still life

Autumn leaves original oil painting

Art Every Day, Day 2: Leaves

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Autumn leaves, 18 x 24 cm, oil on canvas board, ©2011 Julie Galante. [SOLD] Today I did something horribly cheesy: I walked around my neighborhood collecting pretty leaves. I figured they would make a nice still life subject. November is Art Every Day Month! I’ll be posting a new small painting here each and every … Read more

Original oil painting: Onions #3

Daily painting: red and yellow onions

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Onions (red and yellow), 15 x 15 cm, oil on canvas, ©2011 Julie Galante. [SOLD] Not every single one of my paintings has an Oktoberfest theme these days, although it is starting to feel that way. I’m still fitting in the occasional still life or cityscape here and there. Onions are one of my favorite … Read more

Original oil painting: Two paint tubes, two brushes

Dreaming up some art influences

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Two paint tubes, two brushes | 15 x 20 cm | oil on canvas | ©2011 Julie Galante | available on Etsy Last night I dreamed I was interviewing for something art-related. The interviewer (a stern older man) asked me what artists influenced me. I struggled to answer this, tossing out the first names of … Read more

cherries on a black ground

Cherries, summer, and Cy Twombly

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Cherries, 15 x 15 cm, oil on canvas, ©2011 Julie Galante. Buy now This little daily painting was very hard to photograph. It’s so dark, and a lot of its interestingness comes from the three-dimensionality of the paint. For the past few weeks my still lifes have been less about representing the object and more … Read more

Daily Painting: kohlrabi is ugly

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Kohlrabi study, 15 x 15 cm, oil on canvas, ©2011 Julie Galante. [SOLD] Kohlrabi isn’t the most attractive vegetable in the world, is it? But it was fun to paint. In other news, my first newsletter finally went out! You can check it out (and sign up to receive future newsletters by email) here.

Daily painting: dangerous veggies

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Study: Broccoli, 15 x 15 cm, oil on canvas, ©2011 Julie Galante. [SOLD] Here in Germany we are in the middle of a mysterious outbreak of scary mutant killer E.coli infections. Even though it has been more than a month since it started, no culprit has been identified, although we’re being told to cook all vegetables before … Read more

oil on canvas, zucchini

Daily painting: zucchini study

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Study: zucchini, 15 x 15 cm, oil on canvas, ©2011 Julie Galante. [SOLD] This week I’ve been getting back into the rhythm of painting with a series of daily paintings, including several small vegetable studies. I think this is the first time I’ve ever used zucchini as a subject, which is surprising given that you … Read more

AEDM day 14: garden tomatoes

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oil on canvas, 20 x 20 cm, ©2010 Julie Galante Thanks so much everyone who chimed in on yesterday’s painting. I really appreciate your input! It is pretty warm here in Munich for mid-November, and a lot of my balcony garden plants are still alive. Still, it was time to pull in the rest of … Read more