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Back in the studio again

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I think this one’s done. (Last seen in progress in this post.) What a perfect week to be in the studio. Munich is getting a ridiculous amount of sunlight, enhanced by the slightly longer days. I have a couple of new painting projects in the works, and I’m feeling quite energized. This month is all … Read more

Happy creative 2011

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Christmas market at the Chinese Tower, Munich | 18 x 24 cm | oil on canvas | @2010 Julie Galante. [SOLD] Happy new year! I had intended to start my new year by diligently posting my art goals for the year, but a couple crazy things came up this week and that just didn’t happen. … Read more

Christmas market in the woods

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Christmas market in the English Garden, Munich | oil on canvas panel | 30 x 40 cm | ©2010 Julie Galante There is a huge park in the middle of Munich, even bigger than Central Park, called the English Garden. Every year there’s a Christmas market in the middle of this park, in an area … Read more

Christmas market at Sendlinger Tor

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oil on canvas, 18 x 24 cm, ©2010 Julie Galante. [SOLD] So here’s the final version. Munich is full of Christmas markets these days, so I’m guessing this won’t be my last Christmas market painting. That is, if I manage to do a good job of balancing my Christmas market time with studio time…

Oil painting: Colorful Faroe Islands village

AEDM day 25: more Faroes

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Faroe Island village, 18 x 24 cm, oil on canvas board, ©2010 Julie Galante. [SOLD] Today I am dreaming of what it would be like to spend a month on sabbatical in the Faroe Islands, painting everything I see, people and places. I got a little frisky with the tip of the palette knife on this one. … Read more

AEDM day 24: escape to the Faroe Islands

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It was cloudy, stormy, and rainy for most of our recent trip to the Faroe Islands, but I still managed to get some photos that will make for some good painting inspiration. This little (18 x 24 cm) oil sketch is of the buildings in the historical section of Tórshavn, the capital. Many of the … Read more

AEDM day 16: more Munich

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Munich – Platzl, oil on canvas, 24 x 18 cm, ©2010 Julie Galante. I’ve gotten out of the habit of producing a daily painting. Perhaps I need to line up some photographs to work from so I’m always ready to go when I sit down at the easel. I think tomorrow I’ll move on to working … Read more

AEDM day 15: work in progress

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Munich Wienerplatz (in progress), oil on canvas, 60 x 70 cm, ©2010 Julie Galante. This one has been in progress for a while now. It’s a larger, more detailed version of a scene from one of my daily paintings. I haven’t quite figured out what it needs so I can call it finished. Ideas?