"HUSH"

Newer version, I warmed the sky and dropped that same pink into the lower corners adding to the overall feeling.  

                                                                    HUSH

                                                             6X6 oil on panel

I had been walking for sometime, gingerly being careful not to disturb the underbrush or step on a new seedling that might one day become...   The air was still, soft sounds of unseen birds called out musical notes.   Well, on this very fine day I stumbled out from the underbrush on to this most delicate of ponds.  I found myself slowing down my movement not to brake the silence.   Stopping my walk, I sat down letting the hush fall on me like a soft blanket.

SOUND OF SILENCE

                                                                SOUNDS OF SILENCE
                                                        6x6 oil on panel

It was still early as the sun peeked through the trees.  My fishing buddy, a master bass fishermen guided his bass boat quietly and smoothly along.  It was mornings like this that we barely spoke a word.   Talking seemed out of place so we would look at one another and smile in agreement at the beauty that was all around us.  We became part of the sound of silence.

This painting will be at this summers Festival of arts in Laguna Beach CA

"TAGGED"

 
                                                             "TAGGED"
                                                         6X6 oil on panel

The train tracks are now silent but once they supported people and this meant goods, feed, clothing, jobs, families, schools, and store’s.... life! Now they sit quietly over the never ending current of water rusting, except for the occasional tagger giving it a sense of time if one stops long enough to look.

This painting along with other works by will be at the Festival of arts in Laguna Beach CA this summer.  For info: geraldschwartz3@gmail.com 

 

"DAYDREAM"

                                                               "DAYDREAM"

                                                              6X6 oil on wood

                                                         
Just a quiet spot, no one around, birds singing off in the distance, soothing sounds of water gently rolling of stones... Gosh! This is a great place to just lay-back and daydream the day a way.   

#9 in the "SCRAPBOOK SERIES"

                                                    "AFTER THE RAINS"
                                                     24x24 oil on canvas

The rains had stopped.  At times it was as though the sky had opened up and all the water in the heavens came down at once.  With the earth not being able to hold any more water, this was a perfect time for me to go take a look.   Camera in hand, I headed out to find that something, It was then, with the sun beginning its descent, lighting up sky and clouds and giving a fabulous encore performance to the now present pond, I found just what I was looking to paint.  

This painting will be on display at this summers up coming show in Laguna Beach California.

"SILENCE" landscape by gerald schwartz

 How to paint stillness? This was my challenge in developing this painting.  It was controlling the lights and dark's and to give endless depth.  Lots going on in this little 6x6 inch oil painting.

It is on canvas mounted on Birch wood panel on a 1.5 inch deep varnished wooden box requiring not framing.  This painting is in a show this week but you my buy it now and I'll ship it in one week.  (SOLD)

"MALLARDS IN LOVE"

Setting quietly close to the water for sometime, I watched these two swim around, stopping to eat, drink and swim some more was a delight.  They both had this quiet little area all to themselves but for I,  and the male mallard being her protector kept a keen eye on me.  I stayed for a time enjoying there company, I took one photo, rose up slowly so as not to disturb the couple I then bed them ado and wondered off to see what else I could find.

This is a 6x6inch original oil painting on a varnished wooden box with no framing required: $130  

"DRAGONFLY MORNING"

In Newport Beach there is this place called "Back Bay".  Most everyone just drives by and glance over at it, after all, we are in such a rush to maybe stop and look.   I parked my car and walk down to the water, sat and let my mind soften as I drift into the quiet ripples of a dragonfly morning.  This is a 6x6inch original oil painting on a varnished wooden box with no framing required: $130