REALISM - IMPRESSIONISM RJS Art

2012-02-07T18:20:00.000-06:00

Third session additional layers onto Andrew Jackson - Jackson Square New Orleans
20x16 canvas

Andrew Jackson

2012-02-06T09:09:00.000-06:00

The deep contrast in color tones and the backdrop of the blue sky,attracted me to do this New Orleans landmark. Andrew Jackson before the St Louis Cathedral New Orleans, after first few layers.
20 x 16/ canvas

2011-12-28T15:38:00.000-06:00


Egret over Marsh

New Orleans Streetcar

2011-12-24T17:38:00.000-06:00

New Orleans Streetcar

Sailboat on Lake Pontchartrain and Egret over the marsh

2011-12-13T14:42:00.000-06:00

More work on both!

Sailboat on Lake Pontchartrain

2011-12-08T09:51:00.000-06:00

More highlights added to water and light tones

2011-11-28T08:43:00.001-06:00

Added a sail boat to the Lake Pontchartrain painting. 16 x 20, acrylic on canvas

2011-10-25T19:36:00.000-05:00

What has been a very slow progress towards completion, the egret has finally been blocked - in

2011-10-20T21:32:00.000-05:00

One day recently in taking photos for future painting projects, in an instant I had noticed a photo op .Ever since, one of those pictures captured started an obsession with painting and completing it, to the exclusion of all other simultaneous unfinished pieces.Here is where I am with it now

2011-10-05T20:31:00.000-05:00

Prepped and ready for the Egret

The Marsh Painting,16 x 20 on canvas

2011-09-27T16:03:00.000-05:00

More layers and new work on foreground.Additional layers to follow and decision as to whether or not to include the egret in this painting, or just start another painting , as the storm in this piece has taken over as the focal point.

Marsh

2011-09-21T16:40:00.000-05:00

The background to the marsh painting is nearly completed.I have revised it to include details of the cumulonimbus thunderstorm clouds, clustered in the distance.The far end of the clouds from this vantage point fade into the distance near the horizon.The beveled look to the horizon is not actually painted that way. Will adjust and correct to true view in the in the image software at next posting.

Background on marsh painting nearly finished

2011-09-14T21:22:00.000-05:00

Louisiana marsh study

2011-08-18T13:20:00.000-05:00

Through this study, getting down the basics of tone, color, sky - water marsh, and background, for a marsh landscape, that might include an Egret

Lake Pontchartrain seawall

2011-07-25T09:36:00.000-05:00

New study
Lake Pontchartrain seawall

2011-07-17T17:00:00.004-05:00

more progress on wine study

Cork - Acrylic on paper

2011-06-02T10:35:00.002-05:00

Practice tones study for future wine painting

New Orleans Street car Acrylic on canvas

2011-06-02T07:51:00.000-05:00

A little added. A little taken away.

Amounts to minor adjustments.

New Orleans Streetcar

2011-05-31T12:32:00.003-05:00

Acrylic on canvas.
An old favorite of tourists and locals. A work in progress view of this impressionistic New Orleans Street car. So far several layers applied to emphasize dark an light tones. Have applied several highlights.

Lake Pontchartrain

2011-03-29T10:24:00.000-05:00

A few more details added to Lake Pontchartrain's surface

Lake Pontchartrain

2011-03-14T20:59:00.000-05:00

Decided to take the Lake Pontchartrain painting to a whole new level.
I've added waves in the foreground, which then necesitated adjustments to the background, reflective
more of a churning lake, underneath breezy conditions.
Click on image for a larger view of waves.

Another layer over the Lake Water

2011-02-27T18:11:00.000-06:00

Lake Pontchartrain

Lake Pontchartain sky/seascape

2011-02-14T19:04:00.000-06:00

Finally getting the sky -cloud look striving for in this in progress

16 x 20 canvas, piece on Lake Pontchartrain.

The photo for this piece is looking north out onto the lake on

New Orleans' Lakefront seawall.

Back to starting over on the water. so the water shows only the

under painting in this stage. I might ad a sailboat in the distance before

calling it done.

Fisher

2011-01-30T17:02:00.000-06:00

9x 12 on canvas board

Lake Pontchartrain

2011-01-23T18:13:00.000-06:00

First in a series of Paintings centered around Lake Pontchartrain
Acrylic on 16 x 20 " canvas

And yet a few more layers focusing more definition to the "Apple Study"

2010-12-27T18:15:00.000-06:00

Apple Study

2010-12-24T23:11:00.000-06:00

Several more layers, and highlights added to the apple study.
I am almost comfortable with beginning the larger version on canvas

Apple Study Acrylic on Canvas paper in progress

2010-12-19T22:54:00.000-06:00

Several store bought apples on the counter caught my attention as an obvious subject for a large still life painting so I arranged two of those apples and took about 50 photos. From those photos I came up with a great looking backilt setting for those two apples. Above is the apple on the left from that photo in this in-progress study, on canvas paper. I am using the apple as the practice run. The larger canvas painting will have both apples

A little more progress on the Candlestick phone

2010-12-12T14:10:00.000-06:00

A little more progress

2010-12-05T21:53:00.001-06:00

A few more layers, darker and lighter tones, and colors added to the candle stick study

"Bird's Eye View - Lake Pontchartrain"

2010-11-22T09:49:00.000-06:00

Continuing on Lake Pontchartrain theme, "Bird's Eye View - Lake Pontchartrain" A quiet perch atop a set of old pilings. Commuters on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway headed north to "The North shore",
or south to Metro New Orleans South shore, can occasionally see these Gulls flying parallel to the bridge. Acrylic, on 8 x10 canvas. Available for bidding on ebay here

Angel female poodle -maltese 12 x 12 linen canvas paper

2010-10-14T21:55:00.000-05:00

The pose in the photo from which the painting was made, was very captivating to me.It seemed perfect for a painting.As if she had posed just for the photo.

I;ll be making a few corrections and adjustments, and will re-post.

New Orleans Skyline from Lake Pontchartrain -Acrylic on 16 x 20 canvas

2010-10-10T01:14:00.002-05:00

Finally had time to do one of many paintings that call me.
This one is the New Orleans skyline view, as seen from
the north to south Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
from Mandeville, La to Metairie, La.
Available here on e bay
current e bay listings

One Strawberry - Acrylic 5x7 clayboard panel

2010-09-19T11:52:00.000-05:00

Posting an in progress small acrylic. It's been quite a challenge to get a start to my satisfaction. Hopefully now I'm on my way.
I'm very much looking forward to start on a few of many new ideas that have inspired me.One of which is sea-sky scape , looking ssw, over Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, to a New Orleans skyline in backdrop, another would be a series of Angel, a mixed maltese-poodle. I will try to start one of these soon and juggle it with a few other in-progress pieces.

Pair of Waterspouts - Acrylic - 16x 20 Canvas

2010-09-11T16:20:00.001-05:00

Final touches complete my latest painting depicting an occurence not too uncommon in shallow waters of several southern states, particulary in Southern Fl..(click pic for a larger view)
You can bid for this painting now here on e-bay

A close-up view of the same painting . .(click pic for a larger view) You can bid here on e-bay

Pair of Waterspouts

2010-09-06T23:39:00.001-05:00

Back to my roots and field, Weather forecasting.
My roots as a life long observer, clouds particularly the summer time versions, of cumulus, cumulonimbus, and so on that are those that develop out of convective (rising )air currents, which lead to development of summertime thunderstorms, and if conditions are just right, over warm bodies of water, sometimes the development of waterspouts

A Bottle and a Glass

2010-06-29T21:35:00.000-05:00

My experiment with wine art

2010-06-14T22:15:00.001-05:00

A little more detail after another layer added and a few touch-ups

2010-06-09T17:02:00.003-05:00

Another one that falls in the category of "in progress"

2010-04-27T21:57:00.003-05:00

A great reflection of sunlight and reflective light served the
strong desire to begin a painting mirroring the image I had captured
is the subject in this unfinished acrylic painting.

Robin , Acrylics on Paper, 11x 7

2010-04-15T10:22:00.005-05:00

Been wanting to paint a bird. Finally found a picture of a bird that inspired me to go forward and do a small study on paper.

2010-03-17T08:24:00.002-05:00

Emerald Wave, breaking on Fl panhandle beach ( Emerald Coast)
Acrylic on panel available on ebay Here

2010-02-14T14:55:00.001-06:00

All the winter chill got me thinking about warmer summer days.

small acrylic

LOUISIANA MARSH

2009-10-18T00:00:00.000-05:00

Louisiana
Marsh
in the fall

Louisiana Marsh in the Fall
12 x 12 Linen Canvas Acrylic Paper
Acrylic

Sunlight sparkles across the an open marsh waterway,
behind the silhouette of foreground tree, the inspiration
for this small landscape, depicting a fall scene in a
south Louisiana marsh in early October.
Colors change slowly in the Louisiana Delta fall season.
Green foliage hangs on even through the official start of
the winter season. The possible landscape compositions
are as countless as the Louisiana Cypress trees,
marshes and wildlife.

EYE Original 12 x 12 inch Acrylic on linen canvas

2009-10-05T00:06:00.001-05:00

TAKE A CLOSER LOOK

2009-09-12T17:39:00.000-05:00

Acrylic 15 x 15 Acrlyic on linen paper

Zoomed Sunset ( "sunset zoomed"), painted in acrylics, as seen throuh binoculars

2009-02-06T11:33:00.000-06:00

Recent sunscape

16x20, Primed canvas. Acrylics
Varnish finish for archival long-lasting brightness
Contact us to inquire about this piece or to have a similar piece commissioned for your needs.
singular piece or a three painting set, connected side by side, making one complete image.(Three painting set called triptych.)

rwxman@bellsouth.net

2008-07-06T20:14:00.001-05:00

New Orleans, St Charles Street Car

2008-01-29T12:55:00.000-06:00

New Orleans Street Car back on line
Acrylic Painting
8 inches x11 inches
Sold

This study of New Orleans landmark, the St Charles street car,
is a familiar image to anyone who has lived in or near or has visited
the Crescent City.
The cars have remained off-line immediately after,
Hurricane Katrina in August of 2005, and for a while thereafter.
The cars were shipped out of town for restoration,
before the line resumed service.

New original(s)of this same painting, will likely be painted and
posted, sometime in the near future.

Meyaleo, Delivered !

2007-08-14T12:38:00.000-05:00

Completed, signed framed and Sunday, delivered Meyaleo.
Order your protrait here, or
ask us about doing special Life like protrait of your Pet 504 289 6732 rwxman@bellsouth.net )

Tom cat is almost ready for delivery

2007-08-11T11:14:00.000-05:00

This commissioned art work is done in oil pastel, underneath a few
finisihing higlight touches of oil.

Ask me about doing apainitng of your pet