Impatiens

Impatiens

It's called "Impatiens" because that's the kind of flowers.

24 color serigraph silkscreen print of my cat

on the split rail fence in the back yard.

Mrs. Blackwell's Field

Mrs. Blackwell's Field

Oil on panel

Online Items

I've been listing lots of art items online lately. From original paintings, prints and drawings to t-shirts and coffee mugs. Search my name ( Rick Paller ) on ArtFinder.com or on RedBubble.com or even on twitter. Tons of cool items at very reasonable prices. Some are too reasonable 😊  Great to have for yourself or to give as gifts. Client gifts, thank you, or friendship. Check 'em out, ok?.......(okay)

One Hundred And Two

 

It was about 90 something today, with heat index near a hundred. Feels just crazy hot. Back in the 1990s, the day I made this oil painting it was 102 degrees. We were suffering a long hot drought, everyone and everything was parched and dry. And hot.
There came in the sky this beautiful cloud, so I put it in the painting. It turned out to be the very cloud that broke the drought. Just opened up and poured on me as I painted. It's an oil painting on prepared Masonite, so no harm done. In fact, it was super refreshing.
Anyway, I call the painting "One Hundred And Two" in memory of just how hot it was out in the field that day.

How to sign and label original prints

This from Fine Artist and Printmaker Angus Fisher.

I hope he doesn't mind me posting the information.

I think it's valuable for artists, and helpful to bring some

consistency to printmaking.

 

Here's the link: http://angusfisherarts.com/labelling-an-original-print/

 

Check out his very cool art here: http://angusfisherarts.com/

Print Site coming soon

In the beginning stages of opening a print site on Etsy to sell my prints. It'll be called Handmade Original Prints By Rick Paller or something like that. Gathering together the original fine art prints I've made over the last year, putting the editions in order, signing and numbering the originals.

Look for it soon!

Be Sure to check out the galleries!

The heart of this studio-blog is the artwork.

It is found in the galleries at the top of this page.

Thank you for giving a look.

Spring In The Meadow

I've framed this painting (actually Laura framed it - she's a master framer)

and made it available online in my artFinder gallery.

Here's the link:

artfinder.com/rick-paller#/

Over 130 of my original paintings, drawings & prints!

New Painting Online

 

Here's the link!

 

You can find this new painting in my ArtFinder online gallery now!

It's available for purchase there. At least until someone buys it. 😊

Because there's only one.

Check out the whole gallery:

Here's the gallery link

You can bypass the sign-up page if you wish.

Just click the X in the upper right hand corner.

Photos From The Printing Studio

 

 

 I haven't slowed down my painting at all.

I just have added original, handmade prints to my humble offerings.

If you're looking for a less expensive way to own my art,

original prints is the way.

My online print sales shop/gallery will be opening soon.

It will be called Three Little Birds,

after my favorite Bob Marley song.

(Unless I run into copyright issues)

You'll find it on etsy.

I'll keep you posted on timing.

I expect to open the shop in the fall.

Stay tuned.

I've been spending time in the print shop lately. When I was in art school, printing was part of the curriculum. I loved the time I spent in the printing shop, making linocuts and etchings, and I am happy to be working on prints again. Look for my prints to show up online soon. I will be opening a print specialty gallery/shop on etsy later this summer or early fall. Check back here for updates!

New Paintings On My ArtFinder Online Gallery!

  

Check 'em all out, OK.

Click the "Follow me on artfinder" box at the top of the column on the right.

Or, click this link:  Rick's Online Gallery

You can browse through well over 100 paintings, drawings, and original prints.

You can even buy some if you like!

FISHY FISH-AAAAAYYYEE!

This is a 4 color linocut print.
Carved entirely by hand.
Printed by hand on a 60s era roller relief press.

I've been printing a pretty good bit lately.
At the Red Onion Press in Kennesaw, GA.

Linocuts, mostly, but some woodcuts and serigraphs too.

In about a month I will be posting my online print gallery.

At least I hope I'll have it up in a month.

I've kinda promised myself that as a birthday present.

Stay tuned.

I think you'll like it.

Hoping to "go live" on Etsy around June 20.

Sunset Paintings

 

 

 

I make these from time to time. They are oil paintings on cradled board. I mix beeswax with the paint, which gives the work a deep, luminous quality in the paint.

In any event, I love sunsets and these paintings are my response to the beauty that appears for us every evening when the sun goes down.

They are offered for sale at my online gallery page. Click the "Follow me on artfinder" button at the top of the column on the right. Go there. Buy something. 😊

Under The Big Oak, Version 2

I stood under The Big Oak and painted this painting. A beautiful hot day spent in the shade of a magnificent spreading Live Oak tree.

The Big Oak is in Thomasville, Georgia and is a revered landmark for the town. Well over 300 years old, it spreads out over a huge area. They have built a park around the tree and it is now well cared for. Whenever I see this painting I remember a fine day with this great tree. I also think about my Mom, who grew up in Thomasville. My grandfather grew up right across the street from the Big Oak and climbed in it as a child. You could say that my attachment to this tree goes back over a century.

Of course I still do figure drawings & paintings.

At least a few times a month I attend a figure drawing group. One group in Atlanta, the other in Chattanooga. The artists all contribute to pay the model, usually for a three hour session. One group I attend does short poses, about 10 or 12 during the session. The other group has one pose for three hours (with breaks for the model)

This continues to be the best artistic practice that I know of. Have a look at my galleries of figurative and nudes. You'll find the links at the top of the page. 

I also sell some of my nudes and figurative work. Click the ArtFinder link in the column on the right of this page. You can follow all my works there.

Follow me on Artfinder!

Please visit my art sales gallery at Artfinder. Just click the link on the right side column on this page and follow me there. I hope you will. It's free! If you do follow me, you'll get notice when I list new works.
Of course, you don't have to follow or join Artfinder. They put up a "join up page" when you click, but you can bypass it by clicking the x in the top right corner, and go right to my gallery pages.
Whether or not you join, there's over a hundred pieces of my art there for you, so enjoy!

Around The Studio

I've been rooting around the studio, picking out paintings and drawings to add to my online sales site. This is a field study from a painting trip to Arizona some years ago. I haven't ever shown it or put it up for sale before now. It will soon be available, along with many others, here at my online gallery page. I hope you'll visit and have a look. Join up! Costs nothing and you'll get notice when I add new work.

By the way, you don't have to sign up to look. They hit you with a sign-up page right off, but just click the x in the upper right corner and it goes away. Then you can look all you want.
I really don't like that they do this. I think it chases people away. But it's their site, so it's their rules.

Plenty of new art coming to my online gallery pages!

Follow me on artfinder. Click the link at the top of the column on the right.

Thanks!