Paradise

 Paradise

5" x 7" oil on stretched canvas

Available on Etsy - $55 plus shipping

Mid winter in the north is cold and dark and full of snow. It makes me long for warm sun and bright colours, like this Bird of Paradise flower.

I toned the canvas with a cool pink (Hornyak Pink by Kama Pigments) that I let peek through the paint and add interest.

Have a peek at what's available in my Waifs & Strays sale of original art which continues until January 31st.   Free shipping on most pieces within North America!

You can find more of my work on my website Jeanette Jobson Fine Art, my blog, Illustrated Life and on Facebook and Twitter.

Light

 Light

5" x 7" 

oil on panel

Available on Etsy

The warm glow of a candle is always appealing in a darkened room. It can mean decoration or essential light and watching the flickering flame is addictive as watching a fireplace.

This was a demo piece in my recent palette knife workshop - Painting Christmas.  My 2015 workshop list is on my website and registration opens on December 15th.  If you're a mailing list subscriber, you'll find a discount code in the December Studio News which goes out tonight.  Sign up is easy on all the links below.

You can find more of my work on my website Jeanette Jobson Fine Art, my blog, Illustrated Life and on Facebook and Twitter.  Stop by and say hi, I'd love to hear from you!

White Chameleon

 White and Silver   - SOLD

5" x 7"  oil on panel

White is such an interesting colour to paint.  The purity of it when examined is not pure at all.  There is no single blanket of white.  It is a Joseph's coat of many colours that reflect the environment around it so that the use of a pure white such as titanium white in paint is left as an accent rather than a predominant hue.

This still life of a ceramic and silver ornament is made up of many colour:  orange, yellow, violet, blue, grey.  But the ornaments still read as white to the viewer.  Try putting a white object on a plain white surface and see it pick up colours from its surroundings.  Put a sheet of coloured paper under the white object or sit it next to something colourful and watch it change again, like a chameleon.

White can become warm or cool depending on its surroundings such as in this painting “The Two Sisters” by Joaquin Sorolla.  The sunshine gives a warm yellow cast to the dress which we instantly know is white, yet the blue of the sea provides cool whites depicting reflections and wave caps.


You can find more of my work on my website Jeanette Jobson Fine Art, my blog, Illustrated Life and on Facebook and Twitter.  Stop by and say hi, I'd love to hear from you!

Mercury glass

 Mercury Glass - SOLD

5 x 7 oil on panel

I inherited a number of mercury glass ornaments that were my parents and their parents before them which were hung on Christmas trees over the years. Its amusing to see manufacturers create replicas of original mercury glass.  As is said, what goes around, comes around.  It seems the world reverts to the classics in many areas.

Mercury glass, also known as silvered glass, contains neither mercury nor silver. It's actually clear glass, mold-blown into double-walled shapes and coated on the inside with a silvering formula.  There is a nostalgia associated with these decorative ornaments and they do have a special appeal that can't be found in ornaments found today. 

These ornament sized paintings are a break for me between painting larger pieces in my current boat series.

You can find more of my work on my website Jeanette Jobson Fine Art, on my blog, Illustrated Life, and on Facebook and Twitter.  Stop by and say hi, I'd love to hear from you!

Work in progress - The Winningest Punt

The Winningest Punt

22" x 28"  oil on panel

I spent Saturday at the Wooden Boat Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador, starting work on a boat painting.  I didn't get a lot done at the museum as I spent time talking to people who were coming through and letting them play with a few strokes of the knife on the painting.

I've  put a few more hours in on the painting since Saturday, but need to let it dry a little before adding some final details. I usually work wet in wet with all my palette knife pieces, but the layers were getting thick in places and I wanted a bit more precision so will let the paint skin over before adding more.

I asked for references of wooden boats to be sent to me as potential subjects to be painted at the museum and chose this punt by Mark Hiscock. This punt is called the winningest punt, because of its ability to capture first place in punt races at Fogo Island over the last four years.  Mark will receive a fine art reproduction of the finished painting for allowing me to use his image to paint.  The background of houses and above that (not seen) a rock face, is The Battery at St. John's harbour.  It still looks very much like the original fishing village it was, despite being smack dab in the city.  Its one of the city's treasures and I hope it never changes.

Of course with the glare of light off the oil paint, its near impossible to get a decent photo of the painting in its current stage.  Photographing paintings is my least favourite part of art.  Well not so much the photographing, more the editing!  However, here's a crop of the piece at its current stage.  I'll post the final image when its complete, hopefully sometime this week.

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