Robie Benve Art

"Three Apples" 6"x6" oil on panel SOLD Painted from life in about a couple of hours during my Thursday morning class at the Columbus Cultural Arts Center. The instructor, Brent Payne, challenges us with still life set-ups or live models every week. I kind of need that extra encouragement to paint from observation. Very different than painting from photo. A great exercise, somehow similar to painting a landscape en plein air. The original was only  6"x6", but you can now order prints up to 24'x24' on Imagekind. Click here to see available sizes and cost.

"Macintosh Foliage" 6"x6" Watermedia on Canvas SOLD This morning I went apple picking!  I got a bag of delicious, juicy, and crisp macintosh apples. Apples from a tree are a total different thing than those from a store. Oh, so juicy! The very last apple I picked came off with a bunch of leaves attached to it, and looked so pretty that I was inspired to make it the subject of today's painting. So here it is, painted with quick strokes of acrylic paint, the last apple of today's picking, with its lush greens. Prints now available on my Imagekind prints-on-demand store.