Blue still life

Picasso's got nothing on me. He only ever had oneblueand oneredperiod. I've had three of each already, and all in the same month too. I concede that each oneonly consisted of asingle painting, but that's a mere technicality. This the third and, for the time being at least, thelast of the blue/

Lemons in blue, oil on canvas, 8 x 10 x 5/8 in. I’ve been reading “Oil Painting Essentials” by Gregg Kreutz, and one mantra from this book has lodged in my brain: “Make light the main event.” To me, this is a huge point. When I first started painting, I thought that paintings were like photos. In photos we usually focus on a subject, and we don’t necessarily think much about light and shadow (check out how many still life photos on Pixabay have no shadows!). My paintings were all about the…

Original still life oil paintings for sale. Contemporary impressionist style, painted in alla prima method with brushes and palette knives.

Gary Manzo artist Title: Contemplation of blue vases.