Fauvism Oil Technique – The Seattle Space Needle

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This week I’m featuring three art print of the Space Needle that I created using a Fauvism Oil technique. Fauvism was a short-lived, early 20th-century art movement (c. 1905–1910) that I look at as an abstract art approach.

The first one is a perspective looking across Lake Union just north of the downtown corridor. Most pictures of the Space Needle are from the Puget Sound looking east towards the city skyline. This perspective is of the Space Needle looking west across Lake Union and just focusing on the Needle without the high rises of downtown.

The next two are views of the Space Needle from Kerry park in the Queen Anne District of Seattle. Looking south from the park gives you a spectacular view of the city core of Seattle. From this perspective the Space Needle is in the foreground with the downtown buildings filling in the background.

Thoughts? As I have said before, everyone reacts to visual art techniques and looks differently, so I am not in the least offended by opinions.

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Abstract Pacific Ocean Sunset

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This week I’m featuring four abstract art prints of the sun setting over the Pacific Ocean. I created all of these prints using an impasto oil painting technique. Each of them features the sun setting off the coast from Southern to Northern California.

The first two sunsets are from the northern part of San Diego County (southern most part of coastal California).

These next two are sunsets in Northern California.

The inspiration behind this print is the way light plays off the ocean with clouds during a sunset.

Also Northern California inspired by the “Marine Layer” as the clouds form during sunset.

Thoughts? As I have said before, everyone reacts to visual art techniques and looks differently, so I am not in the least offended by opinions.

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Inspirational Rock Climbing

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This week I’m featuring two inspirational art prints of rock climbers. The first one is along a trail I was hiking in the mountains east of the Seattle area. The second one is a rock climber in Red Rock Canyon just outside of Las Vegas.

Thoughts? As I have said before, everyone reacts to visual art techniques and looks differently, so I am not in the least offended by opinions.

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I Will Sing of The Lords Love

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I Will Sing of the Lords Love by Kirt Tisdale is an art print I created using a gothic style of painting. The inspiration of the painting is the sunset hot air balloon rides in San Diego. I then did an overlay of Psalm 89.1 to complete the print. I thought this quote and this picture made a perfect match!

Thoughts? As I have said before, everyone reacts to visual art techniques and looks differently, so I am not in the least offended by opinions.

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A Giraffe and Flamingo

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The two art prints I’m featuring this week are from the Los Angeles Zoo. I used a digital technique called oil scraping. This technique uses strong drawing lines with scraping strokes filling in. The colors give it a bold modern look.

Thoughts? As I have said before, everyone reacts to visual art techniques and looks differently, so I am not in the least offended by opinions.

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Whistler Street Scenes – Impasto versus Fauvism Painting Styles

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Using the same two captures of street scenes in Whistler, British Columbia, I am presenting two different styles of digital painting (fauvism and impasto) I used on the same captures. The fauvism technique is the first example that I am now sharing on this post and the impasto style is the second of these captures that was shared on my post from May 15, 2025.

Thoughts? As I have said before, everyone reacts to visual art techniques and looks differently, so I am not in the least offended by opinions.

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The Chair and The Church

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Today’s post features furniture and a church, both using a sepia technique. I like the sepia look on subjects that have that antique or old look to them. The sepia brown tones originated with film photography as part of the process to develop the prints in the 1800’s. Today, we can recreate that same vintage look digitally.

The setting is the Hollywood School House in Woodinville, Washington. The school was established in 1912 and has been restored to its turn of the century charm. I used a sepia tone finish on the photograph for that old rustic look.

This print features the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. The church was built in 1864 and was made famous by a song. It is well known in Iowa as a unique place to have a small wedding. This capture was taken in the middle of February during a light snow. Again, I used a sepia tone finish on the photograph for that old rustic look.

Thoughts? As I have said before, everyone reacts to visual art techniques and looks differently, so I am not in the least offended by opinions.

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New England Harbors

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This week I’m featuring three art prints that were inspired by harbors in New England. I used an impasto oil technique to create these images which uses bold brush strokes and bright primary colors.

These prints represent harbors that line New England fishing villages. These harbors are busy ports for fisherman and other boaters. All around the harbors are docks and moors for the many boats that call the harbor home.

Thoughts? As I have said before, everyone reacts to visual art techniques and looks differently, so I am not in the least offended by opinions.

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Colored Pencil Sketching of Two Life Guard Stations

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This week I’m featuring two sketches I did using a colored pencil technique. The setting is the South Carlsbad State Beach in Carlsbad, California. Carlsbad is located in north San Diego County. The picture depicts a quiet day on the beach during the winter time.

Thoughts? As I have said before, everyone reacts to visual art techniques and looks differently, so I am not in the least offended by opinions.

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Various Poses of Hot Air Balloons

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As we head into February, my mind moves forward into the warmer months to come. That led me wanting to share something that says warmer weather and that would be hot air balloons. This week I’m featuring art prints I created using an abstract watercolor technique. The technique focuses on the bright colors of the hot air balloons and less on the details of the subject. The inspiration is the hot air balloons we would see during the summer months when we lived in San Diego, California. San Diego is famous for its sunset rides. As the sun sets over the Pacific Ocean, the onshore flow of winds decrease allowing the balloons to drift inland and descend for a landing before it gets dark. The trip starts close to the coast and takes you inland about 15 miles. The view is incredible as you ascend over Rancho Santa Fe and quietly drift eastward. For those of us that have lived in that area for years, we are use to seeing up to 15 balloons dot the sky just before sunset.