Realist Oil Paintings by Jeanie Bates I Artsy Shark

Oil painter Jeanie Bates shares an participating collection of realistic performs drawn from mother nature and nostalgic resources. Come across additional by going to her web page.

 

 

For a lot of decades I sculpted the human kind in textiles. I traveled the place to reveals and created a romantic relationship with collectors and other artists in this specialized specialized niche.

 

 

Later in lifestyle, I returned to college to finish my degree in great art and develop into a painter.

 

 

There, my get the job done was typically overlooked by the instructors. It was considered also real looking and not in the summary design and style that they had been training. My determination was my enthusiasm to understand. My tenacity designed my creativeness.

 

 

Living in the lush eco-friendly of Oregon, it was rational that my very first paintings have been landscapes. Many emphasised clouds, sky, leaves and ocean existence.

 

 

From my Cloudscape collection, I transitioned to other elements of nature which included near-ups of leaves and marine lifestyle. I expended many hours in the studio capturing the essence of a drop of drinking water or the specific texture of a natural item.

 

 

An ongoing collection of waterlilies, some with koi, has come to be a journey of discovery for me as an artist. The obstacle is not to simply represent the water, reflections, floating blossoms and gently undulating koi, but to talk their essence.

 

 

I am an artist who enjoys portray a large assortment of subjects. I started broadening my topic issue to include nevertheless lifestyle which has come to be my target for the previous two several years.

 

 

This series features curated collections of vintage apparel, clocks and other nostalgic merchandise. With watchful focus to element and a deep appreciation of the spirit of these ordinary objects, my mission is to tell their story in works of artwork. The viewer is invited to travel back in time and experience a moment of emotion that encourages a smile or a sigh.

 

 

The far more I paint, the additional I gravitate towards realism. In excess of the final two decades of uninterrupted and generally solitary time, I was in a position to immerse myself in the specifics of my compositions for hrs. Each new painting has refined my expertise in composition, shade mixing and element.

 

 

When you check out my paintings. I invite you to pause for a instant to savor the magnificence and secret of the environment as a result of my eyes. May possibly the magic remain with you.

 

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