Father and Son Portrait Original Painting Contemporary Impressionism

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"With Dad"

oil on panel

6x6"

A patient father walked along the beach with his young son as he stopped every foot or so to pick up a shell or just stop to admire the sea.

California Neighborhood Contemporary Impressionism Original Oil Painting Heidi Malott

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"Surfer's Bungalow"

oil on panel 

6x6"

Reduce-Reuse-Recycle is today's mantra.  I have a stack of paintings that failed miserably and never need to see the light of day.  So every once in a while (usually when I run out of primed panels and don't have time to prepare them and just want to paint) I pluck one from this sad pile and just paint over the old painting. 

I always feel such relief when I can "rescue"one from the pile :)

Ranch Landscape Cow Pasture Original Oil Painting Impressionism 8x8"

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Cow Train

oil on canvas panel

8x8"

The cows on the horizon looked like train cars heading home.

Vineyard Contemporary Impressionism Original Oil Painting

Golden Vines

oil on panel

6x6"

I painted this a few weeks ago and forgot to post it here.  Enjoy your Sunday!  Hopefully your enjoying spring 

Bikini Beach Tidal Pool Original Oil Painting Heidi Malott

"Tidal Pool"

oil on panel 

6x6"

Hanging out in the tidal pool.

Abstract Impressionism Contemporary Cityscape Oil Painting

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"Side Streets"

oil on panel

6x6"

Lots of squinting to capture just the essence of this scene.  

Open Air Farmer's Market 8x8" Contemporary Impressionism Heidi Malott

Fresh Produce

8x8"

oil on canvas panel

detail:

Ok, photographing wet paint on canvas is harsh as you can see.  I am happy to say this painting looks much better in person.  I am enjoying painting on the larger panels but I will have to order more soon.  This one is a bit different from my usual.  As you can see I let a lot of the underlying sketch which is quite dark show in the painting.  This gives a bold contrast, but please note, I never use the color black straight from a tube, way too harsh and nothing in nature is that dark.  Please do not buy a tube of black paint, mix your own, it will be richer and not too dark.  I mix cadmium orange with French ultramarine blue at varying strengths for brown all the way to my darkest 

Contemporary Urban Impressionism Original Art Heidi Malott

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Eastern Travels

oil on canvas panel

8x8"

detail

Expressive and lively were my thoughts when I tackled this painting.  So much going on in these street scene and I didn't want to get bogged down in the details.  I would like to continue working on cityscapes with this in mind.  

Sunny California Contemporary Impressionism 8x8" Heidi Malott

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"Sunny CA"

oil on panel

8x8"

Bits of light and color,  Painting this was like building a puzzle.  Studying the shapes and color then blocking them in place.  Fun, fun fun :)

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Contemporary Impressionism Boy at the Seashore Original Art

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"Seashore"

oil on panel

6x6"

A sweet moment by the sea.