Daily Painting by Artist Dominique Amendola

Climbing roses, oil painting, landscapes painting, flowers, roses by Dominique Amendola

noreply@blogger.com (Dominique Amendola) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:01:00 +0000

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This is a plein air painting in California, executed in a rose garden. This is a commissioned piece.

Original oil on linen canvas  24"x 32"  framed

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Status: Sold

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Grass hut on the river, oil on canvas, landscape painting, by Dominique Amendola

noreply@blogger.com (Dominique Amendola) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:20:00 +0000

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Grass hut on the banks of the Shambhavi River in India.

Original oil on linen canvas  26"x 38"

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Status: Sold

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Water lilies in france, pastel on paper, landscape, by Dominique Amendola

noreply@blogger.com (Dominique Amendola) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:45:00 +0000

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The original art is sold. I painted water lilies a bit everywhere. In this site you can find my waterlilies in California and water lilies in india as well. This is pastel on pastel paper. Original pastel on paper  

Status: Sold

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Damodar-Yashoda chasing after baby Krishna

noreply@blogger.com (Dominique Amendola) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:49:00 +0000

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This is the second version I painted for this piece. The first one was sold long ago. It is a pretty famous piece in its genre. It got published many times in books, art books, calendars, even for music cassettes. I had kept the original sketch for this one and since the first one was produced rather quickly and under pressure, I made sure to paint this one exactly according to my original sketch. In the third picture below you can see the old original. It is a bit different. Both paintings are painted in the Neo-Vedic style, realism, figurative. The colors are fresh. Mother yashoda found baby Krishna with the broken pots, distributing the yogurt to the monkeys. She is chasing him with a stick and trying to catch him. This will prove difficult since He is the Supreme Bhagavan, but she'll succeed because her love for Him is so great...  Prints for this painting are also available.

Detail view

Original oil on canvas  20"x24"

Status: Available

Price: $2000.00

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My old original painted 30 years ago

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Le rendez-vous de la Rani

noreply@blogger.com (Dominique Amendola) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:38:00 +0000

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Original oil on linen canvas

24" x 36”

Painted from the live model.

This piece is painted in a realistic style. It is contemporary realism. This style is experiencing a revival in the US, France, England, and perhaps other places in the world.

It is evening and the girl is getting ready for her meeting with her lover. Her jewelry box is half opened, spilling out its content for us to see. She is not wearing any jewelry yet even so her dress is heavily jeweled. She looks like a princess or a queen; this is why I am calling her a “Rani” in the title. The title in french means: The Rani's rendez-vous. (the queen's meeting). It sounds better in french I believe.

Detail view

This painting is showing at the Streisand art gallery in Bangalore, India or can be purchased here too.

Price: $2000.00

Status: Available

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Arjuna hears the Bhagavad Gita from Krishna, oil on canvas, contemporary realism by Dominique Amendola

noreply@blogger.com (Dominique Amendola) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:56:00 +0000

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Here is another commissioned painting for the Bhagavad Gita. This is the cover picture for the Kanada version of this book. Kanada is spoken in india in Karnataka.

Detail view

Original oil on canvas  20"x20"  framed

Status: Sold

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An art event in Karnataka, India, around my devotional art

noreply@blogger.com (Dominique Amendola) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:39:00 +0000

I got invited to an art even in Mandya, Karnataka by some of my friends last Thursday ( October 21 2011). I received an Award and many officials got up to praise me, ( all in Kanada), so i could not understand what they were exactly saying. But later on i heard that they appreciated the fact that a foreigner had come to their country to remind them of their great cultural heritage by glorifying their culture through art. I got to make a speech too and then got interviewed by the Karnaka newspapers. the article appeared in 4 different newspapers. Next summer we are planning an actual art show in Mandya.

Here I am displaying my spiritual art portfolio and commenting on it as I go.

Sitting among the officials, on my left, the president of the Yuvajanotsava program.

Looking at my award with the president.

The newspaper clip from the Vijay Karnataka newspaper, in Kanada.

Krishna speak the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna, oil painting, realism, figurative art, by dominique Amendola

noreply@blogger.com (Dominique Amendola) — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:40:00 +0000

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In this painting, Krishna is about to speak the Bhagavad-gita to Arjuna, on the battlefield of Kurukshestra, some 5000 years ago. This piece was created specifically to illustrate a new reprint of the Bhagavad-Gita with commentaries by Sripad Narasingha swami. This is a commissioned piece.

Original oil on canvas  30"x40"  framed

Status: Sold

Detail view

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Crossing the creek, oil painting, figures painting, landscape painting by Dominique Amendola

noreply@blogger.com (Dominique Amendola) — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 09:03:00 +0000

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A young man seen from the back is rowing across the creek. this is an oil painting, figurative art, style is impressionist.

Painting in its frame

Painting by Dominique Amendola. Dominique has many paintings hanging in private museums in the US as well as in castles in France. She has been published countless times by Bhaktivedanta Book trust and mandala media.

Original Oil on prepared wood

9"x12"

framed

Price: $200.00

Status: Available

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The dancer, oil on canvas, figures painting, impressionism by Dominique Amendola

noreply@blogger.com (Dominique Amendola) — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 11:22:00 +0000

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Painted from the live model.

For this painting I am not focusing on doing a portrait but instead I am trying to capture the mood and character of my model. Again the style is fluid and carefree. This is painted Alla prima, that is to say in one session with no retouch.

Detail view

Price: $300.00

Status: Available

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India street scene 2, impressionism, Figurative, oil painting, by Dominique Amendola

noreply@blogger.com (Dominique Amendola) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 05:31:00 +0000

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These street scenes are not taken from a photo shot, but rather created from multiple sketches and color sketches. They are totally artistically created.

Detail view

This painting is available from the Time and Space Gallery, or you can also buy online from the following link: http://www.yessy.com/dnamendola/India.html?i=26412

Original oil on canvas  30"x40"  

Price: $2000.00

Status: Available

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India street scene, impressionism, oil painting, by Dominique Amendola

noreply@blogger.com (Dominique Amendola) — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:28:00 +0000

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This painting is depicting a simple street scene in India. People are crossing under the vigilant eye of a policeman. Traffic is going on in the background. A majestic temple is there also in the shadows. Everything is very colorful. The style is impressionism.

(Detail view)

This is not a print but this is an original painting. This painting is also available from the Time and Space Gallery in Bangalore. All my paintings are oil painting on canvas or sometimes on wood. This artwork is painted with museum quality art supplies and will last several 100 years. I've sold over 200 of my original paintings online, so you can buy with confidence. I do this for a living!! Your art will be shipped to you professionally packed with protective packaging material and wrapped in cardboard, then placed in a heavy-duty box for shipping. All items will be sent via Fedex and insured.

Original oil on gallery wrap canvas painted sides.

Original canvas size: 30"x 40"

Price: $2000.00

Status: Available

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Partha Sarathi, illustrations, oil on canvas, spiritual art by Dominique Amendola

noreply@blogger.com (Dominique Amendola) — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:14:00 +0000

You might be wondering what i have been working on all those days. For the past 2, 3 months, I have been painting new illustrations for the publishing of the Bhagavad Gita. The paintings are quite large and demand a lot of preparation. Many sketches have gone into creating the art. It took me some 3 weeks to work on the Parta-Sarathi sketch. Those are not copies evidently and had to be design from the descriptions in the book. The Bhagavad Gita litterally mean the song of God; the song ( Gita) of Bhagavan ( Bhagavad).
The Bhagavad Gita is a small part ( the heart ) of the larger work called "The Mahabharatha", an epic who would put homer's illade and odyssey to shame. This epic counts 100,000 verses! Yes you read correctly: 100,000 verses.
It was a pleasure for me to illustrate this Bhagavad Gita with the new commentaries of Sripad Narasingha Swami. Now the original work will also adorn the monastery in south India.
If you like to see the paintings, i am including a link for you to see them. They are not published yet, so I protected them with a large copyright sign across the work. Soon after publication, I will post those pieces in this blog.
Two paintings for the Bhagavad Gita

Dominique Amendola - California - French, classical realism spiritual art.

Farmers market-Selling vegetables, oil painting, impressionism, by Dominique Amendola

noreply@blogger.com (Dominique Amendola) — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:22:00 +0000

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There are places were the farmer's market goes on year around. The choice of vegetables is restricted but at least it is in season. In this painting i combined 2 sketches together to make an interesting scene. The woman is anxiously looking at the man's fumbling for his change. Some attractive yellow orange pumpkins on the side resonate with the man's bright yellow jacket. The purple jacket of the other man offers a contrast like a vibration in the middle of a symphony. The background is non descript with a few shadows milling around. The merchant has his back to us and is just a looming figure with no face. This is the art of creating an interesting scene out of a very ordinary setting. Everything is very colorful. The style is impressionism.

This is not a print but this is an original painting. All my paintings are oil painting on canvas or sometimes on wood. This artwork is painted with museum quality art supplies and will last several 100 years. I've sold over 200 of my original paintings online, so you can buy with confidence. I do this for a living!! Your art will be shipped to you professionally packed with protective packaging material and wrapped in cardboard, then placed in a heavy-duty box for shipping. All items will be sent via USPS and insured.

Original oil framed.

Original canvas size: 11"x 14"

Price: $500.00

Status: Available

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Krishna eats lunch with his friends, oil painting, realism, classical, Vedic, commissioned paintings, by dominique Amendola

noreply@blogger.com (Dominique Amendola) — Fri, 27 May 2011 12:32:00 +0000

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Oil on a large canvas 64" x 50".

This is a commissioned painting for an Indian monastery.

The original art is sold. Original oil on canvas, size 64" x 50"

In the traditional lore of old india Krishna is a little cowherd boy with many friends who wanders the forest of Vrindavan tending his cows from sunrise to sunset.

I have many paintings hanging in private museums in the US as well as in castles in France and monasteries in India. I have been published countless times by Bhaktivedanta Book trust and mandala media and in several other magazines and publications.

The original painting is no longer available. However, you can purchase prints of different sizes, or cards here:
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The exotic portrait, oil painting, figures painting, portrait, by Dominique Amendola

noreply@blogger.com (Dominique Amendola) — Mon, 02 May 2011 14:10:00 +0000

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This is the portrait of Leela Streisand, the cousin of Barbara Steisand. She posed for her commissioned portrait. You can get your portrait done by contacting me (email below) or go to my site to: http://dominiqueamendola.com/portraits, to commission a portrait. (link below too)

Original oil on canvas

Canvas size: 20"x 24"

Status: Sold

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Bangalore street scene, India, oil painting on canvas, impressionism by Dominique Amendola

noreply@blogger.com (Dominique Amendola) — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:19:00 +0000

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A typical street scene in South india, with pedestrians, cars, fruits vendors, rickshaws, motocyles, bicycles, the heat, the sun. Actually everybody is so patient. Any Europeans or Americans, would easily loose their tempers a hundred times over. But here in india, there is no road rages, insults exchanges from one driver to the next, or even pedestrians to drivers. The style is impressionist, the technique is worked both with a brush or a palette knife.

Detail view

Original oil on canvas.

Original canvas size: 24"x 36"

Price: $1500.00

Status: SOLD
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Couple walking under the leafy arch, oil, impressionism, by Dominique Amendola

noreply@blogger.com (Dominique Amendola) — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:26:00 +0000

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An indian couple is walking in a garden under a huge leafy arch. The style is impressionist. This painting has been executed in India. The place is Vrindavan Gardens in Mysore.

Detail view

Original oil on canvas with black painted sides

Original canvas size: 24"x 36"

Price: $1,400.00

Status: Available

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The girl with the sitar, portrait, oil painting, realism by Dominique Amendola

noreply@blogger.com (Dominique Amendola) — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 06:51:00 +0000

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This is an oil painting on canvas. This piece was commissioned from me by a gallery in India. However, you can also buy this painting directly from the artist through Paypal. A young girl is sitting in a palace courtyard in Jayapura. This style is very kitsch and not exactly in the line of my usual work. This was however a very beloved style in the 19th century. This very style is experiencing a revival in US.

Original oil painting on canvas

Size: 24" x 36"x 2.5" with painted sides.

Price: $1200.00

Status: Available

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Les baigneurs, oil painting, impressionism, landscape, figures, by Dominique Amendola

noreply@blogger.com (Dominique Amendola) — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:20:00 +0000

"Les baigneurs", oil on canvas, 30cm x 60 cm

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Several figures on a swimming platform in the middle of the river waving at another figure rowing a boat. There is tall grass on the opposite river bank. The composition is classical, the colors vivid, the landscape with its long grass and water is refreshing, the figures are attractive and well proportioned.

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Buying art directly from the artist

noreply@blogger.com (Dominique Amendola) — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:25:00 +0000

The art of buying art directly from the artist

Buying contemporary and original works of art can make your world a better place. Art can enhance you home or working environment and it can help support an artist’s career.

The best reason for buying art should simply be because you like it, and - like buying anything else of quality – it is worth trying to buy the best you can even if it means stretching your budget slightly, or paying in instalments.

Buy works you genuinely like. Before you buy, ask yourself: “Will I regret buying it? Do I want many varied works or a few very distinctive pieces? Will it fit the space I have in mind?

Evidently it might be a good idea to research the price range of the sort of work that you like and fix your budget.

Buying directly from an artist is very different than buying from dealers. It usually means you get a better deal since you do not go through a third party and you get to ask questions directly from the artist about his or her work.

The first thing is to make sure the art is original, not a copy of somebody else’s work.The fine art marketplace is complicated and hard to understand if you don't know your way around. It's full of products that look and sound like original art, but are actually reproductions, and no more original than newspaper or magazine illustrations. Ask the artist if his or her work is original. Get informed and learn about art culture, go the museum.

In this blog you are offered original paintings on canvas or wood by the artist Dominique Amendola. All the paintings presented are originals created by the artist.

Buying Art Over the Internet is easy to do and the latest fad.
Buying art with a keyboard and mouse is the new frontier of collecting. Learn basic facts about how online art buying works, how it differs from buying art in traditional ways, and how to progress from looking at art for sale to locating art you like and considering specific pieces for possible purchase.

The more extensive the artist's online profile, the better. Yes, the artist's website is important, but equally important are third-party websites that review the artist's work, feature the artist, offer the art for sale, and so on.

A quick word about bargaining. Suppose for some reason that you still want the painting after all's said and done, but would rather pay a little less for it. Art prices are often flexible and making an offer is certainly an option, but don't bargain purely the sake of sport. Make sure that you have a good reason for wanting a better price and that you can make a case for your request. Experienced collectors do this all the time. They know that artists are much more likely to reduce prices based on good solid arguments than they are to lower prices just because buyers want better deals.

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Lovers on a bench, oil, figurative, India, by Dominique Amendola

noreply@blogger.com (Dominique Amendola) — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:30:00 +0000

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In an idyllic place, a couple is sitting on a bench. The background is dream like, reflecting their emotions. Everything is happy and colorful and voluptuous in a classical theme. The couple is Indian and that is what is unusual, however the style remains classical especially the composition.

This is not a print. You are buying an original painting on canvas, all my paintings are canvas paintings. This art work is painted with museum quality art supplies and will last several 100 years. Your art will be shipped to you professionally packed with protective packaging material and wrapped in cardboard, then placed in a heavy-duty box for shipping. This item will be sent via Fedex and insured.

Detail view

Original oil on canvas, with painted sides, no need for a frame.

Original canvas size: 24" x 36"

THIS PAINTING IS AVAILABLE FROM THE TIME AND SPACE GALLERY

Status: Available

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Random advice on painting the classical way

noreply@blogger.com (Dominique Amendola) — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:07:00 +0000

Classical paintings at different stage of creation

Modern art is like the enemy of the classical artist. But this enemy could be its best friend also because a modern artist or art critic will tell you frankly what they think of your art and you’ll have a totally different perspective, a different point of view. But in general I would say that realism meshes with contemporary modern art with difficulty. Modern bright colors and hue contrasts destroy the subtle vision of the classical painter. Unfortunately this is what is happening to a lot for art lovers too, who are bombarded with modern art and end up having blunt senses and often become unable to appreciate good art. Most people have to be told what is good art, especially when it comes to abstract or contemporary art. It actually takes a full on classical training to understand what is abstract art and contemporary modern art.
Classical realism or figurative art is what requires the most abilities and technical expertise. This is what I'd like to talk about today and give some random advise to those aspiring realist painters.

I always start my paintings with a sketch. It is very important to understand composition in this case, the lines, the positives and negative spaces.
As far as brushes are concerned, you should have many brushes so that you would not lose time washing them while working. Take a new brush for every new mix. Brushes should be treated very carefully. After every session they should be washed in turpentine or paint thinner and after that in warm water with soap. When drying them it is better to dry them in an horizontal position so that water does not run inside the ferrule and rust and unglue the delicate work inside there.
After work wash the palette with turpentine and scrape it with a razor. Before work wipe the palette with linseed oil. That will allow the new paint mixes to be cleaned easily.
The canvas should be primed additionally a few more times with gesso or flake white. Finally it should be ground with fine sandpaper. After that the canvas should be scraped with a razor to remove the canvas texture till smooth dead surface similar to the egg's surface is achieved.
The drawing is made on paper and life-size to the smallest details. Then it is transferred to the canvas by carbon-paper. After that the drawing is outlined with brown ink because the first oil layer, called Grisaille (transparent coat that is equal to the middle tone of largest, lightest object in painting) - will wash away the pencil, but the ink will remain visible almost through the last layers. I do not always do this, but always have brown outlines in oil paint and turpentine. Those will also last to the last layer if you let them dry and are careful.
Before each new layer the canvas is carefully wiped with linseed oil. After that the canvas is wiped with a soft piece of cloth to remove the excess.
There are many mediums on the market and I prefer my own Maroger medium made at home, the Titian formula with wax and the Rubens formula with mastic varnish, resembling honey.
The basic set of paints is the following: Flake White, titanium white, Yellow Ochre Light, Red Ochre, Burnt Umber, Raw Umber Ivory Black, Naples Yellow, Cadmium Yellow Deep, Madder Lake Deep, cadmium red, ultramarine blue, viridian green .
For the grisaille layer or the first paint layer: The canvas is covered with a liquid mixture based on Red Ochre, Yellow Ochre Light and Ivory Black and flake white.
The shadow (the process of creating intermediate layers) is made with Burnt Umber. In the second layer all details are made excluding the texture. In the third layer of the main tone masses is made with a big brush.
The light is made with white lead ( flake white), light ocher, red ocher, and burnt umber. The aim of this layer is to create shadows. The picture must look as if its objects were lit with moonlight - olive cold gray color. Colors are applied thickly, half a tone higher, shadows are very transparent, half a tone lower.
The first and the second flesh tones: main life colors layers is made half a tone lighter and two tones lighter in colors; and half a tone darker and two tones lighter in shadows.
Details of textures, thickly applied highlights, bright reflections. In this layer you may use additional paints: blue, red, yellow (cadmium yellow deep), madder and more.

Voila, that is the general gist of creating a classical painting. My last advice is rules are made to be broken. Learn the classical way and then find your own style. And don’t just paint “Things”, paint with your heart.

Suryani's letter, oil on canvas, realism, people, portrait by dominique Amendola

noreply@blogger.com (Dominique Amendola) — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:39:00 +0000

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A young lady just got a letter and she is sitting pensively, surrounded with cloth and tapestry in a very oriental environment. The composition is very classical perfectly balanced with great positive and negative spaces. It flows in waves around the figure and including the figure. The colors are very warm and sunny.

This is not a print. You are buying an original painting on canvas, all my paintings are canvas paintings. This art work is painted with museum quality art supplies and will last several 100 years. I've sold over 200 of my original works of art online, so you can buy with confidence. I do this for a living!! Your art will be shipped to you professionally packed with protective packaging material and wrapped in cardboard, then placed in a heavy-duty box for shipping. All items will be sent via USPS and insured.

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Original oil on canvas, with painted sides, no need for a frame.

Original canvas size: 24" x 36"

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California vineyards, oil, impressionism, plein air by Dominique Amendola

noreply@blogger.com (Dominique Amendola) — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:06:00 +0000

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This painting was painted in plein air. The vineyards are ripe with grapes. This is executed at the Benzinger winery where they grow organic grapes. Here you can see the background with beautiful California mountains.

Detail view.

This is not a print. You are buying an original painting on canvas, all my paintings are canvas paintings. This art work is painted with museum quality art supplies and will last several 100 years. I've sold over 200 of my original works of art online, so you can buy with confidence. I do this for a living!! Your art will be shipped to you professionally packed with protective packaging material and wrapped in cardboard, then placed in a heavy-duty box for shipping. All items will be sent via USPS and insured.

Original oil on canvas, framed.

Approximatively 22" x 28" with the frame

Original canvas size: 18"x 24"

Special Holiday Price: $500.00

Status: Available

You can purchase this painting through PayPal by contacting the artist, with many different options, such as credit cards or even through your bank.

OR YOU CAN BUY THIS PAINTING HERE

FROM THIS SECURE SITE

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Dominique Amendola-California, US