Auction for Nathan

This painting will be auctioned on Ebay starting Monday, June 4th at 8 pm EST

Ebay Auction Begins Tonight, Monday June 4th
at 8 PM EDT / 5 PM PDT: Click here to bid!

Nathan is the three year old grandson of my friend Frank. Frank has been taking care of my teeth since I was 20 years old and now I would like to help take care of his grandson Nathan. You see Nathan has Cystic Fibrosis and is in need of various medicines, supplements and a whole array of things a three year boy should not have to contend with. As you can guess this all costs money and his family needs help. So what I propose is to auction off my painting, A Winter Morning's Sun, on Ebay next week. It is a 12x24 inch oil painting on panel and will come with the frame you see in this photo. One of my best, it has previously been featured on my blog, click here to learn more. I always intended to hold onto this one for my collection, but would now like very much to offer this to help Nathan. All of the proceeds of this sale will go directly to Nathan. The auction will begin this Monday, June 4th at 8 pm EDT and end 7 days later on Monday, June 11th at 8 pm EDT, 5 pm PDT. Please bid early and often -- let's help put a big smile on this little boy's face. To learn about Nathan and his family, visit www.nathansfight.com or to learn more about me and my work, visit www.peterfiore.com.

Ebay Auction Begins Tonight, Monday June 4th 

at 8 PM EDT / 5 PM PDT: Click here to bid!

Wet Paint - A Winter's Morning Sun

A Winter's Morning Sun, oil/panel, 12"x24"

A favorite subject of mine -- not the tree, the light. Read on.

This entire painting, just as in this detail, is all about the mingling of warm and cool passages of paint which translates into light and shadow. Keeping the eye visually entertained is paramount in my approach so that no matter how minutely you look at a section of the painting it is a microcosm of the entire work.

This section of the painting is sun struck and therefore is predominately warm -- note the word, predominately. There are still cool passages to give interest and vitality to the warmth of the light.

Here the application of paint is somewhat different. I am using the handle of the brush to scrape and carve back into shapes to suggest the texture of the pine needles and the distant grasses -- literally pushing and abrading the surface to create the needed texture.

Rather than using extreme value contrasts, I have found that using temperature changes to portray light and shadow creates more luminosity. By keeping my values close, a lighter and more atmospheric effect is achieved.

By the way, I do happen to like this tree very much.

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