Tag:seascape

Mini Seascape Oil Paintings

Is a mini seascape painting on your wish list this Christmas? Check out this holiday shopping guide – small CJK paintings are featured in the “Buy local” Shopping Guide — paintings are beautifully framed by Fairfax Gallery and Framing Establishment, Jacksonville. Check out the link for more gift giving ideas…….! http://arbus.com/  Artist Notes These paintings are often plein air studies, done on location. They sometimes act as memory notes for larger paintings, there is a spontaneity about the brush strokes.

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Big Surf

52″ X 66″ | Mixed Media | Oil and Oil Pastel on Canvas | CJK This studio painting was inspired by small plein oil painting. The spontaneity and aliveness is hard to sometimes recreate in the studio and in a large scale — but this one has lots of energy. Here is the painting again – this time outside – just to give a sense of the proportions!  

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“Changing Tide”

“Changing Tide” finds a new home, thank you to new collectors for allowing me to share a photograph of this 5ft x 6ft, oil encaustic seascape painting installed in their beautiful home! – When the tide changes, there is a short period in a body of tidal water when all is calm, when the water is completely unstressed, and there is no movement either way in the tidal stream, the ocean seemingly stands still before the movement and momentum of

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Architectural Detail and Fine Art

Gardner Colby Gallery, Naples. Florida placed this painting “Oceanscape Triptych” by Claire J Kendrick in a collectors private residence. This painting enhances the architectural curved wall in the room. Claire is from a family of architects and designers, artistic expression, a love of design and an eye for detail enrich her life as a painter. On special projects she meets with collectors to create commission fine art paintings for unique places in their homes. Gardner Colby can assist you, on

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Wishing everyone a very special 2014!

Water is a universal symbol of change and as we mark the end of one year and the beginning of another it seems fitting to share new works from my Seascape series with you. Symbolically the ocean is a sign of power and strength, due to its immensity.  A New Year marks change and optimism and watching the great power of the ocean and its weather fronts is much like having a front row seat at the theater. Capturing these special moments are

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Seascape Studies

Coastal living provides is a constant source of inspiration here are two large works just finished –     Small mini seascape studies available at Fairfax Framing Establishment. These look fantastic displayed as a vertical or horizontal series.

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Coastal Paintings

The Featured Paintings is a Large Triptych in work in the studio. View New Paintings inspired by life at the Coast.     Large Triptych Seascape | 48″ x 120″ | Oil on Canvas A selection of small paintings beautifully framed in double linen liner and brushed metallic frames at Fairfax Gallery, Jacksonville.   Mini studies, painted on location “en plein air”. This painting is an oil encaustic technique with lots of texture and drama. I use a blow torch

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Fairfax Gallery, Jacksonville

  Nor’Easter | 5″ x 7″ | Oil | Featured Painting Fairfax Gallery and Framing establishment are representing my paintings – Here is a small preview of some of the paintings exhibiting  Beach Storm | 6″ x 6″ | Oil Mist Light | 8″ x 10″ | Oil T-Storm | 10″ x 8″ | Oil Low Tide | 36″ x 36″ | Oil Nor’easter | 5″ x 7″ | Oil Coastal Tide | 36″ x 36″ | Oil    

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