A few weeks ago I began this commission oil painting and today I will post a video to show you what I did from start to finish. Not every brush stroke that would take forever, but simply share some of the process. A client from Atlanta Georgia, who has purchased paintings from me for about 20 years wanted a really large oil painting for a new “Man Cave” or better “Man Island” he is creating in his house. It needed to be 9 feet tall and 3 feet wide for a very particular space. So he asked me if I could paint one, and of course
I said “I can do that!” It’s the largest commission oil painting I have done so far. This same client has bought over 20 paintings at least, over that many years. Just recently he added two mixed media paintings to his collection of musicians from his band. Those two paintings are in his house as well.
He wanted a large oil painting of a palm tree, some blue ocean, beach and palm trees and islands in the distance. My usual style of painting is impressionist. But he wanted me to paint this one in a more realistic manner, more they way I painted when I first started out. A long time a go he purchased a painting I did of a ship at sea and he wanted something in that style. So of course that is what I did. I hope you enjoy some of this video.
If you too wold like me to paint a custom painting please contact me. If it is something really huge, I will travel and paint it on location near where you live. In case of this client he lives about 20 miles north of where he has a recording studio. He gave me access to the rehearsal room for the time it took me to paint this. The he had it picked up and taken to his house.
I must say, I had so much fun doing this project. It was work but it’s what i love to do. How many people can say they love every minute of their work? I do.
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You probably know that I am painting in oil and watercolors. Ginette fine Art has been around since 1999. My art career started on EBAY many moons ago. Eventually I created my own website and Ginette Fine Art Blog is where I share thoughts, words, experiences and I will be doing more of that. My art is what keeps me going. It’s been almost 30 years. I came to the US 32 years ago from Germany. Now I am a full time artist. It’s my life.
Check out a related blog post when I first started this project CLICK HERE
