Blue Heron

Blue Heron
12 x 9"
oil on canvas
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Heron

Heron
7x5
oil on panel
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Conch

Conch
5x7"
available

The Old Boathouse

The Old Boathouse
7 x 5
oil on panel
available

Portrait Special
I'm getting ready for the holidays with a portrait special by making a list of 20 portraits to be finished by Christmas. The price will be $225. + shipping. (reg $385)

Send me your name and a photo to info@clairhartmann.com
This list will fill up fast so hurry!

Skimmer

Skimmer
oil on panel
7x5"
available

Distant Storm

Distant Storm
7 x 5"
oil on panel
available

Gourami

Gourami
6x4"
oil on panel

This is actually an older painting that I touched up to give more "pop"!

Spring

Spring
7x5"
oil on canvas
view in my shop

Windowsill Shell

Windowsill Shell
7" x 5"
oil on canvas
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Cooked Shrimp

Cooked Shrimp
7" x 5"
oil on panel
$85.00

view in my shop

Sleeping Late

"Sleeping Late"
7" x 5"
oil on canvas
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Camellia Bloom

5" x 7"
oil on panel
view in my shop

I'm gearing up for a group painting-a-day challenge in January.
If you're a painter and interested, here is the link:
http://30paintingsin30days.weebly.com

Here is a Christmas commission that I can post  -  It was the client's suggestion to use a black background and at first I didn't think it was a very good idea, but now that I see the finished painting, I rather like it…. going try more like this.

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Landscape Challenge #30

"Key West"
5" x 5"x 1 3/4"
oil on canvas
see it in my shop

I wanted to do a large grandiose painting and worked half the day on it yesterday. The way it turned out and they way I saw it in my head were two different versions - one, sadly looked a lot like mud.
So I decided to switch gears and do something simple.

Now that I am finished with my landscape challenge I breathe a sigh of relief and come to the conclusion that (1) although, I love a great landscape, I do not have a passion for painting landscapes and (2) I love painting dogs and I think it shows.

I do think this exercise was good because I was able to experiment with palette knife painting and I was I feel I loosened up a bit. I find that landscape painting allows much more wiggle room for interpretation than say a dog painting or still life and also, at times I would kind of slip into a kind of "stream of consciousness" painting which was quite enjoyable.

I prob won't be doing another landscape challenge, but you never know. Maybe one day, I'll become more passionate about landscapes.

I have lots of good news…
I am featured in this month's magazine SALT Magazine

You can find the whole article here:

http://www.saltmagazinenc.com/?page_id=8

Also Sun Gallery and Gifts with have all my dog paintings up for a show July 18th, 2014…

Hope to see you there!

 
www.sunGalleryandGifts.com

Finally, I am gearing up to paint 25 dogs. If you would like to reserve a spot, send me a photo of your dog, your name and I will put you on the list. Once the list is done, I will post it and will start painting. 

There is no obligation to buy, but if you do want to purchase, I will sell them for $150 (plus shipping). 

Gourami Fish

Gourami Fish
6" x 4"
oil on wood
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Cooling the Hive

6.75" x 6.75"

oil on wood

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Reference photo by Lassie Kling

Death Valley Moon

Death Valley Moon

10" x 5"

oil on panel

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I know, I'm kinda all over the place. 

Welcome to my brain. 

Winter Heron

6" x 8"

oil on panel

purchase