This is one of my few oil paintings I have done, as I usually work in acrylics. Actually it was done at Scottsdale Artist School while taking a class from Howard Rogers. He is known for his paintings of beautiful women and cowboys, who happen to always be going either up or down a hill! The pink and white swishes in the background are his marks and the loose orange strokes on her collar. He was showing me how to loosen up. I didn't touch his strokes and learned alot from him.
36 Comments
Cathy Savels 21 Jul 2007
Beautiful painting!Kukua Akumanyi 14 Apr 2006
Wow Patti this is geotgeous... I love it .laura liberge 02 Mar 2006
Beautiful!Jerry 29 Jan 2006
Great painting, powerful colors, good contrast and pretty lady.Tracey Loftis 12 Jul 2005
stunning / such a provocative capture of her expressionMaria Madrid 07 Jun 2005
Beautiful portrait.. I specially like the effects of the backgroundJessica Hobdell 24 May 2005
thats great. bright warm tones. Kinda sad.carmen melton 01 May 2005
i love how you've treated the background in contrast with the woman.Terry Bullard 27 Apr 2005
Lovely portrait and nice background - very awakening use of colorsLeah Jaarveth 26 Apr 2005
wonderfully done!Christine Walkowicz 24 Apr 2005
Absolutely phenomenalBev Chudey 07 Apr 2005
Beautiful Portrait!!!!Olivia Andersson 24 Mar 2005
awesome! Beautiful drawing. 10+++Evonne Bishop 19 Mar 2005
beautiful composition and lighting!h morgan 04 Mar 2005
very well done.Billy Lewis 04 Mar 2005
wow most wonderful workHisham Zrake (Zreiq) 02 Mar 2005
Great work!!!Christina Toews 09 Feb 2005
This is very well done. I love the shadows on her face. Great style! :)Debbie Jensen 21 Jan 2005
she's beautiful, excellent job!Val. Stokes 28 Dec 2004
A vibrant portrait..really love itMark Peterson 02 Dec 2004
Very beautiful! A great work to be proud of.thea walstra 02 Dec 2004
A great painting patti JoVicky Tico 02 Dec 2004
very nice work, i lie itTrish Gename 18 Nov 2004
Excellent! I really love your loose stylesher richardson 22 Oct 2004
...beautiful pattijo... your oilwork is indeed surberb... : )Lucas Seven 22 Oct 2004
...what an impressive portfolio...Everybody get over here and check this out!...stan jones 19 Oct 2004
its taken from april for me to see this one i must be going blind hang on i was not here then you have created a master piece with this one no wonder you want to do this all the time great work Patti-JoThom Roslan 27 Aug 2004
Total "CLASSIC" Styling...BEAUTIFUL!!!Tina Day 26 Aug 2004
Fantastic painting.The detail is perfect.Wonderful.richard wynne 13 Jul 2004
as usual this is very goodPeter Kripgans 10 Jun 2004
very goodAntony Rufus 07 Apr 2004
Beautiful painting. The pensive mood is captured very well.Don Vance 07 Apr 2004
very nice - good techniqueHilton Harris 04 Apr 2004
Excellent work. Beautifully done.BUFFALO GRAPHICS Denny Karchner 04 Apr 2004
I love an artist who can go in many directions. Love you oil my friend--DennyJulia Lesnichy 15 Mar 2004
You are a master of portraying people and showing their mood, fantastic work, very well done!!!! I like the colors of background, broad brush strokes and their connection with colors in the face, hair and clothes. I probably would add some warm dark notes to the shaded part of the hair, but it's not necessarily.