New Oil Painting Pallet Knife Only

Hello Everyone,

I hope all is well with everyone. I wanted to share my new landscape oil painting.

16” X 20” Original pallet knife oil painting.

This painting was completed from start to finish with a pallet knife only. I did not use a brush for any part of it. I am starting to gravitate towards the pallet knife more and more.

As you can see from most of my work, I do use a knife in most compositions. Some paintings more then others, but recently, I have liked the movement the knife is giving my work. It has a feel of movement and spontaneity to it that I have not been able to duplicate with a brush.

It’s funny, the older I get and the more paintings I complete, it seems as if I become more and more courageous. I am always looking for ways to intrigue the viewer and to coax them into creating their own story with my compositions.

I still want to convey a sense of peaceful calm in all of my works, but I also want their to be obvious movement within those works.

The knife seems to give me the freedom, and so far, the results I have always envisioned for my work.

I do not know if I will turn to a pallet knife only approach, but I have not ruled it our either. Knife painting is very freeing. The typical rules and generally agreed upon ways of creating an oil painting seem to go away with a knife in my hand. I find myself thinking less and creating more.

Have A Blessed Day My Friends.