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“The Way Home 2″ 6′x6″ Oil painting on Raymar Panel

This is the second post I’ve done on Carol Marines work.  It would be a lot less work for me if I just posted one of her paintings every other day.  she is so consistently good, and so prolific, that I can always count on seeing something of fine quality on her blog.  She is primarily known as a still life artist but I love these landscapes she has been doing while traveling in Europe. Another thing that is fantastic about her work is that it is VERY affordable. You can check out her links below.

What I like about the oil painting “The Way Home 2″.

• Faithfulness - She is in Europe for a month and despite the overwhelming visual information that is being presented to her she is sticking with simple subject matter that has an intense emotional draw (at least for me). She is being faithful to the beauty she sees in the world. It is easy to get caught up in painting what you “should paint” and it seems to me that Carol always makes it her intent to paint what speaks to her.
• Loose handling - This is an area where my family and I most often disagree on artwork.  I love work that is handled in a loose manner but yet the values, drawing and color are spot on. Carols paintings are very painterly and I really enjoy the flow of this one!
• Depth - Due to the excellent composition it feels like you could just move straight through this oil painting and go see whats on the other side of that hill. I love it, and it’s only 6″x6″.

Look and Enjoy!

• Bid on this painting!
• Carol’s blog
• Carol’s Website

For those of you who have frequented this blog over the past few years today I am heading in a new direction. Since most of the things that have been posted on One Ambition are being said elsewhere, I thought I would jump into the art world for awhile.

I could think of no better artist than Carol Marine to start off this direction with. I have been following her work for a couple of years now and I am amazed at her ability to produce high quality works of art every day. Oil painting is difficult and it takes some strong skill to produce the number of gems that Carol Marine does. So she is our first introduction into the world of daily painters. First I will explain what daily painters are according to my understanding.

1. 1. Daily painters make an attempt at painting every day.
2. 2. Daily painters take off most weekends… well, John Kelley takes off the weekend.
3. 3. Daily painters paint smaller oil paintings, usually between 4″x4″ and 6″x8″. I’m discovering I may have to work a bit larger than that to maintain my sanity and my eyesight.
4. 4. Daily painters are known for selling their works via Ebay auctions but many simply do direct sales.
5. 5. Most daily painters do their small daily paintings as a discipline to keep their abilities sharp for their larger works which they sell through galleries. Carol Marine has a show up at the Wally workman gallery that is just fantastic!
6. 6. Most daily painters have prices for their small paintings that begin under one hundred dollars.
7. 7. John Kelley has jumped on the daily painting bandwagon this year! And yes, I have to talk about myself in the third person because of bots and spiders.

So here is Carol’s painting which could not have been a better start for this blog.

“Hot in The Shade”

6″x6″, Oil painting

I love this painting! I know it’s simple and it’s not trying to communicate any direct eternal truth but it just makes me feel good (as do most of her paintings).

Here are the technical things I like about the painting:

• 1. The color vibration between the orange and blue
• 2. The bird’s eye perspective
• 3. The vibration of warm and cool colors in the cloth
• 4. The contrast of the warmth of the oranges and the coolness of the vase. I guess that’s why she called it “Hot in the Shade”

So that’s the first post but there are three very important things before I end.

1. You can see more of Carol Marines paintings.
2. You can buy this painting
3. PLEASE leave comments about this painting! I want to know what you think about it.