Dying for Spring

I have been painting with acrylics for quite some time now. I love them. I am able to mix other water soluble mediums with them, how they dry quickly so your artistic process isn't interrupted by waiting for them to dry. A hair dryer works to speed the process if you are really impatient.
Oil painting gives me a whole different perspective on painting. You have to be patient. Slow down and think about what you are going to put on the canvas. I have been dying to fall in love with oil paints. I see their capability; the brightness of colors that aren't the same as acrylic, the smell, the fact that they take time to dry on your pallet and canvas. They work magically in so many ways.
For the past month I have been studying them. Figuring out how we work together, undercoats, mono-colors, mixing colors, and placing them together.
This is the latest oil painting I created this past weekend. Dying for spring and to to start my rabbit FuFu's garden... it's all I can think about. I love the softness they bring to my work. While I was working on it, it took me to a brighter place. That's where I want people to go when they look at it. To a warm santuary where the poppies are huge and brightly colored.
For my next painting, is a continuation of these poppies but with a few partridges perhaps. I'm waiting for the undercoat to dry on it's 24"x 48" canvas. Mmmmmmm...

18"x 24" Oil on Canvas
$600