# 24 Mystical Winter Forest

"Mystical Winter Forest"

30x40 cm, oil on wood, still working on this one!

 (wip - not quite finished yet)

Portrait Study of Grego - wip

"Portrait Study of Grego - wip"

15x22 cm, oil on wood (wip)

 Have been doing a few studies to practice for the coming portrait workshop. This study is painted from a photograph and it still is very much a wip, on it's first stage. I might continue this one later by working on variation of  darks and rendering the lights. This painting has a toned background.

#21 Three Bells

"Three Bells"

20x30 cm, oil on wood

#16 Memories from Lapland

"Memories from Lapland - Neljän Tuulen hattu"

20x30 cm, oil on wood

The other day I found this Sami Hat in a box in the storage. I thought it would give a nice addition to a still life set up because of deep the red color and curious shape. The hat is called Four Wind Hat and back in old days it was used as part of a traditional dress, it still belongs to the dress. I've had it since I was 5 yrs old and got it as a souvenir. The reindeer horn we bought from Lapland on the plein air trip 2013. I think they fit together well for a still life theme.

#14 Paraguayo and Silver Creamer with Sun Set

"Paraguayo and Silver Creamer with Sun Set on Background"

20x17 cm, oil on wood

#13 Sea Shell

"Sea Shell"

22x15 cm, oil on wood, 40 €

Memories from the Mediterranean Sea. I painted this sea shell as a daily painting. I chose a red cloth for the background & table because I wanted to see how red color behaves with a light object.

#12 Portrait of an Old Doctor

"Portrait of an Old Doctor"

15x22 cm, oil on wood

This is a small grisalle oil painting after the Old Master Painter Eakins.Just a small practice in a process of learning portraits.

# 11 Strawberries and silver

"Strawberries and silver"

20x30 cm, oil on wood

This summer I was inspired to paint strawberries. I did several strawberry paintings and this one has a silver creamer. Love painting still lifes!

The wood board is a bit thicker that I use for the very small paintings.

#10 Oysters

 “Oysters”

22×15 cm, oil on wood

Oysters were favorite still life subjects for the Old Master Painters. I found some Master Still Life photos from the Dutch Painters and did a small painting sketch of oysters as they were done back in old days.

#9 Arno River near Cassine

"Arno River near Cassine"

20x30 cm, oil on wood

I painted this plein air in Florence, Italy, 2012. In this location you can see lovely blue low mountain ridge in the horizon. There are Italian villas hidden in between the bushes along the river. This particular spot is close to the Cassine park.

#8 Beach Shoes

"Beach Shoes"

 This summer we had many hot days and I spent lot of time near the sea. I painted plein air at the beach and when I got tired painting the scene I chose objects around me and painted them. Here are my beach shoes on a rock.

15×11 cm (about 6×4.3 inches), oil on wood

Beach Scene - plein air

More beach paintings ... I painted this little oil painting at the beach this summer. It was too hot to work in the studio. Originally my thought to paint this plein air was to go back to the same location with a bigger canvas and use this tiny painting as a reference. I tried to return to the location several weeks later but the pretty reed colors had been burnt by the sun, water had escaped further away showing less reflections and much more rocks and sand. For that reason I decided not to start a bigger painting of this scene this summer.

22×15 cm (9×6 in), oil on wood
(a reference painting for a large landscape)

#7 Chipiona

“Chipiona”

A small painting of the church of Chipiona, the church that is built on the beach.

 22×15 cm, oil on wood (about 8.5×6 in), oil on wood

#6 Golden Goblet & Lemon

“Golden Goblet & Lemon”

22×15 cm (about 8.5×6 in), oil on wood

#4 Giardino di Corsini

“Giardino di Corsini”, Maremma, Italy

25×35 cm, oil on wood

 

#3 Fuerteventura - Corralejo

"Fuerteventura - Corralejo"
 (Isla de Lobos)

oil on wood, 20x30 cm