Friday, December 17, 2010

Wrapping up 2010

It's getting to be the end of the year, and I am still busy with new paintings and new ideas for future paintings. I still have a couple of new commissions left to complete, hopefully before the year is done. I am really excited and anxious to get back to the Holy Land series... I have so many more left to do... I have 3 Egypt ideas and at least 2 more Israel ideas to paint.

So I suppose my New Year's goal for 2011 is to be a better artist. I want more than anything to get my work some more exposure in any way possible. Hopefully, if I can get some of these paintings sold and acquire some money, that will be possible.


Fishing Boat
oil on canvas
11x14


Rejected
acrylic on canvas
11x14

Friday, December 3, 2010

Something different...

With a couple of new commissions in the works, the Holy Land paintings will be going on a brief hiatus until January, if not before then. I hope I can return to them by the end of December. This one's not a commission, it's just one that I did for fun, to put on Ebay at some point. Simple, happy, flowery still life. I've been gathering materials and ideas together for some new paintings (in addition to more of the Holy Land series) for 2011. I'm hoping they turn out to be good pieces. We shall see...


Vase of Flowers
oil on canvas
12x16 inches

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Olive Branch

I thought I'd do something a little different for the next Holy Land piece... and do a close up still life of some of one of the olive branches from one of the trees at the orchard we visited in Sorrento, Italy. This is the place where we sampled some of the olive oil and the most delicious mozzarella cheese on the planet. Still to come... I will have more of my experience in Israel, Egypt, and Italy.


Olive Branch
oil on canvas
16x20 inches

Monday, November 22, 2010

More Sicily

Pretty self-explanatory...


Lovely Taormina
oil on canvas
16x20 inches

Friday, November 19, 2010

Epic battle... But I won.

So on Wednesday the 17th, I was trying to choose between two pictures to make a painting out of... one a landscape, and the other a cafe scene... both from the trip in Sicily. And I chose the cafe scene because, for some reason, it looked easier. It turned out to be an insane battle and test of my patience and my ability as an artist. Over the course of two days, the total time spent on this painting was about 12 hours, 30 minutes. Don't ask me what I was thinking... this was not the easier choice between the two.


Cafe In Taormina
oil on canvas
16x20 inches

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Gethsemane

This is one of a few images from the Garden of Gethsemane that I'm planning to paint. The olive trees in this garden are haunting, and full of movement and unusual lines and shapes. The roots are 2000 year-old witnesses of Christ. This was certainly a holy place.


Gethsemane
oil on canvas
16x20 inches

Friday, November 12, 2010

View of Galilee

Here is the third in my Holy Land series. After such a huge challenge like the Roman Colosseum, I thought I'd do an easy one. So this is a view of Galilee, as seen from the Mount of the Beatitudes. Some nice landscape with a little hint of the beautiful Sea of Galilee. There will be more of the Sea to come. Plus, the Parthenon, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Sicily, and more.


View of Galilee
oil on canvas
16x20 inches

Thursday, November 4, 2010

My Name Is Gladiator...

Here is the second of my Holy Land series. As you may guess, this is the Roman Colosseum (Amphitheatrum Flavium). It was a pretty excruciating job.. about 10 total hours of work. But the results are well worth the tired neck and the headache I endured.



Colosseum
oil on canvas
16x20 inches

Friday, October 29, 2010

Monday, September 27, 2010

New Painting 9/27/10

Here is a new painting that I just did today, also to be listed on Ebay in late October. It took about an hour and a half, alla prima. But I was kind enough to condense the video down to under 5 minutes for the sake of the impatient... like me.

This is called "Just Roaming Again."





Coming Soon

Here are a couple more paintings to be listed on Ebay later in October. For the complete listing of my current Ebay paintings, click here: http://shop.ebay.com/ryandart/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25

More to come later!



Just Roaming
oil on canvas
11x14



Beach Canopy
oil on panel
16x20

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Art For Sale

All of the following paintings can be found on my Ebay page: http://shop.ebay.com/ryandart/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25

Auctions end on September 28 and 29, 2010. Those that do not sell will be relisted later in October, so please keep your eye out. Or, if you would like to purchase from me directly, just shoot me an email at ryandelgadoart@gmail.com

More to come!!