First day of art Birmingham is in the books. We had a little Wicked weather for a moment but not enough to stop us. Tomorrow will be open 10:00 to 5:00. Swing on by if you're in the area. There's a lot to look at!

I'll be showing my latest work in Birmingham Michigan this weekend.

"Blue Cottage and Spring Flowers" oils on a 16x20 canvas panel. romanthepainter.com/products/blu... #oilpainting #painting #art #artist

My latest piece, "Waiting," is a 14x18 oil and oil pastel. I think I’m like many of you—just waiting for the world to wake up, smell the flowers, and finally start paying attention. Yet, every scroll through social media suggests that day might never come. #Art #artist #oilpainting

Well shoot I posted this yesterday and managed to get the size wrong. "Good Morning" is painted on a 30x40 inch in oils and oil pastels on a stretched linen canvas. Thought I'd add a close up shot as well. #Art #Painting#Landscape #FineArt #Artist #Artwork #OilPainting #NatureArt #ArtSky

"Good morning" is oils and oil pastels on a 24x30-in stretched linen canvas. This one will be running for its first showing at Art Birmingham in just a few weeks. #Art #artist #oilpaint #painting #impressionism

New work. Oils and oil pastels on a 24x30-in stretched linen.

Here's a 18x24 canvas I whipped up yesterday morning. Once these oil paints cure a little bit I may go back in with some oil pastels. Probably not going to be dry enough for art Birmingham but it'll definitely be ready for a shower in Michigan in June. #Oilpaint #artist #landscapepainting #art

I'll be in Birmingham Michigan May 9th and 10th for the Art Birmingham show! This is a true Fine Art Show and I'm excited to be a part of it. Fingers crossed it doesn't snow. #ArtShow #Michigan #art #artist #oilpainter

This is my Sphere XOX project for #CrystalBridges Museum of American #Art - an interactive installation built with the help of museum-goers, incorporating light, motion, and the hopes and dreams of everyone who participated. #InteractiveArt #PublicArt #InstallationArt #ArtInstallation #Bentonville

Here's my greatly reduced summer schedule for my Northern Michigan tour. I just can't justify driving all over the place this summer with the current situation.

"Waiting for the Daylight" Tall sunflowers lean into the last light before a storm breaks — their heavy heads bowing against a sky alive with purple clouds and electric teal. #Art #artist #oilpaint romanthepainter.com/products/wai...

A close up of the chaos of my current painting. #Oilpainting #art #Painting

Here's a couple of Booth shots from what turned out to be my worst show ever. I've been doing shows since the 90s. I think I passed out maybe 20 business cards? One sign up for the email list. Lost about $800? Sold only two Originals. Never again. #SouthStreetArtFestival #Arlington #Texas

Slow show here in #Arlington ..but I'm here.

If you're in #Austin this weekend stop in at Stoney's! My daughter helped put this place together, runs it and is a bartender there. I'll be in Austin next week to check it out and stock up Jerry's art supplies after my show in Arlington Texas.

This is a great example of how the back painting can really change the vibe of the finished work. These are both 14x18s. Finish them both yesterday. Oil painting and oil pastels on an canvas panel. #Oilpainting #painting #landscapepainting #floral #wildflowers #art #artist

Before I started oil painting full time I made rustic log furniture for 25 years from whatever I could find in the Forest around me. My work appeared in over 100 National magazines including a few features. #Furniture #woodworking

"Red Poppy Morning" is my latest painting. This is oils and oil pastels on a 24x30-in stretched linen canvas. #Art #artist #oilpainting #painting #florallandscape #landscapepainting #Impressionism

"In His Cards" is my latest painting. This is oils and oil pastels on a 24x30-in stretch linen. This painting will be available at an upcoming show at Brews in downtown Eureka Springs. #Art #artist #oilpainting #VanGogh #painting

Here's my take on Vincent van Gogh's Red Poppies and Daisies. This is oils and oil pastels on an acrylic background painting, on stretched linen. 24x30 inches #OilPainting #FlowerPainting #Poppies #Daisies #ImpressionistArt #VanGoghInspired #StillLife #OriginalArt #ArtForSal #Art #artist

Almost done with this one. Just some highlights to add. Oils and oil pastels on a 3x4 ft canvas. #painting #art #Artist #oilpainting #ArtistsOnBluesky #PaintingOfTheDay #VisualArt #FineArt #ContemporaryPainting #WorkInProgress #WIP

Art BOMB! The only good bomb. This is a selection of some of my paintings that are done in a variety of mediums. Including oil and acrylics. Visit Romanthepainter.com for more info. In the next couple weeks I'll be posting a bunch of new paintings. #art #Painting #artist #oilpainter

Art BOMB! The only good bomb. This is a selection of some of my paintings that are done in a variety of mediums. Including oil and acrylics. Visit Romanthepainter.com for more info. In the next couple weeks I'll be posting a bunch of new paintings. #art #Painting #artist #oilpainter

"After the Rain" is my most recent painting. It's a 16x20 canvas panel with acrylics, oils, and oil pastels. The reference photo was taken from one of my walks in downtown Charlevoix, Michigan.

"Waiting for the Daylight" is my most recent painting. It's acrylics, oil, and oil pastel on a 24 x 36-in stretched canvas. It'll be available soon on my website. Or if it's still available, you can pick it up at one of my many shows this summer. First show will be South Main Street Art Festival.

Finished this 3x4-ft painting yesterday as the smoke rolled in. Remembering what non-toxic Spring Air used to be like. Painting from memory again. Recommended reading/listening "The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet" by Jeff Goodell (2023) #wildlandFire #art #painting

Here's a couple of 16x20 studies I did in oil and oil pastels of one of my wife's gazillion orchids. The woman truly does have a green thumb — I'm living in a jungle! #OilPastel #StillLifePainting #FauvistArt #Flowers #art #artist #oilpainting

"Black Cat in the Garden" A little black cat tucked into the flowers, completely at home. One of those paintings people stop and smile at — always something new hiding in the brushwork. Original oil. romanthepainter.com/products/black-cat-in-the-garden #blackcat #oilpainting #originalart #catart

"Northern Lights Pines" Dark pines against ribbons of green and violet light. The kind of night sky that makes you pull over and just stand there. 24×36 oil on canvas. romanthepainter.com/products/northern-lights-pines-24x36-oil-on-canvas #northernlights #oilpainting #originalart #aurora

"Cherry Blossom Sky" Soft pink blossoms against a warm sky — that fleeting week in spring when everything blooms at once and you wish you could freeze time. Original oil painting. romanthepainter.com/products/cherry-blossom-sky #cherryblossoms #oilpainting #originalart #spring #fineart

"Deer Creek Birch" Looking straight up through the birch canopy at a sky on fire. That moment when the sun drops low and everything turns gold and violet. Original oil painting. romanthepainter.com/products/deer-creek-birch-no-brain-no-pain #birchtrees #oilpainting #originalart #sunset

"Sunlit Giants" Towering sunflowers catching the last afternoon light. Bold strokes and color you can feel across the room. The kind of painting that commands a wall. Original oil painting. romanthepainter.com/products/sunlit-giants #sunflowers #oilpainting #originalart #impressionism

New painting — "Volunteers" Those flowers that show up uninvited and steal the show. Hollyhocks, black-eyed Susans, and poppies blooming through the birch trees like they own the place. 16×20 oils & oil pastels. Framed. Still drying — ships in ~6 weeks. romanthepainter.com/products/volunteers-20

Been in a rut since last fall. Then I found oil pastels over oil paint and everything clicked. "Big Red" — my first large piece with this new approach. 24×36 in., oil & oil pastel on canvas. Haven't been in the zone like this in a long time. #art #charlevoix romanthepainter.com/products/big...

Went back to acrylics for the first time in years after hitting a creative rut. Different pace, different energy. These two are from that batch — “Morning Loon” and “West End Sunset.” Both 11x14, professional acrylic on Masonite, gold Plein Air frames. romanthepainter.com

“Bingo!” Sometimes you just have to let the color run wild. Bright flowers, ripe apples, a tablecloth my grandmother would’ve had in her kitchen. I wanted this one to feel like walking into a room full of sunlight and laughter. Oils and oil pastel on canvas panel, 14x18. romanthepainter.com

New painting: “Spring Without You.” Lost my father this winter. Painted this after the first songbirds of spring returned and the fishing boats were back on the lake — things we did together every year. The skull wasn’t planned. The wildflowers felt right. romanthepainter.com

"Spring Without You" — Oils & oil pastels, 14x18 canvas panel. $882, includes frame & COA. Freshly painted, needs months to cure before shipping. DM if interested. #OilPainting #SkullArt #ContemporaryArt

Hope you're all doing all right out there. This is a painting from today's short session. It's oils on a 14x18-in canvas panel. I'm calling it bingo! #Oilpainting #painting #art #artist

One of my paintings from today. "Blue chair flowers" is 11x14 canvas panel painted with acrylics. A little shout out to Gabriele Münter (Der Blaue Reiter).#Art #Painting #Expressionism #AcrylicPainting #FineArt #BlueSkyArt #ArtGallery #InteriorDesign #FloralArt #GabrieleMunter #ArtistOnBlueSky

Decades old fish cutouts I made before they were trendy, plus an octopus table I built from scratch. All hand-painted with durable exterior acrylics. #Woodworking #ArtSky #MarineArt #Handmade #CoastalDecor #FolkArt #Creative #Sculpture #Makers #Art #artist #painting

This is the kind of furniture I built for 25 years. I lived on a mountain top and harvested wood from trees that had died or were freshly cut on the side of the road. Literally making my living off the land. #Rusticfurniture #woodworking #furniture #furnituredesign #functionalart #natureart

Here's my most recent painting. This is acrylics on 11x14 Masonite panel. #ArtSky #BlueSkyArt #TraditionalArt #AcrylicPainting #LandscapePainting #Sunset #WaterLilies #Impressionism #NatureArt #FloralArt

Here's a couple of close-ups of the poster illustration I did for those Ozark Mountain Music Festival in Eureka Springs which is going on this weekend. I'm all over a thousand miles away so yeah I won't be attending again. #Illustrator #illustration #art #artist #inkandwatercolor

Here is a 9x12 acrylic painting on Masonite that's entirely from my own imagination I finished up recently. No reference images used at all. #art #artist #painting #acrylic #painting #landscapepainting

I wonder if they'll have me back? Lol. That's my booth in paintings featured in the top photograph. #bayHarborMichigan #upnorth #Petoskey #Charlevoix

Here's my most recent painting. Morning Loon is acrylics on 11x14 Masonite panel. #LoonArt #AcrylicPainting #WildlifeArt #SunrisePainting #painting #art #artist #LakeLife #BirdWatching #ArtForSale #NatureInspired

After taking a break for a week to deal with my father's passing I decided to jump back in to it with this little 9x12 acrylic painting. #Painting #art #artist #acrylicpainting #landscapeart #birchtrees #wildflowerart #impressionism

Got those fancy new acrylics in late yesterday so this morning I broke them right out. This is a 8x10 on smooth masonite. #art #artist #painting