PaintBlog

You might be familiar with Ron English’s billboards, but have you seen his oil paintings?  They often offer up just as much social commentary/criticism, but just as often include a great sense of humour and pop culture reference. Personally, I’m loving this Van Gogh inspired ” Lochness Starrynight” .

I seem to be drawn to landscape paintings lately.  Maybe it’s the changing season, maybe it’s the fact that the sky isn’t grey for months on end any longer, or maybe it’s just that I keep stumbling across fantastic landscape painters like William McCarthy. Yeah, that’s probably it.

I love how Stuart Shils’ thick paint application and use of low contrast creates such a strong sense of atmosphere in his landscapes. Excellent work!

Liza Bingham singles out hedgework and elevates it to portrait status.  Very cool.

Stunning visuals in the form of incredible landscapes are the order of the day on Peter Brooke’s site. There are also some slightly larger images of his works here.  Enjoy!

Often using movie sets as inspiration, Renée Van Halm creates amazing architectural landscape paintings.  Her sense of colour and space is impressive, as well as her ability to suggest narrative despite the lack of figures in her compositions.

Jacob Collins paints in the classical style, and applies that style to a wide range of subject matter, all to great effect. I would say more, but instead, I will direct you to the work and let it speak for itself.