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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