Irene Duma - Landscape Painter

fine artist and educator

oil painting

I’m painting, I’m painting!

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I have painted every day the last 17  days for the 30paintingsin30days!

I haven’t posted them all though. Haha. There were a few in a row that I didn’t think were blog worthy. So when I got one that was, I was so relieved that blogging just seemed like a frivolous thing to do.

Here is the one I did yesterday for day 16.

 

 

original oil painting by Irene Duma, of the BatteryIt’s a larger 9 x 11.
Sunset in the Battery (aka man I love that view!)
Oil painting on canvas.

PS. This is where I want to live.  In this old fishing village in the narrows of St. John’s. Where even though it’s just a walk from downtown St. John’s, you feel like you are out on the edge of wild wild crazy nature and the sea.

Yes, I want to live here. I want this view! And I want to be near the wild wild energy coming from the sea.

 

Yes, the stairs really do get close to the edge

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Oil painting of stairs hugging the cliffs on the east coast trail

Yes, these are stairs along the East Coast Trail, at Cobbler’s path. And yes, they do get pretty close to the edge. I am proud to say that I did walk down this set to reach the tip. Not bad for someone who has a mild type of acrophobia, or as I prefer to call it, sudden death by falling off a cliff and getting impaled on a jagged rock below.

Painted yesterday for day 1o of #30paintingsin30days!, though I did make a few adjustments today. I find some time away helps you to see things afresh.

Just Come on Down, b’y
oil on canvas board
6 x 9

The jaw dropping hikes along the East Coast Trail

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oil painting of Newfoundland coast

The East Coast Trail offers jaw dropping views like this with every step and turn, or seemingly fatal descent by stairs without handrails.

I still can’t believe I live by the ocean. Growing up in Toronto I always dreamed of living by the sea, but I had just assumed it would be a tropical one. One day, one day.

Day 9 of #30paintingsin30days!

Hiking Jaw Dropper
oil on canvas board
9×12

Twilight ’round the bay

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oil painting of blue twilight on the ocean and house

This spring when the icebergs came to town, I took a ride down the Avalon peninsula on the road known as the Irish Loop. I love driving around just following the roads that look the prettiest. As the sun was setting in Ferryland, it lit up this house and ocean in a strking manner. I take my trusty Canon point and shoot everywhere and snapped some photos. Today I picked this one to paint for day 5 of the 30 in 3o painting challenge.

The weather was gorgeous today so I painted in my backyard. And since there was no rain in sight, I decided to go back to oil painting. I also decided to refresh my oil technique basics first because I felt shaky after neglecting it in favour of doing  pastels. So I rewatched this video by Barry John Rayboud.

I really appreciate this video because it breaks things down into steps that a beginner can really grasp. Painting: it’s all about shapes and values.

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