Bahamas Passage Original Oil by Phyllis O'Shields Contemporary Artist

Bahamas Passage by Phyllis O'Shields

Original Oil

BAHAMAS PASSAGE EARLY MORNING PEACE
  This plein air painting was done early one spring morning in the Bahamas, it could have been painted  on any of the islands.  The morning's brief rain had just cooled off the air and one could still smell the rain.

Although a small painting 16 x 20 this will be used as a study for a larger painting.
One can only believe the clear light blues and greens of the water by being there to experience it. I hold painting workshops in the Bahamas twice a year.

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Cypress Point on a Clear Day Original Oil by Phyllis O'Shields

Cypress Point on a Clear Day  by Phyllis O'Shields Fine Art

Original Oil  24 x 36 inches

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Big Sur California Twilight Original Oil by Phyllis O'Shields

Big Sur Monterey Twilight 

Painting on Linen 24 x 36
Sold but commission available for same subject...

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Big Sur California Twilight Original Oil by Phyllis O'Shields

Big Sur California  Twilight

Big Sur Ventana II - Oil  Painting on Linen 24 x 36
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Hawaiian Paradise II

Hawaiian Paradise II 

Original Oil 24 x 36 inches

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Hawaiian paradise I

Hawaiian Paradise I
Original Oil 24 x 36 inches
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Hawaiian Dreams Seascape Oil by P O'Shields

Hawaiian Dreams Oil Seascape by P O'Shields

Original Oil Painting on linen canvas 24 x 36 

A private Hawaiian Beach tucked away, everyone who lives in Hawaii has one special spot. This is mine.

Aloha and Hele Mai,

This is the place that I always go back to when I take time to relax and commune with nature, take part in a little introspection and revitalize my soul with the inspiration nature provides for future paintings. Living in Hawaii for a few years and now visiting there every year to paint renews my earliest memories that connect me to nature. 

I always discover something beneath the surface In Hawaii , emotions tied to the subject matter are an elusive part of art. Every viewer will in their own personal context recreate this special emotion making the painting their own experience.

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Just Another Day in Paradise Hawaii Bali Hai Oil by P O'Shields Contemporary Impressionism

                                                      

This painting is from the Hawaiian Island of Kauai - The Real "Bali Hai" of the movie.  "South Pacific" Truly an exotic and beautiful place. This is a place of peace to enjoy the beach and breezes. I hope this painting  brings you peace.

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Artist Phyllis O'Shields Miami, Florida

Fiji Beach

Favorite Beach Fiji Study

Oil 11 x 14  plein air study for larger painting

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Bermuda Pink Sands Oil Seascape Phyllis O'Shields Contemporary Impressionism

Bermuda Pink Sands Private Cove
Original Oil
 Seascape Contemporary Impressionism
  ©PhyllisO’Shields 2010
24 x 30  inches

Original Oil on Canvas

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TROPICAL SEASCAPE SERIES
My Inspiration:  Each year I spend a few weeks in St Georges, Bermuda in order to paint the local scenery and culture. Most of my original oil paintings of Bermuda are filled with the
 bright yet delicate tropical colors.
  The pink sands in Bermuda turn salmon color in the setting sun. Bermuda’s pink sand beaches look as if they have been dyed with iridescent paints. The colors in the sand are created by the force of the ocean’s powerful waves that crush sea invertebrates like coral, mollusks, clams, and other organisms. The remains of the red-coloured creatures mix with the other sea animals. The pulverized shells mix with the sand giving it a pink tint. This soft rose color of Bermuda’s beaches contrast
perfectly with the aquamarine ocean waters. This color palette equals an artist’s paradise.
This oil painting of a private, secluded  cove is one of the most perfect examples
of the pink sand and aquamarine water. I return to this cove each year to paint,
 always undisturbed by visitors.
This was originally one of many small en plein air paintings in oil later in my studio
 turned into a larger painting.

Bermuda is a self-governing  British Colonial territory north of the Caribbean full of culture and a beautiful preserved way of life.
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Tahiti Images Oil Seascape by Phyllis O'Shields Artist

TAHITI SUNSET Images by Phyllis O'Shields Artist

Tropical Seascape Oil Painting on Linen 24 x 36

Tahiti is a mystical place at all times of day. The colours change constantly, the intensity and brightness of the colour is very difficult to believe when translated to canvas.  I look forward to many more paintings of Tahiti capturing the mountains and water at different times of day. Truly a paradise.

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Bahamas Passage

Bahamas Passage

Original Oil   16 x 20 inches

study for a larger painting

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Sanibel Island Light House

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Sanibel Island Florida Lighthouse

work in progress

Original Oil 24  x 36 inches

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Spring Day Connecticut 

Original Oil  24  x 36 inches

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Bahamas Out Islands Images Oil by Phyllis O'Shields

BAHAMAS OUT ISLAND TIDE RECEDING  

Oil Painting on  Gallery Wrapped Canvas 24 x 36 (can be framed or left unframed, painting extends around edges)

The Bahamas Out Islands are some of the most beautiful and delicate places on earth. Totally clear water, skies and beaches are throughout the area. This painting was done in early morning light on a completely private beach.  What a joy to walk these beaches and breathe in the beauty.

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Panama City Beach Florida

Panama City Beach Florida

Original Oils 16  x 20 inches

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Key West Hanging Out

Key West Hanging Out

Original Oil   16  x 20 inches  study for a larger painting 

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Bahamas Out Island Beach Day

BAHAMAS OUT ISLAND BEACH DAY  Oil by Phyllis O'Shields
Oil Painting on Gallery Wrapped Canvas 18 x 24 with 1.5" edge (can be framed or unframed, painting continues around edges)

The Bahamas Out Islands provide many places for your own private beach to spend the day. This is one of my favorites.  The morning clouds usually have a delicate pink in them which is perfect to paint from.  I have spent many days on this beach painting in perfect peace.

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Key West Florida Image of Hurricane Approaching Oil by Phyllis O'Shields

KEY WEST FLORIDA IMAGE of  HURRICANE  APPROACHING
30 x 40 inches .05 inches deep
copyright 2010 Phyllis O'Shields

 
This painting was done on location before a hurricane reached shore. The emotion of incrediable cloud formations and the smell of an approaching storm was overwhelming.  The location here was being scouted for an outdoor painting workshop at a later date. Oil Painting 30 x 40 inches.

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Honoring Toulouse-Lautrec International Artist Day by Phyllis O'Shields

Honoring Toulouse-Lautrec Images International Artist Day by Phyllis O'Shields

            

MY INSPIRATION: The strong contour and gesture captured in the  line work  of Toulouse-Lautrec. Strong Japanese influence in line and colour which I love.   Toulouse-Lautrec created and saved imagery of private and quiet moments, exalting the soft-spoken. 

Later today I will post one of my pastel sketches re-visiting the work of Lautrec.

Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa or simply Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi də tuluz loˈtʁɛk]) (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901) was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, and illustrator, whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of fin de siècle Paris yielded an œuvre of exciting, elegant and provocative images of the modern and sometimes decadent life of those times. Toulouse-Lautrec is known along with Cézanne, Van Gogh, and Gauguin as one of the greatest painters of the Post-Impressionist period. In a 2005 auction at Christie's auction house a new record was set when "La blanchisseuse", an early painting of a young laundress, sold for $22.4 million U.S.

GREAT ART IN SPITE OF HIS DISABILITIES:  

Physically unable to participate in most of the activities typically enjoyed by men of his age, Toulouse-Lautrec immersed himself in his art. He became an important Post-Impressionistpainter, art nouveau illustrator, and lithographer; and recorded in his works many details of the late-19th-century bohemian lifestyle in Paris. 

Toulouse-Lautrec was drawn to Montmartre, an area of Paris famous for its bohemian lifestyle and for being the haunt of artists, writers, and philosophers. Studying with Bonnat placed Henri in the heart of Montmartre, an area that he would rarely leave over the next 20 years.

Toulouse-Lautrec, a misshapened and ridiculed small man whose parents were aristocratic first cousins, used his artworks to promote empathy for non-idealized, ordinary people. Behind the bright lights, mirrors, and festivities of the Rue des Moulins, Toulouse-Lautrec emphasizes the realities of working women. He paints women who don’t have traditionally perceived “feminine” and young hourglass shapes.  Some of the arms on these women are bigger than most men’s arms.  He does several paintings where the women are clearly struggling to squeeze their bodies into undersized corsets.

He created some idealized renderings of idealized women – the headlining singers and showgirls of his era.  And these paintings and posters are also beautiful.  But they are not beautiful because of their symmetry, smoothness, and perfection.   They are more beautiful because of their individualized characterizations, expressiveness, and striking graphic strength.

His lines are loose, his borders intentionally imperfected.  The women rarely “pose.”  Rather, Toulouse-Lautrec took great care to allow them to move freely while he captured their natural postures.

Unlike most paintings of ballerinas, where the women are striking extreme poses, toes pointed, backs stiff & arched, and arms extended, Toulouse-Lautrec instead shows ballerinas at rest with their energy spent from working long, hard hours. 

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