Author Archives: Mark Reeder
Some older work
One of my good clients brought this piece by for a coat of varnish during a visit to pick up another painting not too long ago. It was nice to see one of my older paintings again, especially after I lost a lot of work when my computer crashed a while back. It’s also good […]
What’s on the easel
I started this quite a while ago and finally got back to working on it the other day. I also have a couple more landscapes in process and most of the other paintings I’ve been working through are pretty much done. It feels good to get through a big batch of work and I still […]
New Portrait
I’ve been working through about half a dozen portraits and figures lately. This is the first one done. Most of the others are very close to being completed and I’m looking forward to getting on with some new ones and catching up on some ideas I’d like to explore.Over the last few years I’ve become […]
Portrait of Mr. Richard Smith
This is a portrait of my friend Chantal’s uncle Richard Smith. I was really caught by his expression and I was glad for the opportunity to do this painting.
Painting in the garden
This is a quick painting I did of daisies I grew in my garden. I really love gardening and a big part of the reason or motive behind creating and exploring the kind of flowers I choose is also with the intention to paint them. In essence I want to create an environment in and […]
The Thinker
An artist/musician friend of mine and I were having a lengthy discussion about art, creativity and philosophy the other day and this painting came up in conversation….coincidentally I came across the image of it this afternoon. I painted it in 2006 so it’s been a while since I’ve seen it, was nice to see it […]
Leah
I had this painting up a while ago when i was ‘playing’ with this whole blog thing. I was thinking to put this up with some other figurative work later, but decided not to wait.
Still life in the studio
Daffodils, 24 x 31, oil on linen, 2009 © Mark Reeder. Turquoise still life, oil on linen, 2009 © Mark Reeder. Here are a few still life paintings I’ve done recently, had quite a bit of fun working on these. I really like the idea in the first one showing a subject for a painting […]