Posts by James Hartman
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Amaryllis opening up this morning
Peony, Amyrillis, Aloe Vera!
Getting started on a new painting using my ancient spreader
Aloe Vera bud
Fitzgerald Marine Reserve south of San Francisco
It’s not completely transparent. My oils are bonded into the beeswax surface. They retain their brilliance, and should be fine for durations since beeswax has the best preservation qualities.
Encaustic on collage of antique ephemera.
I like the way my original composition gets destroyed by heat in pleasing ways. Try coating a panel with beeswax/damar. Do a layout drawing in transparent red. Then heat that over lightly to fuse it in. Color in with oils then fuse in again (outdoors, with protection from the fumes).
Encaustic painting on antique ephemera collage
Encaustic painting on collage of antique ephemera. A series in progress
Revisiting the Carquinez Strait. 47”x53” #impasto #texture #oilpainting
Thanks Dan:-)
Working on a large painting based on a small plein air study. #oilpainting #crystalsprings #skyline #releasethefiles #iceout #savedemocracy #resist
Rodeo Beach oil on canvas. 32”x35” #oilpainting #rodeobeach #resistance #blueskypainter #iceout
Still Life with Strawberries
#oilpainting #stilllife
Carquinez Strait
#oilpainting #pleinair
I’m happy, shipping this 4’x4’ landscape off today. #landscape #mountainroad #resist #thingstodoinsteadofbeinghauledoffbyIce
Copper etching 4”x4”
#etching #landscape #blueskyart
Detail of Rodeo Beach #oilpainting #rodeobeach #surfing #NorthernCalifornia
China Camp #chinacamp #oilpainting #pleinairpainting #california #resist
Encaustic painting. #beeswax #encausticpainting #oilpaint #collage #cradledpanel
San Bruno Mountain
#oilpainting
Plein air at the Berkeley Marina. #oilpainting #berkeley
Terry St.John painting by the barn on Mt. Diablo. #oilpainting #mtdiablo #pleinairpainting #bayarea
A plein air painting from Coyote Point on San Francisco Bay. #oilpainting #pleinair #boats
A plein air painting I did along the Oakland Estuary. #Oilpainting #oaklandestuary
Coastal bird with intriguing shadow
This plein air oil was done on Mt. Diablo in the Bay Area in 2002
#oilpainting #pleinair #textural #expressionist