A Painting Today

The results of the life of a paintaholic.

Friday, June 25, 2021

Karin Jurick

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            Friends and family regret to announce the death of the artist Karin Jurick.  02/09/1961 - 06/16/2021
Monday, June 14, 2021

"Sizing Up"

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    12 x 12" oil on panel When I first saw Jamie Wyeth's life-size Portrait of Pig years ago, it was love at first sight.  From th...
Sunday, June 13, 2021

"In the Buff"

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    6 x 8" oil on panel     I broke from my larger painting marathon and loosened up with one of my mom's favorite Picasso pieces -...
Monday, June 7, 2021

"That Was Then, This is Now"

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    12 x 9" oil on panel sold The two young men taking in Pablo Picasso's iconic Guernica presumably cannot begin to comprehend th...
Friday, June 4, 2021

"Peanut Gallery"

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    10 x 10" oil on panel Showcased in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam hangs the extraordinary painting by Rembrandt, Syndics of the Drape...
Saturday, May 29, 2021

"Poolside"

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    12 x 12" oil on panel What says summer like a swimming pool and being this is the unofficial start of summer I'm posting one of...
Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Hard at Work

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  Nope.  Not on vacation.  Hard at work painting for a July show.
Friday, April 30, 2021

"Light Baggage"

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    9 x 12" oil on panel sold Irises are blooming everywhere here in Atlanta, inspiring me to paint Vincent van Gogh's Irises bein...
Monday, April 19, 2021

"Two By Two"

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    8 x 10" oil on panel sold In 1890, in a letter to his sister, Vincent van Gogh described his joy of painting multiple versions sunf...
Wednesday, April 14, 2021

"Three's Company"

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    6 x 8" oil on panel sold This study was a test for me - wanting to take on a larger painting with David Hockney's Mr. and Mrs. ...
Saturday, April 3, 2021

"All the Fashion"

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    6 x 8" oil on panel sold The artist Jacques (James) Tissot had an eye for beauty and fashion, the son of parents in the fashion and...
Saturday, March 27, 2021

"Catch the Next Wave"

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    9 x 12" oil on panel sold My Mac died a couple of weeks ago.  I work on what they call a 'vintage' model.  I have to.  I r...
Sunday, March 7, 2021

"In Shape"

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    5 x 5" oil on panel sold I do a lot of small studies, mostly to keep painting while I'm think about my next piece and to feel o...
Monday, March 1, 2021

"Facing the Music"

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    9 x 12" oil on panel sold When I reproduce masters' works of art, I learn more about color, mixing paints, edging, brush stroke...
Monday, February 22, 2021

"Portrait Sitting"

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    6 x 8" oil on panel sold I saw this painting on Instagram by Diego Velazquez, Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria in Hunting Dres...
Wednesday, February 17, 2021

"Smile"

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    8 x 10" oil on panel sold Inspired by a recent article in the New York Times about the Louvre Museum's renovations taking place...
Thursday, February 11, 2021

"Up Close"

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    10 x 8" oil on panel sold Your Moment of Zen today featuring Claude Monet's landscapes.   I went to the Philadelphia Museum of...
Thursday, January 28, 2021

"Chill Factor"

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    6 x 8" oil on panel sold Every winter I obsess about wanting snow fall here in Atlanta.  I scroll through the Twitter posts of phot...
Thursday, December 24, 2020

"Those Summer Nights"

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    6 x 8" oil on panel sold As I finished this new painting, I realized outside the cold wind was blowing and snow flurries were falli...
Wednesday, December 16, 2020

"Sweetie Pies"

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    9 x 12" oil on panel sold I've said it many times on this blog - Wayne Thiebaud is an artist who has and still does greatly ins...
Monday, December 7, 2020

Special December Sale!

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I'm clearing out 3 paintings that I've held on to - and I'd like to make a charity donation with a portion of the proceeds.  All...
Friday, November 27, 2020

My 2021 Calendar

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SOLD OUT! My 2021 Calendars are here!  This mini wall calendar measures 8-1/2" by 13" opened up, featuring 12 months of color repr...
Friday, November 6, 2020

"Hair Solutions"

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    6 x 8" oil on panel sold In Washington DC, you can see many paintings by the famous portrait painter Gilbert Stuart.  Stuart's ...
Thursday, October 22, 2020

"Spooked"

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    6 x 8" oil on panel sold When October comes around, I always think of the Wyeth family - as in N. C., his son Andrew and his son J...
Sunday, October 18, 2020

"Milkin' It"

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    8 x 12" oil on panel sold The next time you're lucky enough to stand in front of an original painting by Johannes Vermeer, imag...
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Karin Jurick
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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