December Roses

December Roses
6 x 6 Oil Painting
by Pat Fiorello
$100

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This is probably my last painting till after the holidays. My husband gave me some of my favorite white roses the other day and I had time for a small study yesterday.

Roses have been a theme this past year. They are among my favorite flowers- probably the favorite (although hydrangeas are a close second). And at some level, I also think it was an homage to my mom, named Rosemary, ( or called "Rosie"by some)  who passed away last summer.

They are so beautiful and special, each unique and so many varieties I never tire of them.

As the year draws to a close, I'll leave you with some of my personal favorite paintings of the past year. Thank you so much for all your support as I've been healing from an accident in April. And thank you for your interest in my artwork. As artists, we paint because we have a passion for it, but it also is rewarding to know that something you created can uplift others and is appreciated.

Best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Beautiful 2018!

                                                        

Another Way

Another Way
16 x 16 Oil Painting
by Pat Fiorello
$1200


One of my favorite paintings I've done this year is " Heaven Scent", a still life of fragrant O'Hara roses.  I originally painted them from life, but always take a photo of the set up in case I want to refer to it again.

 This weekend I decided to give the same subject another shot with an entirely different approach, hence today's posted painting is titled"Another Way". This one was done 100% with palette knives, no brushes at all. I also changed the colors a bit. Went for more yellow- greenish centers versus the pink.  The palette knife gives a totally different texture using a lot of thick paint. Good to shake things up a bit and experiment.

Holiday Mood

Holiday Mood
12 x 16 Oil Painting
by Pat Fiorello
 $650

While I had a live poinsettia plant in the house, decided to use it as a painting subject. Initially, I had thought of painting them in the pot as a still life, but then decided looking down into the pot might be a more exciting viewpoint. 

The plant was variegated and initially I painted it with too strong a contrast of red and white and then decided to tone it down and move more towards the pinker tones.

Peonies, Calla Lilies and Hydrangea

Peonies, Calla Lilies and Hydrangea
12 x 12 Oil Painting
by Pat Fiorello
SOLD

This is my latest bridal bouquet painting, just shipped off to a new bride in New York.  A gift from her new in-laws to the bride.

Love using my artistic skills to help others express and celebrate love!

To learn more about my "Forever Bouquet Paintings, see my website.

Dahlia a la Sorolla

Dahlia a la Sorolla
8 x 10 Oil Painting
by Pat Fiorello
$300

 

I wanted to do an experiment and paint something in the spirit of one of my favorite artists Sorolla.

I had a photo of a beautiful dahlia and had turned it into black and white for  a photo challenge on Facebook.   The shape and form of it was striking and it inspired me to give it a try as a painting. I painted it once from the black and white photo just focusing on value and to get familiar with this type of flower (see last blogpost Dahlia Drama) but wanted to push the colors further even though it was  a white flower.  The real flower photographed was in fact pink, but I wanted to let that go and use my own color choices to depict a white flower in sunlight. I added more warmth to the white in sunlight and cooled off some of the areas and shapes in shadow.

Original photo

Colors dropped out

Dahlia Drama

Dahlia Drama
8 x 10 Oil Painting
by Pat Fiorello

I recently was asked to participate in the 7 day Black & White photo challenge on Facebook. The idea was to post B&W photos for 7 days in a row, no people, no explanations.  In doing so ,I went thru some of my photo's and just dropped the color out to focus on the beauty of the shapes and the contrasting lights, darks and mid-tones. Some of the photo's in B&W inspired my curiosity to give them a go for painting. This Dahlia was painted using only the black and white photo as a reference.