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Thursday, May 5, 2016

New oil painting by Dominique Amendola: City market in Bangalore India

City market in Bangalore, India

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This image is under strict copyright to Dominique Amendola.

This painting was executed in India as the previous ones were too.
In this painting many Indian citizens are heading towards the market, Muslins and Hindus have the same purpose: to get groceries, fruits and vegetables. On the right side, a mosque is represented, usually painted in green as seen here.
On the foreground some motorcycle riders are poised at the intersection. You can see on the right, a muslin couple, on the left the typical south indian Hindu couple.
The composition is complex, almost divided in two halves: on the right the mosque and the muslin couple on a motorcycle, on the left the traditional hindus on their motorcycle rides.
It becomes all mixed up in the back where the crowd is hurrying towards the market street or coming out loaded with shopping bags. As far as the linear composition goes, the figures on the left are inviting us within the painting on a diagonal, while the muslin couple as well as the buildings in the background are forming an horizontal line, stabilising the composition.

See painting details below:

Details are showing the brush work. I have an ocher yellow glaze as an underpainting that you see showing through the brush strokes.

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I focused on the figures in the foreground, giving them more details that the groups in the background. See the difference in the details below:

Detailed foreground figure

Impressionistic details in the background

Notice how the figures do not really have defined features.

This is a painting of a typical street market day in Bangalore, India.

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Oil paintings executed in nature, with or without people, and beautiful color images, sometimes executed outdoors or in the studio. Some compositions are horizontal or vertical. Some pictures have beautiful skies with sunsets or blue horizons. Some paintings represent flowers, some water, some are green with grass and trees. Some will take you to exotic travel destinations, such as India.This is art. Figurative realism by contemporary artist Dominique Amendola : figures painting, landscapes painting and spiritual art, artwork for sale. Oil paintings for sale online. Virtual Art Gallery realism, figurative, landscape, spiritual art, by contemporary artist Dominique Amendola. Collection of figurative contemporary - Women - canvas oil paintings, acrylic paintings, pastel drawings. Oil painting on canvas, original paintings art. Artwork by Dominique Amendola for sale. Oil painting on canvas. Original paintings art for sale by Dominique Amendola

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Thursday, March 3, 2016

New oil painting by Dominique Amendola: North India street scene

North India street scene

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This painting was executed in India as the previous ones were too. The golden light is an evening occurence with the long shadows. The technique uses both paint brushes and palette knife.
See details below to see both:

Detail showing the brush work. I have an ocher yellow glaze as an underpainting that you see showing through the brush strokes.

Detail showing the palette knife work, it is very thick paint with not so many details.

I focused on the figures in the foreground, giving them more details that the groups in the background. See some details below:

The groups in the background are painted in a more impressionistic way. See detail below:

Notice how the figures do not really have defined feature.

This is a painting with a very pleasant evening light, full of life all over the canvas, with contrasts of details and technique depicting life in typical North India.

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Thursday, July 30, 2015

The making of 'Bird watching by the creek' oil painting on canvas by Dominique Amendola

Bird watching by the creek

My painting, "Bird watching by the creek" is actually a sort of excuse for painting a figure in nature. The colors and the facture are very impressionistic. The colors are cool mostly, except for the T-shirt which has a warm color, matching the hair of the subject. She is turning her back to us, and we can barely see her face leaving her features to our imagination, the same way we do not see any birds in this picture. She is watching and waiting quietly for water fowls but this is also left to the imagination.

The weather is uncertain making the light cool also.

In some of his paintings with figures standing in nature, Monet shows us the same type of tones, mostly cool ones, painted in nature:

The Promenade, Woman with a Parasol - Claude Monet

For the execution of "Bird watching by the creek", I used a palette knife. Painting with a knife is a completely different technique than painting with a brush. With a palette knife, I feel I can "dance" on the canvas and I am not able to express much details, which leaves room for more spontaneity.

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You can see the stokes in these examples being painted boldly. Shapes are evoked but not described. They look like what they represent (grass. leaves) but it is only an impression. This is what impressionism means_giving an impression.

The term 'Impressionist' was first used as an insult in response to an exhibition of new paintings in Paris in 1874. A diverse group of painters, rejected by the art establishment, defiantly set up their own exhibition. They included Monet, Renoir, Pissarro and Degas.

An impressionist painting is executed outdoors rather than in the studio, or done from life, not from a photo or sketches.

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Thursday, July 16, 2015

The making of "the street guitarist" Oil painting by Dominique Amendola

The street guitarist

I used to take shots of people in the street and this guitarist was playing in California, trying his best to look and sound like Bob Dylan. That afternoon, he was sitting in front of a wall with his guitar case opened. I decided to make a painting of him. Again, this is a quick painting, executed in a day, spontaneous, Alla Prima. I first created a color sketch. The dominant color was going to be pale yellow akin to the sunlight; a cool morning sun, while the musician's face of a ruddy complexion shows how much time he spends outdoors.
Music is always a winning subject matter and since I had created a previous painting with musicians, this one was also going to keep in the same mood. The style is impressionistic, I gave myself three hours to finish the actual 8" x 10 "painting!

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You can see that this is executed boldly with thick paint, quickly.

I paint from the life model once a week, and this is important to understand how to paint from a photo or from imagination. There is the understanding of the different planes and what makes a volume. And there is the understanding of the correct colors applied rapidly without much preparation. Therefore, the painting comes out more spontaneously.

I framed this painting in a very classical frame, especially suited for impressionism. At the Orsay museum in Paris, a whole floor is dedicated to the impressionists. The frames used are varied but the above type of frame is the most common. Below you can see one of Renoir's beautiful still life framed in this frame genre.

Renoir, Onions, 1881

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Thursday, July 9, 2015

The making of 'Musicians practicing on the doorstep' oil painting by Dominique Amendola

Musicians practicing on the doorstep

'Musicians practicing on the doorstep' is a small painting painted on canvas. I was inspired to paint those two musicians by hearing their music. The beauty of the instruments was particularly inspiring. The cello especially is beautiful and noble.

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Having a physical space to create paintings is very important. The place should be big enough not to collapse into different easels. I like to work on several paintings side by side_up to three. And a high ceiling is conducive to higher thinking. When I started my small paintings, I already had many years of painting large compositions on canvas, in a very classical fashion.
I wanted to produce some more affordable art in a quick style, mostly called 'Alla prima' which is painting in one jet, one coat and no glazes. I was used to underpainting and many preparatory sketches. Here I am just painting quickly, trying to finishing a piece in a day or two.

'Musicians practicing on the doorstep' focuses more on the instruments than the figures. But again, here I pay particular attention to the composition:

Lots of vertical and horizontal lines giving a sense of stability. A sense of depth created by the steps and the dark door opening. Barely any colors except in the instruments and the blue shadows.

The above mentioned painting is framed in black:

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Thursday, July 2, 2015

The making of 'The Bathers', oil on wood by Dominique Amendola

The bathers

'The Bathers' is a small painting painted on wood. However, that same painting was commissioned in a longer and larger format by an art collector from Switzerland. You can see that other version below:

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'The Bathers' is an entire painting based on colors, brush strokes and composition. The first version (the version we are discussing now) is quite impressionistic in its execution.

The brush strokes are strong using raw colors. Those juxtaposed strokes of colors give an impression of realism, but if you analyze it, it is not very realistic.

Detail view 1

Detail view 2

Detail view 3

In my youth, I visited many exhibitions in Paris and went to the Louvre museum countless times. I have some of the famous paintings imprinted in my psyche. I really think this little painting's composition was inspired by The Raft of the Méduse by Theodore Gericault'. (I saw that masterpiece many times at the Louvre.)

The Raft of the Méduse by Theodore Gericault'

The above mentioned painting is evidently painted in a very different style, but the composition contains some similarities:

Notice how many horizontal lines give a sense of calm and peace and the triangular compositions give a sense of stability.

Fortunately this artwork depicts some happy bathers, not a party of shipwrecked people on a raft. It is executed quickly and cannot compare to a classical painting. The intention here was to convey a group of friends having a great time on a hot afternoon in a contemporary impressionist style.

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Thursday, June 25, 2015

The making of "Farmers Market", a small oil painting created in France by Dominique Amendola

Farmer's market- Selling vegetables

I was born in France and I often go visit. I love going to the market and see all the wild animation there. This painting was created in winter. Everyone is wearing a coat or a jacket.
When I create a painting with many figures, I don't just take a photo and paint it. No. I create a painting with what I decide will work, with many sketches if necessary.
In this case the painting is small and quick. Those small painting will take a day or two to paint.
Now, about the quickness of creation: it make take a few days for me now, but it took me years of studies and practice to get there.
However, even for this small painting I produced a few sketches.

There are many details which are important in this piece. The man in yellow jacket is fumbling for his change, while his companion is looking at this anxiously.

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I like to paint people subtle emotions. I do that a lot in my paintings. This is what gives life to them.

Again, in this painting, I am focusing on the foreground, the action, with my colors. The rest is painted in nondescript grays. Note also that the yellow jacket has its complementary purple/violet in the man with the purple jacket.

The vegetables play a part as well. See how the pumpkins and lettuce in a bag are painted realistically, while the lettuces and potatoes in the foreground are not paid much attention. Again it is a matter of getting the eyes to focus on what I desire.

Again this artwork is carefully composed. See the diagram below:

You could say that being trained in some of the greatest art schools in Paris, my approach is classical, even for small paintings.

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Thursday, June 18, 2015

The making of a small painting : "Lovers leaning against a bicycle", oil on canvas by dominique Amendola

Lovers leaning against a bicycle

The birds are singing, the bare trees are just burgeoning, it's spring! And is spring not the time for young lovers? In this painting as with "Lovers eating a snack", I did not want details. Rather I was looking for a contemporary impressionist look. I wanted to convey the simplicity of a young couple who meets in nature. Please have a look at the girl's expression, even so she is painted with no details:

Her face denotes a sense of profound satisfaction and security.

The painting is very busy with gray shadows from the bicycle and gray shapes for the trees in the background. However, the vertical line of the road sign and the horizontal ( not fully horizontal but slightly diagonal) of the bicycle handlebars, keeps us focused on the lovers and ground us.

Horizontal lines suggest a feeling of rest or repose because objects parallel to the earth are at rest.

Horizontal and vertical lines used in combination communicate stability and solidity.

In contrast, the feet of the couple express a candid expression of vulnerability and innocence.

See the following diagram:

The two major colors are complementary (green and orange) with blue as a key note.

The couple stands stable (expressed by their verticality), however, their vulnerability is expressed here too. Aren't they leaning against a bicycle after all? How stable is that?

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