Strawberry Cheesecake (SOLD)

Here is the latest painting in the 125 series.

Strawberry Cheesecake
6" x 8"
Oil on Masonite
SOLD

Chocolate French Cruller (SOLD)

Here is the painting I started last week, now finished and dry. This is the latest in the 125 series.

Chocolate French Cruller
5" x 7"
Oil on Masonite
SOLD

Green Tomato (SOLD)

This is the next painting in the 125 series. With the holidays over, I am planning to be more consistent with working on these paintings. However, with my son due any day now, I will have to do some adjusting to a new life with baby. Wish me luck!

Green Tomato
5" x 7"
Oil on Masonite
SOLD

The Lonely Bull (SOLD)

This is a limited palette painting using five colors: ultramarine blue deep, cadmium red light, cadmium yellow light, titanium white, and a little burnt sienna. I typically use about 14 colors in a painting. With this painting, I wanted to try restricting my color use, so I could see the range I could get with fewer colors. The reason one would use so many colors is out of convenience, allowing for quicker mixing and therefore, less time. All one really needs is a red, yellow, blue, and white. I am pleased with how this painting turned out, and I hope you are as well.

The Lonely Bull
5 7/8" x 7 5/8"
Oil on Masonite
SOLD

White Oak River (SOLD)

This painting is from a photograph of the White Oak River in Swansboro, North Carolina.

White Oak River
6" x 8"
Oil on Masonite
SOLD

Beach at Fort Macon (SOLD)

This is the next painting in the 125 series. I painted it on location at the beach at Fort Macon State Park in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, last week. I'm teaching a workshop there and at other locations along the Crystal Coast this fall.

Beach at Fort Macon
5 7/8" x 7 5/8"
Oil on Masonite
SOLD

If you're in the Concord, North Carolina, area tonight, I'm participating in the Concord Art Walk from 6-9 p.m. at the Piedmont Renaissance Center. I'll have paintings from the 125 series, larger works, and prepared panels for artists on display and for purchase. Please stop by if you can.

Cucumber Slices (SOLD)

Today's painting in the 125 series.

Cucumber Slices
4" x 4 7/8"
Oil on Masonite
SOLD

Red, Green, and Black Grapes (SOLD)

I'm having to post these paintings so late at night because they are taking longer to dry. Once I get caught up with things, I hope to get them posted earlier in the day. Here's the next painting in the 125 series.

Red, Green, and Black Grapes
5" x 7"
Oil on Masonite
SOLD

Gray Day at the Lake (SOLD)

Here is the next painting in the 125 series.

Gray Day at the Lake
5.25" x 6"
Oil on Masonite
SOLD

Garden Tomato (SOLD)

I am happy to be back after finishing a landscape commission in late July. I also just got back in town from telling family and friends that I am going to be a dad! Very excited for that. Today a photographer came by to take some photos of me at work in my studio for an upcoming article in University City Magazine. I'll send a link to that when it comes out. I am actually not certain what the article is about, so we will see. This is the next painting in the 125 series.

Garden Tomato
4 7/8" x 5 7/8"
Oil on Masonite
SOLD

This is another tomato variety in my vegetable garden—a heatwave planted from seed. I love the unusual shape.

Red and Black Plums (SOLD)

This is the next painting in the 125 series. I am currently working on a commission due at the end of this month, so that is my top priority for the next few weeks. I'll continue to create new paintings in this series as time permits. I had hoped to be able to juggle teaching, the commission, and this series, but it wasn't reasonable. I look forward to getting back to this series regularly after the commission.

Red and Black Plums
5x7"
Oil on Masonite
SOLD

I started this painting last week, intending to send it out Saturday, but had a hard time getting the plums to look right. The first approach wasn't working, so I had to take a different approach, one that I should have started with from the beginning. My first approach was to paint the colors as I saw them on the surface. The approach that I needed, which ended up working, was to look past the surface light (reflections) to the base color of the plums, and then working wet on wet, to build up the colors, ending with the reflections.

Juliet Tomatoes (SOLD)

I finished this painting yesterday, but cadmium red takes a long time to dry, and it wasn't ready to scan until today. I will be sending out another painting tomorrow. These two juliet tomatoes are from my vegetable garden. I hadn't heard of juliets before this year, and I highly recommend them. They are about the size of a large grape or small roma tomato, and the plant is a high producer.

Juliet Tomatoes
4x6"
Oil on Masonite
SOLD

Tennessee Fourth (SOLD)

I painted this in Elizabethton, Tennessee, on July 4th while visiting with my wife's family. It is so refreshing to get out in the mountains and valleys of western North Carolina and East Tennessee. Such a beautiful landscape right in the backyard.

Tennessee Fourth
5x7"
Oil on Masonite
SOLD

Shells (SOLD)

Shells
5.25" x 6"
Oil on Masonite
SOLD

Pear with Jar (SOLD)

Pear with Jar
5x7"
Oil on Masonite
SOLD

Willow Oak Study (AVAILABLE)

Willow Oak Study
7x5"
Oil on Masonite
$185 (includes shipping within the U.S.)

To purchase this painting, please email info@paulkeysar.com or call 704-596-1286.

Blueberries with Lemon Peel (SOLD)

Blueberries with Lemon Peel
4x6"
Oil on Masonite
SOLD

Shell (SOLD)

Due to my schedule this week, the paintings for this week will probably go out at night. Here is the new painting in the 125/125 series.

Shell
4.25" x 6"
Oil on Cardboard
SOLD

Cucumber Accident (SOLD)

This is the first cucumber grown in my garden. I accidentally stepped on it when transplanting, and it took on a deformed shape, and then stopped growing. I like to find fruits and vegetables that have unique characteristics. They are much more interesting to me than what is considered a 'normal' look. I have started to play with color in my paintings. The background in this painting started out green. I then changed it to red to play with its complement, before changing it back to green.

Cucumber Accident
4x6"
Oil on Masonite
SOLD

Field on Contees Wharf Ln (AVAILABLE)

Today was a very hectic day. I'm sorry for the late post. Going forward, I would say, I'll get these out as early in the day as possible, but things come up outside of my control. For instance, this painting took a long time to dry, so I had to wait to scan it in. The Habanero Peppers painting has sold. Tuesdays and Wednesdays paintings are currently available if interested. Here is today's painting:

Field on Contees Wharf Ln
6x6"
Oil on Masonite
available

This is a plein air study. There's a little bit of glare on the right side of the photo.