Studio blog of Julie Galante – painting ridiculous things in Scotland
Biergarten at Viktualienmarkt, 40 x 50 cm, oil on canvas, ©2012 Julie Galante. [SOLD] Munich is a wonderful city in the summer. There are beer gardens everywhere. Long wooden tables shaded by chestnut trees make a perfect setting for enjoying some beer with friends on a long summer afternoon. You can bring a picnic, too. … Read more
Cafe Nymphenburg Sekt at the Viktualienmarkt, 50 x 60 cm, oil on canvas, ©2012 Julie Galante. [SOLD] Prints available. The daily paintings in my studio these days are all about sushi, but the larger works on my easel are mostly new Munich scenes. In this one I tried to capture a bit of the jumble of … Read more
Sushi Rolls on a Red Plate, 20 x 20 cm, oil on canvas, ©2012 Julie Galante. Original painting available on Etsy. Despite all the yummy spring fruits and veggies that are showing up at the farmers markets in Germany these days, I have been struggling to find something that interested me as a still life … Read more
Zurich Riverfront: Yellow Sky, 18 x 24 cm, oil on canvas board, ©2012 Julie Galante. [SOLD] We recently went on vacation (Italy – yay!), and before we left I found myself with a motley assortment of colors still wet on my palette. Hating to let good oil paint go to waste, I challenged myself to … Read more
Study: Frauenkirche at Night, 24 x 18 cm, oil on canvas, ©2012 Julie Galante. Today I posted a few new little Munich paintings to my Etsy shop. I haven’t made many new daily paintings this year (focusing instead on bigger pieces), but they are so popular with collectors that the walls where I display them … Read more
Munich study: Gärtnerplatz, 18 x 24 cm, oil on canvas, ©2012 Julie Galante. Original painting available for sale on Etsy. Oh hi there. I just realized that it’s been a while since I updated this blog. Rest assured (all 5 of you reading this) that I am still here, still painting. A couple of commissions … Read more
Dirndl Portrait: Kim (in progress, detail), 60 x 80 cm, oil on canvas, ©2012 Julie Galante. I gave myself until the end of February to complete at least 10 (preferably 12) of these large dirndl portraits. It will be close, but I think I will make it. I have five that are complete and another six … Read more
Ötz Valley, 18 x 24 cm, oil on canvas, ©2012 Julie Galante. [SOLD] The pop-up gallery on Saturday was a huge success! (More details on that in an upcoming post.) This was one of the new paintings I had on display there, barely dry enough to leave the studio. It garnered some very good feedback … Read more
Afternoon in the beer garden #1, 40 x 60 cm, oil on canvas, ©2012 Julie Galante. [SOLD] Brrr! It has been extremely cold in Munich this week (-18c/1f most mornings). Maybe that’s why I was inspired to paint some beer garden scenes: I’m missing the days when you could hang out in the sun for … Read more
Bea in her dirndl (work in progress), 80 x 60 cm, oil on canvas, ©2012 Julie Galante. I have nine large dirndl paintings that are in progress or finished so far, all of them hanging out around my studio. I think they’re going to make for an interesting body of work – so many beautiful … Read more