MurrayG

Hi stlukesguild. I can relate to much of what you talk of having run a gallery in my other life. As a retired ARTIST, yep, I'm now...

Arty... it is always amazing how many people have little or no idea how much "serious" works of art can cost... and frequently no idea...

This kind of thing asking art work for free makes me furious these days. MurrayG, you might have been long time ago a hobbyist but you...

I do fundraiser auctions once, maybe twice a year. That is so very different than people demanding a "gift" for free. I just finished...

Let's make a distinction between a true gift and a demand for a gift. Some close friends and colleagues have asked for my art. In those...

Thanks MurrayG, This one rolled off the brush!

That is a great painting! I know you have been working with that subject matter a lot lately, and this one really works compositianally...

Beautiful work! What happens if raindrops end up to your support when painting with pastels? I imagine it destroys the paper, correct...

I like this painting a lot, it's a winner. Very talented painted mountains, reflections, water, cypresses ... Composition is...

Wonderful

Strong and vibrant, love the slightly abstracted blocks of colour. Great.

Hi Everyone, In October, there was a torch lit hike at Mirror Lake that my family went to. This is the scene that we saw as soon as we...

Two last ones. Oil on canvas and oil on paper. The first one from last week got surprised by snow ❄️ storm but was almost done so all...

Thanks all for passing by, I very much appreciate the encouragement. I'm still "studying" it, it pushed me a lot balancing perspective...

Oh... really love this. J is right, the red and green sing. I can hear the cellophane crinkling. Agree, the Pastelmat is forgiving and...