Christopher Greco: 6x8 oil on canvas

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Monday, January 24, 2011

Roadside Barn -
Daily Painting, Landscape, Barn, Dirt Road, Cedar Tree, Hedge Row

Better weather gave me a chance to get out and sketch. This is 6x8 oil on a canvas panel.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

The Optimist, The Pessimist and the Tea Bag -
Daily Painting,glass of milk, coffee mug, tea bag

Half full, half empty and two of my favorite drinks, tea and milk.
This painting is 6x8 oil on canvas.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Cold Curve -
Snow, Road, SignDaily Painting

The late afternoon sun on a distant hill.

Monday, September 6, 2010

A Morning at the River 2 -
Daily Painting, Ohio, River,Morning Light

This is the second sketch at the river from my weekend at home (Ohio). I set up under a bridge and faced up river for the first sketch and down river for the second. Coming next are the two sketches from my backyard.

Monday, April 12, 2010

Afternoon in the Valley - 1

This is the first of three sketches I painted in Gurly, Alabama.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Honk and Book -
Daily Still Life, Honk Honk Ahoo, Bert Wilson's Fade Away Ball, Tube of Oil Paint

A few of my favorite things. Honk Honk Ashoo, created by my good friend, Ralph Cosentino. Check out this charming character - (here).
The book is from my own collection of kid's books. It is "Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball" from 1913 by J.W. Duffield. It is one of a series of "Bert Wilson" stories. Lastly a tube of paint...I have so little time to choose objects to paint and there are always tubes of paint around me and I really like the look of them.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Three Apples and a Jar -
Daily oil painting still life apples jar

Number three of my "warm up / working out the rust" efforts. Thank you to everyone that has written to encourage and welcome me back. I am enjoying the paints and brushes and looking forward posting something good soon. (I don't dislike these last 3, but I am approaching them more as "warm ups" than anything else.)

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Loose Change
still life oil painting blue jar loose change apple daily painting

The second step in trying to remember how to paint.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Apple on the Shelf
still life oil painting apple

After a long break, I am easing my way back in to my paints.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Beyond The Pasture
Farm House Pasture Tree November Daily Landscape Oil Painting

The farmhouse below the upper pasture and tucked under the large trees was an appealing subject. I have limited my palette on the last two paintings. It seems to work at this time of year and I like to mix up my process from time to time.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

November Bright
Autumn Road Tree Orange Leaves Daily Painting

A bright and glorious day in the Tennessee Valley. Very quick and simplified with lots of squinting.

Saturday, August 2, 2008

On the Paint Rock River

How could I resist painting on the Paint Rock River?

Tennessee Valley Farm - SOLD

I spent the entire day exploring and painting in the Tennessee Valley. This was a productive and fun day. The valley and the surrounding mountains are beautiful and I will be painting there often.

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Saturday Sunrise 1 - SOLD

The Sunrise paintings were painted on an access road alongside a highway. I began painting at almost the first hint of light in the sky. I was guessing at the color because I could really only see values on my palette (a good reason to always lay out your color in the same order). After about 15 or 20 min. the light had changed so much that I took out a second canvas, made a quarter turn to the right and began a second painting. I could now see my color better and already had piles of color from the first painting. I love doing these shorthand, speed studies, no time to think, just react. Total fun.