michael chamberlain

oil paintings

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

"House with Palms"

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10x8" oil on canvas panel buy now with PayPal - $325 This house is in the lovely town of Pacific Grove, California. It's on the M...
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Monday, December 5, 2011

"Red Mini"

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16x12" oil on panel
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Saturday, November 19, 2011

"Crowded Dock"

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10x8" oil on canvas buy now with PayPal - $325 What is it with boats? Not everyone is inspired to paint them but I certainly am. In p...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

"Deck of the Laura B. at Dusk" - SOLD

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8x6" oil on hardboard The Laura B. is an old cargo vessel that carries mail and passengers to Monhegan Island. I haven't been out...
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

"Red Pickup at Dusk"

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8x6" oil on hardboard buy now with PayPal - $135 I've never owned a pickup truck. My brother had an old forrest green Toyota Hilu...
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Saturday, November 5, 2011

"Black Bug"

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6x8" oil on hardboard buy now with PayPal - $135 I love bugs.... I mean VW bugs. My dad bought a brand new one back in 1967. It was b...
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

"Sea Swings" - SOLD

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6x8" - oil on hardboard Here's another one from the boardwalk. It's a sort of tilting swing thing. I noticed that it's co...
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Sunday, October 30, 2011

"Above the Boardwalk" - SOLD

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6x6" oil on Gessobord - $195 framed - Studio Gallery This was painted from an image taken at the Santa Cruz beach boardwalk. There ar...
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Thursday, October 27, 2011

"Red Shack on Pier"

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10x8" oil on canvas
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Sunday, October 23, 2011

"Blue Boats"

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10x8" oil on canvas Still more experimentation with keeping it loose. The last two paintings were done on canvas mounted on masonite ...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

"Blue Windows" - SOLD

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10x8" oil on canvas I've been painting almost every day for the past two weeks. I plan to post the results once they're photo...
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

"Bougainvillea "

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20x20" oil on canvas I'm feeling inspired to tackle some larger canvases. The challenge is to keep the feel of my smaller paintin...
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

"Lookout"

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12x12" oil on canvas My usual painting process is to sketch out the main shapes, scrub in color estimations and then, using thicker p...
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Monday, August 22, 2011

"Liquor"

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14x11" oil on linen I did this painting before leaving for Maine. It was an attempt to shake me out of my comfort zone. Since returni...
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Sunday, August 7, 2011

"24th & Guerrero"

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14x11" oil on canvas Things have been busy! I had a lot of framing to do for the "City Streets" show at the Studio Gallery....
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Sunday, July 31, 2011

"Rockland Pier"

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12x12" oil on masonite
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Thursday, July 28, 2011

"Lobster Dinghies" - SOLD

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6x6" oil on Gessobord
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

"White House"

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6x6" oil on Gessobord
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Monday, July 25, 2011

"Lumber Yard"

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12x12" oil on masonite
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Saturday, July 23, 2011

"F Market" - SOLD

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6x6" oil on Gessobord
Friday, July 22, 2011

"Sandwich Shop"

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6x6" oil on Gessobord
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Thursday, July 21, 2011

"Corner Store" - SOLD

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6x6" oil on Gessobord
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

"Sierra Boat House" - SOLD

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6x8" oil on hardboard I did this painting last night from an image taken over the weekend. There was still a lot of snow on t...
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Saturday, June 25, 2011

"Chickens" - SOLD

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6x6" oil on Gessobord If you find yourself in San Francisco between July 13th - August 7th be sure to stop in at the Studio Gallery o...
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Thursday, June 23, 2011

"Three Little Figs" - SOLD

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6x6" oil on Gessobord Figs are hard to paint! That's all I'm gonna say about this one. I may be taking some time off ...
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Monday, June 20, 2011

"Old BSA"

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12x12" oil on masonite Here we have an old BSA motorcycle parked in the Mission District of San Francisco.
Friday, June 17, 2011

"Streetcar"

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12x12" oil on masonite Well here's the streetcar I mentioned in an earlier post. My favorite way to travel down Market Street.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

"Down Escalator"

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12x12" oil on masonite I had to work for this one. I painted this from an image taken at the Gap on Market Street. There were several...
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

"Bus and Taxi"

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12x12" oil on masonite Merci and I went back to the MOMA on Sunday since we didn't have time to check out the art library last we...
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Monday, June 13, 2011

"Seaside Inn"

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12x12" oil on masonite
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I'm inspired by the beauty surrounding us in simple, everyday objects and scenes.
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