Winter Hives
14” x 18”
Bee hives make a great subject for a painting, and this winter version caught my eye! Painting outside in the winter is rewarding because snow makes everything more interesting to look at, even when you have it collecting on your palette. This painting received a juror award with the Rochester Art Club.
"Winter Hives" is framed in a hand-carved and gilded wooden frame by Fine Art Picture Frames by Betty Harris of Murrieta, California. The frame is a 4" molding, so in the frame it presents as 21 1/2" tall by 25 1/2" wide. It's framed as shown ready to hang with felt pads to protect the wall. The canvas panel is a Raymar 56MC Medium Cotton, a professional grade double acrylic primed, 100% pure cotton duck canvas with a medium weave with uniform texture. This is my favorite painting surface because the absorbent canvas grabs the paint for an opaque effect yet keeps your brushstroke visible to create textured landscape. It particularly suits my technique of underpainting warm compliments in oil washes, which support the "real" color in the final painting. The archival 1/8" MDF has no added oils and the back of the board is sealed with gray melamine to prevent warping and deterioration. The paint is Winsor & Newton professional oil colors which are permanent. The painting is varnished and will last for hundreds of years.
14” x 18”
Bee hives make a great subject for a painting, and this winter version caught my eye! Painting outside in the winter is rewarding because snow makes everything more interesting to look at, even when you have it collecting on your palette. This painting received a juror award with the Rochester Art Club.
"Winter Hives" is framed in a hand-carved and gilded wooden frame by Fine Art Picture Frames by Betty Harris of Murrieta, California. The frame is a 4" molding, so in the frame it presents as 21 1/2" tall by 25 1/2" wide. It's framed as shown ready to hang with felt pads to protect the wall. The canvas panel is a Raymar 56MC Medium Cotton, a professional grade double acrylic primed, 100% pure cotton duck canvas with a medium weave with uniform texture. This is my favorite painting surface because the absorbent canvas grabs the paint for an opaque effect yet keeps your brushstroke visible to create textured landscape. It particularly suits my technique of underpainting warm compliments in oil washes, which support the "real" color in the final painting. The archival 1/8" MDF has no added oils and the back of the board is sealed with gray melamine to prevent warping and deterioration. The paint is Winsor & Newton professional oil colors which are permanent. The painting is varnished and will last for hundreds of years.
14” x 18”
Bee hives make a great subject for a painting, and this winter version caught my eye! Painting outside in the winter is rewarding because snow makes everything more interesting to look at, even when you have it collecting on your palette. This painting received a juror award with the Rochester Art Club.
"Winter Hives" is framed in a hand-carved and gilded wooden frame by Fine Art Picture Frames by Betty Harris of Murrieta, California. The frame is a 4" molding, so in the frame it presents as 21 1/2" tall by 25 1/2" wide. It's framed as shown ready to hang with felt pads to protect the wall. The canvas panel is a Raymar 56MC Medium Cotton, a professional grade double acrylic primed, 100% pure cotton duck canvas with a medium weave with uniform texture. This is my favorite painting surface because the absorbent canvas grabs the paint for an opaque effect yet keeps your brushstroke visible to create textured landscape. It particularly suits my technique of underpainting warm compliments in oil washes, which support the "real" color in the final painting. The archival 1/8" MDF has no added oils and the back of the board is sealed with gray melamine to prevent warping and deterioration. The paint is Winsor & Newton professional oil colors which are permanent. The painting is varnished and will last for hundreds of years.