commissioned paintings: oil on canvas

pregnant sky
oil painting on canvas, 16 x 20 inches, private commission, Alaska, completed May 2008.

Usually the focus of a mountain landscape is the mountains. With the sky as the subject of this painting, there is a tension between the foreground, the mountains, and the sky - creating an intended sense of unsettled suspense.

Disclaimer - The actual painting looks so much better than as viewed here online. It glows and has great depth. Unfortunately, every monitor is diiferent and photos and computer monitors cannot fully display the actual play of light reflecting off and passing through the transparent layers of colors in an oil painting.

Usually the focus of a mountain landscape is the mountains. With the sky as the subject of this painting, there is a tension between the foreground, the mountains, and the sky - creating an intended sense of unsettled suspense.
 

mattie - portrait in oil on canvas - 22w x 28h inches

mattie in progress, showing the first three underpainting layers.

(Below) Alaska friend Sam holds the finished painting mattie showing its dimension. Sam was pleased with the painting and its resemblance to the real Mattie. (Note the silk screen artwork Two Suns also by Steve Scheibe on wall in background)