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Painting Small Impressions

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This blog displays small oil paintings by Washington State Artist Nancy Merkle.

Added on: Jan 20th, 2007
Country: United States
Language: English

Listed in: Artists Visual Arts
Tags: art american landscape original oil painting still life

Recent Posts

Plum--American Still Life Oil Painting

Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 18:47 in still life art

This 6x6 inch painting is now for sale at Small Impressions Gallery for $36.o0 plus $6.50 for shipping to US addresses. It was created on a canvas panel with professional grade oil paints. Technorati tags:Abstract Still Life Painting, American Oil P...
Winter Shores--Original Landscape Oil Painting

Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 19:25 in landscape

Winter continues in the Northwest. We don't often get snow, but the wind and rain have been constant. This afternoon I took a walk along the Soundview Trail in Pierce County, Washington. The wind was gusting at 30-35 mph, but the rain had stopped....
Wedges--Small Still Life Oil Painting

Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 08:57 in still life art

The paint is finally dry on this little 5x7 inch still life oil painting. The cool, damp air of winter slows down the drying time. It took almost a month for the heavy brush strokes to harden. I set my wet paintings on old 45 record stands to d...
River\'s Edge--Original Small Oil Painting

Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 18:53 in landscape

This clay bank is one I have passed many times on my bike riding the Foothills Trail in Pierce County, Washington. The Carbon River flows off the Carbon Glacier on Mount Rainier. The trail parallels the river for several miles and is beautiful yea...
Alone--Original Farm Animal Sheep Painting

Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 22:23 in animal

The painting of this little lamb was quick and fun. He was created on a 4x6 inch canvas panel with a limited palette of Sap Green, Ultramarine Blue, Titanium White, and just a touch of Alizarin Crimson oil paint. He will be joining some of my othe...
November--Original American Landscape Oil Painting

Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 20:37 in landscape

This past weekend I took a wonderful bicycle ride through the Orting Valley in Pierce County, Washington State. Soon after I began the 15 mile trail from Puyallup to South Prairie, I encountered this lovely stand of trees. Even though it had been r...