I just added an additional web page "Portraits by Jim Ziemer" . This is in addition to my Jim Ziemer Art page. Check them out and let me know what you think.

To create a good accurate painting is a lot of work. I usually learn to hate the painting before it is finished – it never comes as easy as I hope for. A portrait may take two or three months to complete, but when I am done, I know that person to their very soul. If I don’t, I have not done my job well. It is amazing what you can learn about someone by intensely studying their face.

I love to paint and create pictures. I try to do them as accurately as possible so the viewer feels what I feel and has no doubts about what the painting is all about or the mood it creates. I want to paint life as it is – not what I think it should be. 

This is a portrait in oils of my wife and dog at Drifted Beach on Jekyll Island, Ga.

 

I did this picture last fall of the beach at Jekyll Island, Ga. I was going thru the many, many photos I have taken there and the small (relative size in pic) bench caught my eye. I purposely did this in a panorama size (12x24) to emphasize the loneliness of the early morning beach. I placed the bench (against all the norms of "thirds")  in the right corner because that is what caught my eye in the original photo. Also, the title will make you look for the bench. The sunrise was also a modification because the original was taken after noon.

The Yellow Bench

Jim Ziemer Art

The original 16x20 acrylic on board, "Fishing the Buffalo" was sold this week. That always makes for a good week. Don't forget to stop by my display at "Art in the Park" in Darien, Ga next weekend. April 13th & 14th. Giclee prints are available in many sizes. See my Web Site for details

HOGC Art

   Finished the new hanging at Heritage Oaks Golf Club. Looks good and we have a lot of new photos and paintings for everyone to see (and buy). We also have the print rack back up, so there is a lot to choose from.Stop by and see the work of Oak Grove Island artists and don't forget the NGA tour starts Monday.
   Also, be sure and visit my web page and my Facebook Art Page . I would appreciate as many "likes" as I can get on the FB page.

Kelly's Doll

Kelly's Doll is a pencil drawing done on pastel board. It is 16x20 and was an experiment in using pencil on pastel board. It came out well and by spraying many coats of finish, it is framed without using glass. Why not use glass you may ask? I believe that the glass puts a small mental separation between the viewer and the picture. Try viewing one of each and see if you don't agree with me.
http://jmziemerart.com

Latest painting

Just finished this painting for the display at the  NGA tour at Heritage Oaks  Golf Club. It is titled Island Green - Heritage Oaks and is 20x16 acrylic on pastel board. It is for sale for $650 and can be purchased thru my web page. http://jimziemerart.com