http://www.jimmylongacre.com My Insatiable Obsession Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:49:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 6X8 oil on canvas panel $100 I was keeping my 6 month old grandson, today. I started this little painting when I put him down for his nap. ... http://www.jimmylongacre.com/06/hello-good-bye.html 6X8 oil on canvas panel $100 (see PURCHASING for framing offer)This study is from a secluded nook on Town Lake, in Austin.  The composition was a fun exercise using the "golden section", also ... http://www.jimmylongacre.com/06/cypress-point.html 6X8 oil on canvas panel $100 (see PURCHASING for framing offer)Well, that was fun!  My studio schedule has been so crammed lately, I'm way behind on posting. I'll flog myself later.  Anyway, I ... http://www.jimmylongacre.com/06/limestone-outcrop.html SOLD  16X12 oil on canvas panel This is the finish of a recently commissioned piece.  One of my collector/friends decided to surprise his brother with a painting of them both with his brother's daughters.  They were spending a day at their lake house, flying kites, early this spring when the reference ... http://www.jimmylongacre.com/06/brothers-and-sisters-%e2%80%a2-%e2%80%a2-%e2%80%a2-sold.html 12X16 oil on canvas panel $225 (plus shipping) This is from photo reference I gathered while visiting the Amalfi coast in Italy.  I found the scene on a little side street.  Some residences had ... http://www.jimmylongacre.com/06/garden-fence.html SOLD   20x16You may remember this subject from the sketch I posted back on March 24th.  This is the finished painting, commissioned (before the bluebonnets were in bloom) by the folks who own this lovely, lodge-style, log vacation home.  It's perched on a cliff-top, hundreds of feet above Lake Granite ... http://www.jimmylongacre.com/05/eagles-nest-%e2%80%a2-%e2%80%a2-%e2%80%a2-sold.html SOLD  8x8 This was done for commission.  I enjoy doing these interpretations from what are often fairly mundane snapshots taken by the pet's owner.  Part of what's so nice about doing them is that people are so appreciative when they see the dazzle of a little visual poetry applied to their ... http://www.jimmylongacre.com/05/hero-%e2%80%a2-%e2%80%a2-%e2%80%a2-sold.html 11X14 oil on canvas panel $175  Okay, this probably comes as a surprise to you folks who are following my paintings. I put this together to use as an instructional example ... http://www.jimmylongacre.com/05/imagined.html 6X8 oil on canvas panel $100 (see PURCHASING for framing offer)Another from my recent trip to the Guadalupe River.  I love the way the cypress trees grow in groups right on the banks ... http://www.jimmylongacre.com/05/banks-of-the-guadalupe.html 6X8 oil on canvas panel $100 (see PURCHASING for framing offer) I like the way this turned out. The subject is from the same creek as yesterday's painting. I'm just looking ... http://www.jimmylongacre.com/05/cypress-creek-morning.html