Roman the Painter — 2026 Summer Show Schedule Art Birmingham — Birmingham, MI — May 9–10, 2026 (Shain Park) Charlevoix Summer Art Show — Charlevoix, MI — June 27–28, 2026 (East Park) Charlevoix Art & Craft Show — Charlevoix, MI — July 11–12, 2026 (East Park) Petoskey Art in the Park — Petoskey, MI — July 18, 2026 (Pennsylvania Park) Bay Harbor Arts Festival — Bay Harbor, MI — July 25–26, 2026 Suttons Bay Art Festival — Suttons Bay, MI — August 1–2, 2026 (Marina Park)

Here's my greatly reduced summer schedule for my Northern Michigan tour. I just can't justify driving all over the place this summer with the current situation.

"Waiting for the Daylight" Tall sunflowers lean into the last light before a storm breaks — their heavy heads bowing against a sky alive with purple clouds and electric teal. #Art #artist #oilpaint romanthepainter.com/products/wai...

A close up of the chaos of my current painting. #Oilpainting #art #Painting

Thanks, you know a show is bad when the promoter comes around an hour and a half early and tells everybody they can just close up and go home.

Here's a couple of Booth shots from what turned out to be my worst show ever. I've been doing shows since the 90s. I think I passed out maybe 20 business cards? One sign up for the email list. Lost about $800? Sold only two Originals. Never again. #SouthStreetArtFestival #Arlington #Texas

Slow show here in #Arlington ..but I'm here.

If you're in #Austin this weekend stop in at Stoney's! My daughter helped put this place together, runs it and is a bartender there. I'll be in Austin next week to check it out and stock up Jerry's art supplies after my show in Arlington Texas.

This is a great example of how the back painting can really change the vibe of the finished work. These are both 14x18s. Finish them both yesterday. Oil painting and oil pastels on an canvas panel. #Oilpainting #painting #landscapepainting #floral #wildflowers #art #artist

Spar. Marine quality is the best but it sure is expensive. I used to primarily use the Minwax brand. Remember the thing about Spar Varnish is the UV radiation in the sunlight breaks it down over time. So it requires constant upkeep depending on how much sunlight the furniture gets. Just like a boat.

A lot of the log furniture ended up on people's porches. Those all get exterior spa varnish. All the Cabinetry normally ends up inside.

Before I started oil painting full time I made rustic log furniture for 25 years from whatever I could find in the Forest around me. My work appeared in over 100 National magazines including a few features. #Furniture #woodworking

Red Poppy Morning — Original Oil Painting | Roman The Painter Original oil and oil pastel landscape — red poppies at sunrise with rolling hills. 24x30 in on stretched linen. Gold frame included. Free shipping.

Here's a link to the painting and prints: romanthepainter.com/products/red...

Red Poppy Morning — Archival Art Print | Roman The Painter Archival paper print of Red Poppy Morning — poppies at sunrise. 11x14 and 16x20 sizes. Printed by the artist on museum-quality paper. Free shipping.

Here's a link to the prints. romanthepainter.com/products/red...

Unfortunately you cannot use varnish over oil pastels only oil pastel fixative. It's the wax that's used to make the oil pastel that becomes the problem. However they do make oil sticks. Which I used a few as usual on this painting. That's essentially just oil paint.

It was fun to paint too! Thanks for the share and kind words!

Yeah oil pastels make it tricky. You can get a fixative made for oil pastels but it doesn't really truly seal them and you can still get some smearing. Some artists wait about 6 months and hit it with fixative others just leave it. Others mount under glass. . So it's a bit of a coin toss.

Working on that right now. When that becomes available I'll circle back and give you a link. Thanks so much!

Oh thank you so much for your kind words. It was a joy to paint.

An Impressionist-style landscape painting featuring a vast field of vibrant red and pink poppies in the foreground. The flowers are rendered with thick, energetic brushstrokes that create a sense of movement. In the mid-ground, rolling green and yellow hills stretch toward the horizon. Two dark green evergreen trees stand tall on the right side against a bright, pale blue sky filled with wispy white and yellow clouds, suggesting a glowing sunset or sunrise. The overall mood is bright, joyful, and full of light.

"Red Poppy Morning" is my latest painting. This is oils and oil pastels on a 24x30-in stretched linen canvas. #Art #artist #oilpainting #painting #florallandscape #landscapepainting #Impressionism

"In His Cards" — An oil and oil pastel still life painting on stretched linen (24×30 in.) depicting a vase of sunflowers in the style of Van Gogh, accompanied by a green glass goblet and tarot cards laid on a table, including The Hermit and The Sun. A stack of face-down cards rests to the left. Warm yellows and oranges dominate the palette against a dark brown tabletop. Signed "Roman" in the lower right.

"In His Cards" is my latest painting. This is oils and oil pastels on a 24x30-in stretch linen. This painting will be available at an upcoming show at Brews in downtown Eureka Springs. #Art #artist #oilpainting #VanGogh #painting

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An impressionistic oil and oil pastel painting by Roman the Painter, inspired by Van Gogh's Red Poppies and Daisies. A rich bouquet of vivid red poppies, blue cornflowers, and white daisies with orange centers bursts from a dark terracotta vase set on a white-draped table. The background is rendered in energetic strokes of chartreuse and lime green. Loose, gestural stems and wildgrasses spill outward. Displayed in a gold wood frame against a dark background.

Here's my take on Vincent van Gogh's Red Poppies and Daisies. This is oils and oil pastels on an acrylic background painting, on stretched linen. 24x30 inches #OilPainting #FlowerPainting #Poppies #Daisies #ImpressionistArt #VanGoghInspired #StillLife #OriginalArt #ArtForSal #Art #artist

A large 3×4-foot oil and oil pastel garden painting on an easel, depicting a lush, densely layered flower garden in vivid jewel tones. Featured blooms include purple irises, orange marigolds, pink lupines, yellow lilies, red coneflowers, and white asters, with evergreen trees and a pale blue sky with pink clouds in the background.

Almost done with this one. Just some highlights to add. Oils and oil pastels on a 3x4 ft canvas. #painting #art #Artist #oilpainting #ArtistsOnBluesky #PaintingOfTheDay #VisualArt #FineArt #ContemporaryPainting #WorkInProgress #WIP

Art BOMB! The only good bomb. This is a selection of some of my paintings that are done in a variety of mediums. Including oil and acrylics. Visit Romanthepainter.com for more info. In the next couple weeks I'll be posting a bunch of new paintings. #art #Painting #artist #oilpainter

Art BOMB! The only good bomb. This is a selection of some of my paintings that are done in a variety of mediums. Including oil and acrylics. Visit Romanthepainter.com for more info. In the next couple weeks I'll be posting a bunch of new paintings. #art #Painting #artist #oilpainter

"After the Rain" — an original painting by Roman the Painter. A vibrant impressionistic field of coneflowers (echinacea) in full bloom, rendered in acrylics, oils, and oil pastels on a 16x20 canvas panel. The flowers display white and pink petals with vivid orange and yellow centers, set against a lush green garden and a dramatic pink and purple cloudy sky. Inspired by a walk in downtown Charlevoix, Michigan.

"After the Rain" is my most recent painting. It's a 16x20 canvas panel with acrylics, oils, and oil pastels. The reference photo was taken from one of my walks in downtown Charlevoix, Michigan.

"Waiting for the Daylight" — a vibrant 24 x 36-inch painting in acrylics, oil, and oil pastel on stretched canvas by Roman the Painter. Towering sunflowers dominate the foreground, their heavy heads bowed and turned as if anticipating the sunrise. Bold, expressive brushwork and rich pastel marks build layers of saturated color — deep teals and purples in the shadows, fiery oranges and yellows in the petals, and unexpected pops of coral and red through the leaves. Behind the sunflowers, a dramatic sky transitions from a soft peach and pink horizon to swirling purple clouds and deep turquoise, suggesting the last moments before dawn. Distant mountains and hints of sailboats sit along the horizon line. The mixed-media texture is visible throughout, with the oil pastel adding a raw, gestural energy over the painted layers beneath.

"Waiting for the Daylight" is my most recent painting. It's acrylics, oil, and oil pastel on a 24 x 36-in stretched canvas. It'll be available soon on my website. Or if it's still available, you can pick it up at one of my many shows this summer. First show will be South Main Street Art Festival.

Finished this 3x4-ft painting yesterday as the smoke rolled in. Remembering what non-toxic Spring Air used to be like. Painting from memory again. Recommended reading/listening "The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet" by Jeff Goodell (2023) #wildlandFire #art #painting

Two side-by-side oil and oil pastel paintings (each 16x20") by Roman the Painter, depicting the same interior still life from slightly different perspectives and color interpretations. Both works feature a white phalaenopsis orchid plant in a cylindrical striped pot on a warm orange wooden table, with a small bowl of bananas nearby. The left painting emphasizes a swirling Van Gogh-inspired yellow background with a decorative red and blue framed textile on the wall and a tiny white coffee mug on the table. The right painting opens the composition to reveal a window with a landscape view of blue water and green hills, and adds a patterned rug and striped textile on the right side. Both works are rendered in bold, expressive color with heavy black outlines in a Fauvist style, featuring deep purples, vibrant yellows, electric blues, and rich greens. Signed "Roman" in the lower center of the left panel.

Here's a couple of 16x20 studies I did in oil and oil pastels of one of my wife's gazillion orchids. The woman truly does have a green thumb — I'm living in a jungle! #OilPastel #StillLifePainting #FauvistArt #Flowers #art #artist #oilpainting