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A Couple in Love Looking at the Sunset - Oil Painting

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"Honeymooners" 9x12" Oil on board SOLD The sunsets at the beach are the best ones, and while I was in Florida last year I enjoyed every single one of them. One evening I took a photo of this sunset, and there was a couple just at the right spot, admiring it too. I tried to imagine their story, and I decided that they were a newly wed couple, deeply in love, full of romantic thoughts; their eyes, blinded by love, could see hearts everywhere. :)

A Plein Air Painting in Crazy Wind - Whoosh!

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"Pickerington Ponds" 8"x10", Oil on panel Available Oh my, what an experience for a rookie plein air painter like me!  I went painting at a local park. The wind was blowing like crazy, and the gusts made holding a steady brush so difficult, not to mention the flying easels, brushes, and panel! lol But I made it, I finished my painting even in the adverse conditions. I have to admit that I refined it in the studio afterwards, mainly because it flew on the grass face down when I was packing up to leave.  Wet paint and grass make an interesting texture, but in some areas I had to remove the debris and fix the damage. Overall it was a lot of fun!  And refreshing. I truly enjoyed being out, with the sun shining. I so needed that, after a winter way too long and too cold that kept me indoors. So this is officially my first painting in the wind, and I like it. :)  The grass was not green yet, even if it was mid April, it could very well be an autumn scene. Ma

Sunset Oil Painting - Looking Forward to Tomorrow

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"Looking Forward to Tomorrow" 22"x28", Oil on stretched Canvas SOLD In Italy we have a proverb that says "Rosso di sera, bel tempo si spera", which means when the sky gets red in the evening, you can hope on good wheather. That's why I called this painting "Looking Forward to Tomorrow", because of that saying. But I also see this painting as an emblem of positive thinking: it's about being hopeful and believing on what tomorrow can and will bring. When we focus on the positive, good things will come. “We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think.  When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.” Buddha