower season!!!!..I can't resist painting them!.....and the fall light is amazing this year......stay tuned I will be posting more of these...=]

6x8 oil on panel sold

"Fall Flower Garden" oil landscape painting, flowers

It's the time of year when Leigh's Fall flowers start blooming in the garden....I can't resist the color as the beautiful late season light hits the reds and yellows......I painted this very same scene in 2008 when there was a lot more sunflowers in it(click here to view). The two paintings are similar yet very different. It is interesting to see the progression of style and paint application.

16x20 oil on canvas sold

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"Umbrella Man" rainy day in Seattle, oil cityscape, figurative, painting

Typical scene in Seattle these days.. I love the rainy days as much as the sunny days and wait for them to go over and shoot photos in the city.

6x10 oil on panel. sold

"Mission" oil cityscape, Seattle, Washington

This is a view of the Bread of Life Mission in Seattle. I have heard they are expanding services to the poor and are looking for more volunteers. If you are interested in helping click here

6x8 oil on panel   sold

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