Oil Painting & Drawing

Greetings from Big Bend National Park, Texas. I've been off the grid for several days enjoying the beauty of our border lands with...

From all of us at Silver Oak Art, we wish you a very Merry Christmas! ~Nicholas, Yvette, Wilson & Ava 5" x 7" watercolor on cotton paper,...

So, like a good healthy husband I went straight to the local gym after getting out of my day job today. Then I had the brilliant idea of...

Wabi Sabi in Japanese means the art of imperfection. Basically, back in the day of the great far east Asian Empires, artists were never...

Brushes are down and palette knives are out. It's that time of year when my realism painting pauses and my wild Wabi Sabi art gets...

Here is a classic example of a color tone lesson. This is the exact same painting photographed in two identical frames but different...

Sand Castle Lesson taught by Mark Landrum, the Port A Sandcastle Guy. North Padre Island, Texas

Area J Studio at Silver Oak Art, August 2019

This month I got to do a little en plein air painting on the beach! Painting under such conditions is both a great way to pair painting...

Happy Birthday USA! Betsy Ross Flag, 5" x 7" oil on canvas, Sampler Collection Portfolio #BetsyRossFlag #USA #AmericanHistory...