NEW ART: I've uploaded some "new" art (older pieces that I've not had online before). You can see them in the July archives.
The street.
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I painted this on something called "Aquabord", a museum-quality board with a specially coated surface that is meant for watercolor painting.
This is a hardboard panel, 1/8" thick, 5 x 7. It was a bit of an experiment in materials and techniques. I added some additional light graphite marks.
Frankly, I'm not sure what I think of the surface or the way it handles the paint, but the end result is pleasing enough. The packaging says you don't need to cover the painting with glass, and that the final result is ready to frame.
So, if you're into street scenes of mediocre sentimentality and not too much visual noise, this is your painting.
Price: $20
Labels: budget, buildings, paintings, watercolor
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 9:23 PM
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Noah.
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This is a commissioned portrait of a dog. The background uses a lot of gold and metallic paint, particularly in the under-painting stage, which doesn't really show well in this image.
You can read more about this little fellow here.
Materials: Acrylic on paper
Size: 22" X 30"
Price: SOLD
Labels: commissioned, dogs, paintings, sold
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 4:17 PM
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Jimi.
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I whipped this out on a scrap of paper, and so the corner tear you see is -- yes -- actually torn.
It was mainly an experiment in materials, prior to doing a larger work.
Materials: Charcoal, gesso, acrylic mediums, watercolor
Size: approx. 7" X 9"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat
Price: $30
Labels: drawings, figurative, mixed media, music, paintings
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 3:13 PM
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Emmet and Jenny.
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This was a commissioned piece based on a few photographs and a request to put them together to show the small child and the dog looking out across the yard.
Obviously, the dog was not actually blue, but the client requested certain color elements and favored the bright, broad-stroked style of some of my other dog portraits.
Materials: Acrylic on heavy cotton rag paper
Size: approx. 22" X 40"
Price: SOLD
Labels: animals, commissioned, dogs, figurative, paintings, sold
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 3:01 PM
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Red Gothic Barn.
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There is a wonderful Gothic-roofed red barn at my grandfather's farm. I've taken many photographs of it.
I painted this on a cool autumn day, setting up my easel and drawing board in front of the barn amidst some very annoying flies.
But it was still a lot of fun to paint.
Materials: Oil paint and oil pastel on heavy gesso-covered cotton rag paper
Size: 11" X 15"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat
Price: $65
Labels: buildings, north dakota, paintings
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 2:43 PM
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Strange Old House.
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I like to draw strange houses.
I don't know what else to tell you about this painting.
Obviously, it's a strange house.
Materials: Acrylic painting on unbleached heavy cotton rag paper
Size: approx. 11" X 12"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat
Price: $40
Labels: buildings, illustrations, paintings, whimsical
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 2:35 PM
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Old Barns.
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These are the same buildings as seen in this print, painted while outside in front of the buildings, during a smoky autumn day.
This was a bit of an experiment, using oil paint on gesso-covered paper. I found a lot of pleasure in pushing the paint around and worrying less about details as opposed to blocked areas of color or texture.
Materials: Oil paint and oil pastels on heavy cotton rag paper
Size: 11" X 14"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat
Price: $65
Labels: buildings, north dakota, paintings
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 2:27 PM
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Kati's House.
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I love architecture and drawing buildings, which ended up being a great combination during a trip to Germany.
The homes from southern Germany had the wonderful half-timbers and traditional elements that I only see here in North Dakota at...Super 8 hotels.
Which is completely sad.
It's much better to go to Germany and see the real thing.
Materials: Acrylic painting on paper
Size: 7" X 10.5"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat; let me chose print number from series
Price: $50
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 1:59 PM
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Yellow Doorway.
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During a class in which I was trying to get my students to not spend inordinate amounts of time on detailed under-drawings that would be quickly covered by paint, I decided to show instead of tell.
This was the resulting painting, one in which I painted straight on the canvas board and did not layout any drawing or guide beneath. I wanted them to experience painting in an almost sketch-like manner.
Materials: Acrylic on canvas board
Size: 11" X 14"
Other: Shipped with simple wood frame, no glass covering
Price: $65
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 1:51 PM
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Alone.
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An exchange student asked me to paint an imaginary place that I would like to be.
The first thing that came to mind was the ballroom scene from Disney's Beauty and the Beast, which, yes, is dorky.
But I loved the high ceilings and the huge windows and the darkness outside -- the space of the place -- so I tried to come up with something like that. Except, since I am not a dancer, I put a person, alone, playing a grand piano in the middle of the huge room.
I think it would sound fabulous.
Materials: Acrylic painting on heavy rag paper
Size: approx. 15" X 22"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat
Price: $65
Labels: buildings, illustrations, paintings, whimsical
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 1:33 PM
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Waterfall.
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Periodically, I use the excuse that I have paint drying on my palette that I need to use up as a way of letting myself just slap paint on the paper and see what happens.
This ended up looking like a waterfall.
I know I should have a much more artsy way of describing how it came to be, but no. That's pretty much it. I like it. That's good enough for me.
Materials: Acrylic painting
Size: 6" X 7"
Price: SOLD
Labels: abstract, nature, paintings
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 11:50 AM
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Snow Trees.
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I love the soft, foggy days of winter when the snow cuts the trees into definite layers: foreground, middle ground, and background.
This is a fairly basic painting -- mainly an exploration of pattern and opaque wash techniques.
Materials: Acrylic paint on masonite
Size: approx. 15" X 30"
Price: SOLD
Labels: landscapes, nature, paintings, winter
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 11:38 AM
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Horse Statue
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This painting is based on a photo I took in front of the Art Museum in Hamburg, Germany.
It is one of my favorite paintings, a strange few hours where I somehow saw the statue in brushstrokes and colliding colors.
Materials: Acrylic paint on canvas paper
Size: 9" X 14"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat
Price: SOLD
Labels: abstract, animals, horses, paintings, sold
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 2:01 PM
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Greyhound Portrait 02
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Materials: Watercolor, mixed media on paper
Size: 22" X 30"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat
Price: SOLD
Labels: animals, dogs, greyhounds, paintings, sold
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 3:34 PM
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Sketch: Chicken Coop.
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You can read more about this sketch here.
Materials: Watercolor, paper
Size: 6"X6"
Other: Comes without frame or mat
Price: SOLD
Labels: budget, buildings, nature, north dakota, paintings, watercolor
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 9:33 AM
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Sketch: Evergreens.
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You can read more about this sketch here.
Materials: Watercolor, paper
Size: 6"X6"
Other: Comes without frame or mat
Price: SOLD
Labels: budget, nature, north dakota, paintings, watercolor
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 9:28 AM
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Storm cloud 1.
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This painting is part of my growing fascination for the extremely vertical layout.
Storm clouds seem to hover low and parallel to the earth they are about to pummel, and I often see them depicted in such a horizontal fashion, particularly when show over plains. However, the clouds are really quite high, stretching up into the sky like a tower. I thought that a vertical presentation might be more fitting.
I find that when I take such a slender cross-section out of a landscape and strip it of reference points, a non-abstract subject becomes abstract. Clouds tend to be that way, especially.
Materials: Acrylic paint on heavy rag paper
Size: 4" X 13.5"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat
Price: SOLD
Labels: landscapes, nature, paintings
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 2:15 PM
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City park.
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This painting is part of my growing fascination for the extremely vertical layout.
Using thick (partly dried) paint, and scrubbing techniques that are a little hard on my brush, I wanted to create a kind of hazy softness to the hard-edge city buildings. And then, at the bottom of all this vertical, include a little green.
The city park.
A little patch of paradise in the middle of concrete and steel canyons.
Materials: Acrylic paint on heavy rag paper
Size: 3" X 13.5"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat
Price: $60
Labels: buildings, landscapes, paintings, whimsical
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 2:10 PM
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Red Clouds.
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Clouds are ambiguous by nature. You see what you want to in them. Maybe like tea leaves in the sky.
This is an abstract and primary-colored take on clouds, with some nice scrubbed and dry brushwork techniques used to creat layers.
Materials: Acrylic paint on heavy rag paper
Size: 5" X 7"
Other: Shipped without mat or frame
Price: $35
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 2:06 PM
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Goodbye Church
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Some people take this image to be a negative statement on church or religion or the state of pastors.
That was not my intention, though the name, "Goodbye Church", suggests a leaving.
At the time (I painted this back in 2002), I was thinking about things I'd like to leave behind in my life in regards to "religiousity" and habit that seemed to block the view of the cross.
In this painting, the cross is atop the steeple, and the figure can't see it until he steps out of the shadow of the building and is far enough away, outside, to look up.
Step out of the shadow, and look up.
Materials: Oil paint on masonite board
Size: 16.5" X 21"
Other: Shipped with plain wood frame
Price: $200
Labels: buildings, figurative, illustrations, paintings, religious
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 7:58 PM
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"K"
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This is a painting based on a photo taken on a recent trip to Nicaragua. It shows a young Nicaraguan girl, "K."
She's down there now, beautiful still.
I suppose I could say more, but I think the painting should speak for itself.
Materials: Acrylic painting on paper
Size: 7" X 8"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat
Price: $60
Labels: figurative, paintings
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 9:22 PM
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Nicaraguan Girl 01.
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This is a painting based on a photo taken on a recent trip to Nicaragua. It shows a young Nicaraguan girl.
The painting doesn't show it like the photo did, but she was beautiful. Perfect. A living doll.
I suppose I could say more, but I think the painting should speak for itself at some point.
Materials: Acrylic painting on paper
Size: 6" X 9.5"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat
Price: $60
Labels: figurative, paintings
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 9:16 PM
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