Studio blog of Julie Galante – painting ridiculous things in Scotland
I love starting the day with a delivery of art supplies to unpack. So much artistic potential! This time the delivery was mostly little canvases and canvas boards. I started the practice of daily painting about three months ago, and I’ve found it to be something I want to continue for a while. I enjoy … Read more
Assisi – outside the Hotel Pallotta, 60 x 80 cm, oil on canvas, ©2010 Julie Galante. Over the past couple months this blog has become mainly a chronicle of my small daily paintings, but I want to continue to share my larger works, too. Like this one, the first full-sized cityscape I’ve completed for a … Read more
Schuhplattler, oil on canvas board, 20 x 20cm. ©2010 Julie Galante. [SOLD] There was a lot of traditional dancing on display at this year’s 200th anniversary of Oktoberfest. You can see a short video of the dancers in action here. —– Tomorrow is the 29th World Wide SketchCrawl. Are you participating? Check out this photo … Read more
Munich study: Market at Mariahilfplatz, oil on canvas, 18 x 24 cm. ©2010 Julie Galante. [SOLD] We are having such a beautiful fall here in Munich – crisp, sunny days along with deeply colored leaves. It makes our Saturday morning walks to the farmer’s market absolutely delightful. I never want it to end – can … Read more
I’m pleased to announce the opening of my online shop at DaWanda. You may have already noticed the test links that I’ve put up on my last couple posts; now you can easily purchase the daily paintings I post on this blog through those links. DaWanda is a European site similar to Etsy. I haven’t … Read more
Dirndl Study #5, oil on canvas board, 18 x 24 cm. [SOLD] Between my husband and I we managed to take over 1,500 photos at Oktoberfest this year. Yikes! I’m sure it will end up being a lot fewer once I sort out the throw-aways, but still I should end up with lots to work … Read more
24 x 18 cm, oil on canvas. The figs are almost hiding out in the purple background, but there they are.
20 x 15 cm, oil on canvas. Buy this original painting now on DaWanda. This is another in my series of everyday Munich scenes. The days of big sun umbrellas and outside cafe tables are just about over for the season here. Luckily most of the fruit and vegetable sellers persevere all winter long, even … Read more
20 x 20 cm, oil on canvas panel. [SOLD] I really love the harbor in Hamburg. It’s by no means beautiful, but visually fascinating nonetheless. Here we have a partial view of one of the many, many container ships which come in and out every day.
oil on panel, 18 x 24 cm, ©2010 Julie Galante. [SOLD] Oktoberfest is in full swing here in Munich, and I’ve been collecting hundreds of new photos. Hopefully some of those will manage to inspire future paintings. One thing I am loving about these dirndl studies is that, in contrast to my portraits, I am … Read more