The Wave

"The Wave"
by Rick Wojnilo
24x12 Original Oil on Canvas $650

Wishing I was walking down to this beach with my surf board.

So I thought it'd be fun to post my concept sketch for this painting. I was sitting around this past Sunday afternoon watching the darkening skies and thunderstorms building on the horizon and was wishing that I could have gone to the beach this afternoon instead. So I made a quick sketch of a beach with a perfect aqua-marine colored wave getting ready to break. This is what was in my mind. Above is the finished painting, below is the sketch.

New England Sunset

"New England Sunset"
by Rick Wojnilo
6x6 Original Oil on Gesso Panel $100

I love the evening sunsets. The colorful clouds contrasting against the darkening sky make for striking scenes. Here's a view of this evenings sun reflecting off of the clouds as seen from my backyard. I love to sit and watch the sun going down and I always think that it's heading west, just like I wish I was.

French Fields

"French Fields"
by Rick Wojnilo
20x20 Original Oil on Canvas $650

In honor of the French Grand Prix this past weekend I painted this view of the local farm fields. I've also been studing the works of Paul Cezanne and was inspired by some of his works for this painting.

Rips

"Rips"
by Rick Wojnilo
20x20 Original Acrylic on Canvas $650

Highly textured canvas with striking rips of red color. Detail of texture below. Canvas is 1 1/2 inch deep gallery wrapped, ready to hang without frame.

Twins

"Twins"by Rick Wojnilo
6x6 Original Acrylic on Panel $100

My Abstract journey continues. This is inspired by some of the astronomy programs I've been watching over the weekend. I played around with some texture componds also to help make this pop. This reminds me of twin solar systems, one bright and yellow the other dark and red, which is why I call it the twins.

Spring Flowers

"Spring Flowers"
by Rick Wojnilo
6x6 Original Acrylic on Panel $100

Another colorful abstract spring painting. This one done completely with a knife.

The Spot

"The Spot"
by Rick Wojnilo
20x16 Original Acrylic on Canvas $575

I was watching a show about astronomy and was fascinated by the the cloud patterns on Jupiter. Here's my swirling 'red spot' painting.

Marina

"Marina"
by Rick Wojnilo
6x6 Original Oil on Panel $100

My fun colorful view of a marina in San Diego bay.

The Valley

"The Valley"
by Rick Wojnilo
6x6 Original Oil on Panel $100

Evening Palms 2.2

"Evening Palms 2.2"
by Rick Wojnilo
6x6 Original Oil on Panel $100

More evening palms. Just cant get enought of them.

Marissa

"Marissa"
by Rick Wojnilo
6x6 Original Oil Gesso Panel $100

OK, call me strange but I have been watching the show 'O.C.' for the first time through on TV and I just saw the episode where Mischa Barton's character 'Marissa Cooper' dies. I felt like painting this after watching that.

Floral Study

"Floral Study"
by Rick Wojnilo
6x8 Original Oil on Canvas Panel $NFS

This is a floral study that I did in preparation for a larger painting. Taking a picture of the painting was more difficult then creating the painting itself! Even this photo doesn't capture the full color of the yellow flowers and black to purple background.

Monday

"Monday"
by Rick Wojnilo
6x6 Original Oil on Gesso Panel $50

Today was just a rainy Monday here in New England and I felt like mixing some colorful paint to cheer me up. This is actually a succulent plant but I went a little overboard and put the paint on extra heavy and did a bit of mixing just to see what would happen. I think the end result came out interesting.

Thorny Flowers

"Thorny Flowers"
by Rick Wojnilo
12x16 Original Acrylic on Canvas $525

These are some colorful flowers that I saw at the San Diego Zoo. I was struck by the huge thorns that protected the bright red flowers.

Evening Palms 2.1

"Evening Palms 2.1"
by Rick Wojnilo
16x20 Original Oil on Canvas $575

I liked the way my last painting of the palm trees at sunset came out that I thought I'd try a larger painting of the scene.