"Each day has its own individuality of color". Charles Hawthorne

HiddenGem  12 x 16 Oil on Canvas SOLD

"By having the big lines of the composition going out of the canvas, your imagination can wander beyond the edge." Charles Hawthorne

Posies  8 x 8 Oil on Linen  Available

"Practice random beauty and senseless acts of love." Anonymous

(From the archives of AskART) He (Ovanes Berberian) states unequivocally that in painting the most important thing is color harmony. Ovanes’ use of color, combined with his dynamic, painterly style, makes each landscape and still life come alive striking a chord deep within the viewer”. His deep understanding of hue, value and color relationships make him sought after not only by collectors, but by students who come from near and far for a chance to attend one of his workshops. A plein aire purist, he elects to paint on location, inspired by a more direct confrontation with his subject. You can see the work of Ovanes Berberian on Pinterest.

My thoughts:  This painting is a nod to the beautiful work of Ovanes Berberian. In my efforts to learn to paint flowers I attempted to copy one of his beautiful floral still lifes. This copy does not have the light and life of the Original, which serves as an objective reminder of the benefits of painting plein air!

'After Ovanes' 8 x 8 Oil on Linen Panel Not Available

"You must feel the beauty of the thing before you start." Charles Hawthorne

Posies  8 x 8 Oil on Linen Panel  Available

"Growth as an [artist] and as a human being are synonymous." Stella Adler

Mountains To Climb  8 x 8 Oil on Linen Panel  Available

"In his attempt to develop the beauty he sees, the artist develops himself." Charles Hawthorne

Sunrise On Windswept  8 x 8 Oil on Linen Panel  Available

"The world is round so that friendship may encircle it." Teilhard de Chardin

Round  8 x 8 Oil on Linen Panel  Available

"In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment." Thomas Carlyle

Preserved in Time  8 x 8 Oil on Linen Panel Available

"Each day has its own individuality of color." Charles Hawthorne

The Snowy Dogwood  9 x 12 Oil on Linen NotAvailable

"When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it's fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze." Thomas Carlyle

The Locust Tree  9 x 12 Linen Panel Available

"Be humble about it. Paint the color tones as they come against each other, and make them sing, vibrate." Charles Hawthorne

Winter Serenity  9 x 12 Linen Panel Available

"There is nothing in the world so helpful to a young painter as a study of white, if he will but be honest." Charles Hawthorne

"The Bottom of the Bag" 8" x 8" Linen Panel Available

"Do still life and see the beauty you can get in it." Charles Hawthorne

My Favorite Cup  8' x 8" Linen Panel Available

"Do studies, not pictures. Each day's study makes you crazy to go back and do over and better . . . " Charles Hawthorne

Dogwood In Winter  12 x 16 Linen Panel  Available

"A painting is good not because it looks like something but rather because it feels like something." Phil Dike

Winters Dawn  9 x 12 Linen Panel Available

"Never lose the first impression which has moved you." Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Under The Sun  9 x 12 Linen Panel Available 

"Age just gives you the freedom to do some things you've never done before. Great work can come at any stage of your life." Will Barnet

The Silver Cup  8 x 8 Linen Panel  Available

"Color is the fruit of life." Guillaume Apollinaire

Balsam Ridge 8 x 8 Linen Panel  Available

"Anything under the sun is beautiful if you have the vision - it is the seeing of the thing that makes it so." Charles Hawthorne

Blue Ridge Drama  8 x 8  Available

"Try to do ugly things so that you make them beautiful... The more delicate the thing is in nature the more one must look for the solemn note. Color in nature is never pretty, it's beautiful." Charles Hawthorne

Plein Air Study  9 x 12 Available

"Get into the habit of doing what you see, not what you know. Human reason cannot foresee the accidents of out-of-doors." Charles Hawthorne

Plein Air Study   9 x 12 Linen Panel  Available