Pink

This is the ninth piece in 'Square Off', the painting project I'm doing with my son, Shane Rebenschied. Three more to go!  I painted this study with broad brush strokes and fought my tendency to soften and smooth the brush marks. As we say in New Zealand, it's as rough as guts - but that's the way I'm leaving it. Learning and evolving is what this project is all about!  For more information or to purchase click on this link.  

Pink  

6 x 6 x 5/8 oil on gallery wrapped canvas

US$200 unframed, includes shipping

Shane's ninth piece for the project is "Taking Things Day by Day".  For more information on his painting, or to purchase, click here

Taking Things Day by Day

6 x 6 x 5/8 oil on gallery wrapped canvas

US$200 unframed, included shipping

Breaker

 This is the 8th piece for "Square Off", the painting project I'm doing with my son, Shane Rebenschied.  My personal goal for the project is to loosen up, using broader brush strokes and softer edges, but I'm finding it's not so easy to teach this old dog some new tricks. I keep reverting to the way I've been painting for the past decade. However, with this piece, I applied colour using thin glazes. This is new for me, so not a complete failure as far as my project goals are concerned.  All of our 6 x 6 x 5/8 paintings for the project are available for US$200, unframed, including free shipping from New Zealand. For more information or to purchase click on this link.

Breaker

6 x 6 x 5/8 oil on gallery wrapped canvas

US$ 200 unframed, includes shipping

Shane's eighth painting for the project is "What's For Dinner".  For more information or to purchase, click on this link

What's For Dinner

6 x 6 x 5/8 oil on gallery wrapped canvas

US$200 unframed, includes shipping

 

Light

 "Light" is the seventh piece for the painting project I'm doing with my son, Shane Rebenschied.  I've painted quite a few of light-through-trees over the years, trying to figure out how to effectively show how light seems to take bites out of branches while saturating it in reds and yellows. I can understand why some artists get hung up on painting one subject until they figure it out. For more information or to purchase, click on this link.

Light

6 x 6 x 5/8 oil on gallery wrapped canvas

US$ 200, unframed, includes shipping

This is Shane's seventh piece. We are working on the same 6 x 6 x 5/8" gallery wrapped canvas.

For more information or to purchase, go to Shane's website

I am Speed

6 x 6 x 5/8 oil on gallery wrapped canvas

US$ 200 unframed, includes shipping

Yellow

 Oops, I forgot to post the sixth painting for 'Square Off" the painting project I'm doing with my son.  For  more information, or to purchase, click on this link and it will take you to my website. 

Yellow

6 x 6 x 5/8 oil on gallery wrapped canvas

US$ 200 including shipping from NZ, unframed

This is Shane's 7th piece for the project.  For more information or to purchase go to his website.

The Whispered Weight of Wishing

6 x 6 x 5/8 oil on gallery wrapped canvas, unframed

US$200 includes shipping

Dawn Wall - Oak Creek Canyon

I lived in Oak Creek Canyon, Arizona, for 35 years before moving back to my homeland of New Zealand, almost 14 years ago.  Dawn Wall towered above my house, named this as it faces east and catches the first morning light. Back then, the house was relatively remote and very separate from Sedona, 7 miles south down a two-lane windy road. I bought the house when my son was two so he grew up without television (no reception) or other kids in our neighbourhood of mainly unoccupied, summer homes. I like to think that the surrounding forest, heavy snow in winter and the river below the house made up for it.

This painting is my 5th in "Square Off", a painting project that I'm doing with my son. It is available for US$ 200 unframed, including shipping. To view or purchase, click here.

Dawn Wall - Oak Creek Canyon

6" x 6" x 5/8" oil on gallery wrapped canvas, unframed.  

US$ 200 includes shipping

My son's fifth piece for the project is another nocturne. For more information or to purchase, please go to his website

The Lonely Longing of Later

6 x 6 x 5/8 oil on gallery wrapped canvas

US$ 200 unframed, includes shipping

Suncatcher

 "Suncatcher" is my fourth painting for "Square Off", a painting project I'm doing with my artist son, Shane Rebenschied.  Before I took my first painting class at the age of 25,  I tried making a large wall hanging of light-through-trees using heavy embroidery thread and fabric. I've painted different images of light-through-trees over the years. For some reason, it still intrigues me.  All the 6"x 6" x 5/8" paintings in our Square Off project are available for US$ 200 which includes shipping from New Zealand.  Click on this link to view or purchase; 

Suncatcher

6" x 6" x 5/8" oil on gallery wrapped canvas, unframed

US$ 200 including shipping

This second piece is my son's fourth painting for the painting project.  Shane's project paintings are also on 6 x 6 x 5/8 gallery wrapped canvases.  To view or purchase his work, click here.

"The Suffocating Sadness of Sometimes"

6" x 6" x 5/8" oil on gallery wrapped canvas, unframed

US$ 200 including shipping

Weather

This is the third piece in Square Off, a painting challenge that I'm doing with my artist son, Shane Rebenschied. We're painting three pieces a week for a month, for a total of 12. We're both working on the same 6" x 6" x 5/8" gallery wrapped canvas so they can be hung side by side. Perhaps the name of the project should have been Pretty Good Paintings For A Pretty Good Price, as they're only US$200 each (unframed) which includes shipping from New Zealand.

We both have personal goals for the project. I've been hoping to push things a bit - paint a little looser with softer edges while exploring new colours. However, I'm finding it very hard to break the habits that I've developed over 45 years of painting. With this little oil, I used thicker brush strokes to show atmospheric perfective. 

Weather by Adele Earnshaw

6" x 6" x 5/6" oil on gallery wrapped canvas, unframed

US$ 200 includes shipping

This is Shane's third painting for the project.

Off To The Market by Shane Rebenschied

6" x 6" x 5/8" oil on gallery wrapped canvas

US$ 200 includes shipping

To view or purchase click on this link