Whales in Oil
As I have been leaving some areas of my 42-year artistic career behind, I have been gaining and growing with it in other ways. After many, many years of working in meticulous pen and ink, I have developed a simpler love of art and nature. My metalpoint drawings reflect this, as do the oil paintings you see below. I have a love of whales. I think that if the whales fail, then we have failed. As such, I am painting simple depictions of several whales species. I am keeping them simple because my intent is to remind us of the gifts that they are, just as they are.
No. 900 "Sperm Whale No.1"
Oil on canvas.
6 inches by 18 inches.
© 2010 laeom
No. 901 "Humpback Whale"
Oil on canvas.
6 inches by 18 inches.
© 2010 laeom
No. 902 "Beluga Whale"
Oil on canvas.
6 inches by 18 inches.
© 2010 laeom
No. 903 "Orca Whale"
Oil on canvas.
6 inches by 18 inches.
© 2010 laeom
No. 904 "Northern Right Whale"
Oil on canvas.
6 inches by 18 inches.
© 2010 laeom
No. 905 "Blue Whale"
Oil on canvas.
6 inches by 18 inches.
© 2010 laeom
No. 906 "Pilot Whale"
Oil on canvas.
6 inches by 18 inches.
© 2010 laeom
No. 907 "Minke Whale"
Oil on canvas.
6 inches by 18 inches.
© 2010 laeom
No. 908 "California Grey Whale"
Oil on canvas.
6 inches by 18 inches.
© 2010 laeom
No. 909 "Baird's Beaked Whale"
Oil on canvas.
6 inches by 18 inches.
© 2010 laeom
No. 910 "Bowhead Whale"
Oil on canvas.
6 inches by 18 inches.
© 2010 laeom
No. 923 "Pygmy Sperm Whale"
Oil on canvas.
6 inches by 18 inches.
© 2010 laeom
No. 929 "Moby Dick"
Oil on canvas.
6 inches by 18 inches.
© 2010 laeom
Also in this Series:
Also in this Series:
No. 940 "Moby Dick No. 2"
Oil on canvas.
6 inches by 18 inches.
© 2012 laeom (gifted to Jonathan Farland)
Currently I am working on a Fin Whale in oil
No. 953 "Sperm Whale No. 4"
Oil on canvas.
6 inches by 18 inches.
© 2013 laeom
No. 954 "Harp Seal"
Oil on canvas.
6 inches by 18 inches.
© 2013 laeom
No. 955 "Sperm Whale No. 5"
Oil on canvas.
6 inches by 18 inches.
© 2013 laeom
No. 956 "Moby Dick No. 3"
Oil on canvas.
6 inches by 18 inches.
© 2013 laeom
No. 957 "Narwhal"
Oil on canvas.
6 inches by 18 inches.
© 2013 laeom
I had also done a Fin Whale in oil pastel (on 6 x 18 stretched canvas)
No. 994 "Fin Whale in Oil Pastel"
Oil pastel on canvas.
6 inches by 18 inches.
© 2014 laeom
The oils are painted with Winsor and Newton Artist's Oils, the oil pastel is Sennelier for the most part, with some other brands used as well. Canvas is by Blick Art Materials.
The oils are painted with Winsor and Newton Artist's Oils, the oil pastel is Sennelier for the most part, with some other brands used as well. Canvas is by Blick Art Materials.
