Days End - An original 8x8 landscape oil painting by George De Chiara

Days End

8x8 inches

Oil on panel

by

George De Chiara

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This painting is another one that I did based off an older plein air study. I've had a great time revisiting some of these subjects this week. In the time that's passed since I first painted the study I've learned a lot about painting, color, and edges. It sometimes doesn't feel that way, since most of the time... Read my whole blog post here including progress pictures and descriptions as the painting progresses.

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Shady Balcony - An original 6x6 landscape oil painting by George De Chiara

Shady Balcony

6x6 inches

Oil on panel

by

George De Chiara

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Last Sunday, I met a few friends at the Fort Worth Stockyards for a morning of painting. It had been some time since I've been able to meet up with this group of painters since I've been so busy with the studio remodel. I got there a little later than most everyone else...Read more on my blog here.

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Veggie Wraps - An original 6x8 landscape oil painting by George De Chiara

Veggie Wraps

6x8 inches

Oil on panel

by

George De Chiara

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One of the great benefits of moving my studio recently is I got to rediscover all the things I stashed away for another day and forgot about, like this little plein air painting I did in the fall of 2010 of hay bales sitting out in the field. While I was never crazy about the results of the painting, I did like the subject and the general composition of the painting so... Finish reading this blog post and see progress pictures of this painting on my blog.

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This Is My Good Side - An original 6x6 landscape oil painting by George De Chiara

This Is My Good Side

6x6 inches

Oil on panel

by

George De Chiara

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 Just down the road from our house, we have a wonderful little lake that plays host to more ducks, geese and water fowl than I can count. In the winter months, the whole lake is covered with birds. In the summer, the flock thins down to about 50 to 100 animals. I'm not sure what it is about this particular lake that they like so much, but my guess is... Click here to read more.

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Turkish Caps - An original 6x6 landscape oil painting by George De Chiara

Turkish Caps

6x6 inches

Oil on panel

by

George De Chiara

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A few years ago, we planted a small Turkish Cap plant in our front bed along with a few other flowers. This bed is in a difficult spot that doesn't get a lot of sun during the day, so these Turkish Caps seemed like the perfect thing to plant. As luck would have it, that winter had one of the hardest freezes we've had in a while and it came on fast. It seemed like one day we had decent weather and the next night we got the very cold freeze. Needless to say... To read more about this painting and see progress pictures of this painting coming to life check out my blog here

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Beach House - An original 5x7 landscape oil painting by George De Chiara

Beach House

5x7 inches

Oil on panel

by

George De Chiara

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This is a little study for an upcoming commission I have. I like to do these little paintings to work out any potential issues I might run into with the commission painting first. In this case, I'm working on painting a beach house and sand dunes with grass. In the final painting, the house will be a smaller element, but I wanted to work it out nonetheless. 

 I took a few progress pictures as I was working... Read more on my blog here.

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On The Up Side - An original 6x6 landscape oil painting by George De Chiara

On The Up Side

6x6 inches

Oil on panel

by

George De Chiara

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 It strikes me as a little funny that the first thing I want to do once my new studio is finally up and running is go out plein air painting, but I guess that's the way it goes sometimes. Or as Ron Washington might say if he was a painter, "That's the way painting go". So I packed up my painting supplies and headed out to Weatherford, where to be totally honest, I had an errand to run anyway. Once I was done with that I took a drive along some of the rural roads scouting for something to paint. It didn't take long before I ran across this wonderful hill-side dotted with trees and bushes. I just loved the abstract pattern these made on the hill and knew I had found my subject for the day. The next order of business was securing a location to paint from since the road I was on was a 2 lane, 45 MPH twisting trail without any shoulders. Luckily, just a few yards from where I had spotted this scene I found an entry way to a drilling station. Ah ha! I've used these locations before to paint from. They work out great every time because they are good open spots with either a paved entries or good crushed gravel, and almost no one every comes by these locations. Perfect for a few hours of painting.

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Cool Breeze - An original 7x5 landscape oil painting by George De Chiara

Cool Breeze

7x5 inches

Oil on panel

by

George De Chiara

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 Whenever I start a painting, I try to not repeat myself. That is, I try to approach each painting with a fresh approach and forget any previous attempts at painting a similar subject. By doing this, or rather by trying to do this, I hope to be able to honestly respond to the subject I am painting, whether it's a still life or landscape or any other subject matter. Sometimes, when I'm very lucky, I'm actually able to achieve this and paint something entirely new to me. This is what happened today, when I really let go of all previous ways I would usually begin and just started painting. I did do the faintest of layout lines just to work out the composition, but after that I tried to make every brush stroke one that would be visible in the final painting. Laying down thick, juicy brush strokes of color, one on top of the other while building up form and texture as I went along, I let my brush strokes be more visible and added in lots of broken color. In short, I had a blast! Time whizzed by and before I knew it I had completed this little painting. I only wish I had thought to stop long enough to take a few progress pictures. I guess that will have to wait till next time.

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Reflecting on Summer - An original 8x6 landscape oil painting by George De Chiara

Reflecting on Summer

8x6 inches

Oil on canvas panel

by

George De Chiara

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Right down the road from our house is a wonderful little lake and park area. Since we discovered this area, it's become one of our daughter's favorite places. The lake hosts a tremendous number of ducks, geese, and grebes all of which love to eat bread practically out of your hands, if you let them. The park has a great slide and jungle gym. Because of this, when I want to go and paint there, my family usually comes along, which is fine with me. I love having them around. My wife will take them to the park while I paint and when I'm done we all get some time to play together. Well, on this day, my 3-year-old just couldn't wait for me to finish so she came over to watch and chat. She then declared that she wanted to paint. I had gotten everything I needed to be able to complete the painting back in my studio so I packed it up and gave her a canvas to paint on. What a thrill it was to watch her plunge the brush into a pile of color and then smear it across her canvas. I hope this is something we get to a lot of in the future! Anyway, here is my result for the day.

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Botanical Garden Roses - An original 6x6 landscape oil painting by George De Chiara

Botanical Garden Roses

6x6 inches

Oil on canvas panel

by

George De Chiara

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This painting started it's life outdoors. Painting in the hot sun and wind, I tried my best to capture what I was in front of me. The problem was, what was in front of me keep changing ever few seconds as the wind blew. Still, I pressed on to finish the painting. I came home and placed the painting on my drying rack satisfied with the results of the day. That is, until I had some time to sit and really study what I had done. Check out my blog for more information and before and after photos.

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I Grew Garlic - An original 6x6 still life oil painting by George De Chiara

I Grew Garlic

6x6 inches

Oil on canvas panel

by

George De Chiara

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A few years ago my wife and I decided to try our hand at growing garlic. Since most of our garden sits idle over the winter it seemed like the perfect thing to try. If you've never grow garlic, it's really pretty easy and there are an impressive number of varieties to try. In the fall, plant the cloves and water daily till they sprout. If you've ever left your garlic out too long in the kitchen, you already know what this looks like. Anyway, once winter sets in there's really nothing left to do with them until spring when you resume watering and fertilizing. We usually pick a few of our plants towards the end of spring or the beginning of summer to see how they are doing. Then we either pull them all or give them some more time. Usually we can pull up the whole bed just in time to plant tomatoes or some other summer crop. Then we get to enjoy a rich variety of garlic all year-long. One other great benefits is without fail harvesting the garlic crop gets us excited to start the summer growing season. 

 This painting was one of the last bulbs of garlic I picked this year. After picking it I nailed it to our fence and brought out my painting supplies to paint this picture. Then...well, I sort of forgot about it. I packed up everything in my old studio to get ready to move it into the new studio and there the painting sat packed away waiting for the new studio be ready. Finally the new studio space is ready and I was unpacking when I rediscovered it. Just in time too, since we are already making plans for our next crop!

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Trumpet Vines - An original 6x8 landscape oil painting by George De Chiara

Trumpet Vines

6x8 inches

Oil on canvas panel

by

George De Chiara

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My new studio is finally up and running! To break it in today I decided to re-work a plein air sketch I did a few weeks ago. Check out my blog for before and after pictures.

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