Lures - An original oil painting by George De Chiara

Lures

6x6 inches

Oil on Canvas Panel

by

George De Chiara

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For Christmas this year, my wife gave me a new tackle box. It was a much-needed gift since my last one was being kept closed with rope and twine. After 20 plus years it's served me well, but it was time to retire it. So it was with great delight that I opened my new tackle box, but the real treat was that she actually filled the whole thing with tackle. She knows how much I like to paint my lures as well as use them to fish and managed to find a nice collection of used lures to fill the new tackle box with. The old ones are just so much better to paint. Each little nick and scrape adds so much character and makes them more enjoyable to paint.

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Fall Creek - An original painting by George De Chiara

Fall Creek

6x8 inches

Oil on Canvas Panel

by

George De Chiara

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 Yesterday, despite the cold, I managed to get out and paint for a little while at Camp El Tesoro in Granbury (Texas). Most of the time, it spends it's life as a neat little Boy Scout camp; however, it is also open to the public once a month. It was either go yesterday or wait another month to see what's there. The few pictures on their website got me curious enough to brave the cold weather. I was rewarded with one of my favorite scenes to paint, running water. I can't wait to go back next month to paint some more. It seemed like everywhere I looked there was another scene just waiting to be painted.

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Molasses and Garlic - An original oil painting by George De Chiara

Molasses and Garlic

6x6 inches

Oil on Canvas Panel

by

George De Chiara

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 For the last few days, I've been thinking about doing a still life with a few of the bottles of cooking supplies in our cupboard. After grabbing the ones that I thought would be interesting to paint, I tried a few different arrangements adding a new bottle here and there and removing a few as I went. After a little while, I started to realize I needed something else besides the bottles so I added the garlic and measuring cup. Everything came together pretty quickly once I did that and so the only thing left to do was to paint it.

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Strawberries and Chocolate - An original oil painting by George De Chiara

Strawberries and Chocolate

6x6 inches

Oil on Canvas Panel

by

George De Chiara

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In my last blog post, I mentioned going to a church garage sale. This white heart is another one of the items I picked up at it. I think this one cost me a quarter. I liked the contrast between it and the dark background almost immediately. Now, what to put with it to finish off my arrangement? After a bit a digging around the house, I finally settled on using some strawberries, and, what goes better with a strawberry than some chocolate? It surprised me how quickly and easily this still life arrangement came together.

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Love Bird - An original oil painting by George De Chiara

Love Bird

6x6 inches

Oil on Canvas Panel

by

George De Chiara

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I love finding new things to paint, which is what inspired this painting. I had that little ceramic bird for less than an hour when I painted him. He was a score from a local church garage sale for a whopping dollar! How could I pass that up? Plus, I had already had the chocolates which I bought for some Valentine-themed paintings anyway. The two just seemed to fit together so well. Visit my blog to see step-by-step images of this painting coming to life.

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Snow Irises - A commissioned painting by George De Chiara

Snow Irises

6x6 inches

Oil on Canvas Panel

by

George De Chiara

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One of the reasons I enjoy doing commissioned paintings is I never know what someone will ask me to paint. This request was one of those wonderful surprises - irises in snow. I grew up in cold climates and must have seen scenes like this at the start of every Spring, but I've lived in Texas now for so long that this image just never crosses my mind anymore. That is, until I was asked to paint it by one of my collectors. This turned out to be a bigger challenge then I thought it would be. In the end, I found it easier to paint the flowers making sure I got all the petals in the proper place and then put the snow on top of them. When I just tried to paint the snow with parts of the pedals coming out of it, it never looked right. 

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Cold Drinks - An original oil painting by George De Chiara

Cold Drinks

6x8 inches

Oil on Canvas Panel

by

George De Chiara

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 This was painted at the Fort Worth Stockyards. I must have been there ten times in the last few months, but I've never noticed this little vending booth tucked in along sidewalk. I was struck by its bright colors against the dull buildings and quickly set up my easel so I could paint it. About three minutes into the painting, the vendor suddenly closed the upper flaps and walked away. Hmm... what to do now? I thought about just painting it closed up since it still looked interesting and I hadn't gotten too far yet. Luckily, while I debated whether to continue or not, another vendor came by and re-opened for business. Whew! 

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