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Oil Paintings by Jeffrey Smith: An Artist and Teacher from Minnesota

Today's featured artist is Jeffrey Smith, a painter and art teacher from Minnesota. Jeffrey's art covers several genres, such as portraits, still life paintings, and landscapes. I found them all to be fascinating, especially for their colors, which were soft yet strong.

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Paintings by Mick McGinty: Vast Landscapes and a. . . Spice Caddy?

Mick McGinty is a member of the Daily Painters Guild who focuses primarily on two genres: landscapes (of South Dakota) and still life paintings.

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Deliciously Colorful Paintings by California Artist Susan Jenkins

Today I'll be featuring paintings by Susan Jenkins, an art teacher and painter from California. And after looking through her work, I decided that if I had to choose just one word to describe her paintings it would have to be "delicious."

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Seattle Artist Barbara Geri: Small, yet Powerful Paintings

Today's paintings are by Barbara Geri, a Seattle artist who paints primarily in a plein air or Impressionist style. I chose to feature Barbara's paintings for two reasons: one, because each painting has a tremendous amount of energy and movement even on a very small scale, and two. . .

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UK Artist Vivien Blackburn: Paintings of the Sea

This week's featured artist is Vivien Blackburn, an art teacher, printmaker and painter from the UK. I found a wide variety of paintings on her website, including a wonderful series of flowers, many landscapes and even some abstract paintings—but out of all of that, I was most captivated by her beautiful depictions of the sea.

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Oregon Artist, Michael Orwick: Landscape Paintings Without End

This week's featured artist is Michael Orwick, a fellow Oregon native and painter, whose landscapes are soft reminders of nature's far-reaching beauty. On his website, Michael suggests that each painting tells a story, or creates a setting for the viewer to fall into and create a story of his or her own. Continue reading. . .

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Brian Simons: Cityscape Paintings

Today's featured artist is Brian Simons, a painter from Vancouver Island, Canada. While I liked all of Brian's work, I was particularly drawn to his cityscapes. Not only has Brian allowed the personality of the cities to shine through, but the shapes themselves are well-suited for his particular style of brushwork.

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Oil Paintings by Debbie Miller

This week's featured artist is Debbie Miller, an illustrator and painter from Rhode Island. When I looked through Debbie's painting blog, I absolutely loved her free, illustrative style; so I decided to pick out three of her works to share with you.

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Stefan Nuetzel: Beautiful Still Life Paintings from Vienna

Today's featured artist is Stefan Nuetzel, a painter (and painting teacher) from Vienna, Austria. Stefan contacted me a few weeks ago with some very interesting paintings he'd done in Vienna's Museum of Natural History—he's even set up an art blog where he posts most of his paintings, and it's definitely worth a look.

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Escha van den Bogerd: Abstract Nude Paintings of the Female Figure

Escha van den Bogerd is a abstract figurative artist from Holland, who paints the nude female figure against a textured background. See several of Escha van den Bogerd's submitted nude paintings of the female figure and read my critique of her artwork.

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Oil Paintings by Qiang Huang

Like many artists, Qiang Huang (pronounced Chong Wong) isn’t a full-time professional painter. He’s also an "optical engineer designing laser related systems for a high-tech start-up company." But no matter what he does in his day job, Qiang Huang’s work is definitely worthy of being called professional art.

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Peaceful Roomscapes and Windowscapes by Karen Hollingsworth

This week's featured artist is Karen Hollingsworth, an oil painter from Atlanta, Georgia. Karen's roomscapes and windowscapes seem layered in peacefulness, usually composed from an almost empty room, a few chairs or a table, and softly curtained windows. Read more. . .

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Oil Paintings

Oil Paintings by Jeffrey Smith: An Artist and Teacher from Minnesota

Paintings by Mick McGinty: Vast Landscapes and a. . . Spice Caddy?

Deliciously Colorful Paintings by California Artist Susan Jenkins

Seattle Artist Barbara Geri: Small, yet Powerful Paintings

UK Artist Vivien Blackburn: Paintings of the Sea

Oregon Artist, Michael Orwick: Landscape Paintings Without End

Brian Simons: Cityscape Paintings

Oil Paintings by Debbie Miller

Stefan Nuetzel: Beautiful Still Life Paintings from Vienna

Escha van den Bogerd: Abstract Nude Paintings of the Female Figure

Oil Paintings by Qiang Huang

Peaceful Roomscapes and Windowscapes by Karen Hollingsworth