Painting: a sunny afternoon in Odeonsplatz

Day 29: sunny Odeonsplatz

A sunny winter morning in Munich’s Odeonsplatz, 30 x 40 cm, oil on canvas, ©2011 Julie Galante. Available for sale on Etsy. More Munich for you today. This painting is kind of a companion piece to day 15’s Snowy Day in Odeonsplatz. It also depicts a winter day, but without snow (I know it’s winter … Read more

Painting: Munich Wittelsbacherbruecke

Day 28: Munich Wittelsbacherbrücke

Munich Wittelsbacherbrücke, 18 x 24 cm, oil on canvas, ©2011 Julie Galante. [SOLD] This is a bridge in central Munich called Wittelsbacherbrücke (don’t you just love German?). The church looming in the background is St. Maximilian. I’m on a Munich streak here, which is quite serendipitous since little Munich paintings tend to be quite popular at … Read more

Alter Peter Munich Painting

Day 27: Miniature Munich

Alter Peter in Miniature, 15 x 15 cm, oil on canvas, ©2011 Julie Galante. [SOLD] I don’t usually do cityscapes on these tiny (6 x 6 inch) canvases. I don’t have the world’s steadiest hand, so putting in such small details isn’t easy (that’s why this painting is pretty loose). I think the result is … Read more

chili peppers palette knife painting

Day 26: chili peppers

Chili Peppers, 15 x 15 cm, oil on canvas, ©2011 Julie Galante. [SOLD] I felt like doing something a little different today, and that ended up being this palette knife painting of chili peppers. For the most part I used the colors straight out of the tubes. I was going for simple shapes and bright colors. … Read more

Oil Painting Alter Peter Munich Study

Day 25: more Munich

Alter Peter Study, 18 x 24 cm, oil on canvas, ©2011 Julie Galante.  I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. This weekend I am going to be crazy busy getting ready for my Open Studio. Lots of nails will be going in the walls as I decide where to hang everything. Also, I need to … Read more

Dumpling squash painting

Day 24: Thanksgiving dumpling squash

Dumpling squash, 13 x 18 cm, oil on canvas, ©2011 Julie Galante. Original painting available for sale on Etsy. If there were any wall space whatsoever in my kitchen, I might like to hang this painting in there. It reminds me how tasty these squash are. Can’t wait to roast up the models for lunch! … Read more

Painting: Gebsattelstrasse Munich

Day 22: Dementor Bridge

Gebsattelstraße, 18 x 24 cm, oil on canvas, ©2011 Julie Galante. [SOLD] This is a bridge in my Munich neighborhood which has a creepy-looking statue of the Münchner Kindl (the city’s cloak-wearing mascot) on it; some friends have dubbed it Dementor Bridge, due to the Kindl’s similarity to certain characters in the Harry Potter books. … Read more

Painting: Brussels Sprouts on the stalk

Day 21: Brussels sprout snake

Brussels sprout stalk, 24 x 18 cm, oil on canvas, ©2011 Julie Galante. I never really thought about how brussels sprouts grew until a stand at our local farmers market started selling stalks of them. This painting is just the very top of the stalk. The whole thing is a few feet long and has … Read more