November

 "November" is the 11th piece in the Square Off project I'm doing with my son, Shane Rebenschied.  All the original oils that we're painting for the project are 6 x 6 x 5/8 oils on gallery wrapped canvas. The location for today's piece is the Blackwater Refuge in Cambridge, Maryland, a spot where I've painted plein air many times over the 30 years I exhibited my work at the huge annual show in Easton, Maryland.  With today's piece, I experimented with a hot pink (Permanent Rose) underpainting and BIG brushes. However I found myself turning the flat brushes on their sides and painted with the narrow edges so the result was much the same as with my smaller brushes. As with all the little 6x6s in this project, this one sells for US$200, unframed but free shipping. For more information, click here.

November

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

US$200, unframed, includes shipping. 

"Together Forever" is Shane's 11th piece in the project. For more information on it, please click here

Together Forever

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

US$200, unframed, includes shipping. 

Stinker

 This is the 10th piece for the 'Square Off' painting project I'm doing my my son, Shane Rebenschied.  The project is about experimenting with new techniques, colours, etc. I used a palette knife to lay down a flat colour behind the skunk, then the edge of the knife for scratching and fine lines. So the piece met the 'experimenting' criteria as I usually don't use a palette knife. 

Our little project paintings sell for US$ 200 each, unframed, including shipping from New Zealand. For more information or to purchase click here,

Stinker

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

US$200, unframed, includes shipping. 

This is Shane's tenth piece for the project. A little gem! His little pieces for this project also sell for US$200, unframed.  For more information or to purchase, click this link.  

Introvert 

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

US$200, unframed, includes shipping. 

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, includes 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