Tequila Sunrise by Jack Providenti

"Tequila Sunrise"

8 x 10 inches, oil on canvas
by Jack Providenti
I couldn't think of a name for this one until I remembered the old movie "Tequila Sunrise" with Mel Gibson. Is that stealing? Well, I guess I'm a pirate.

Live Figure Drawing, Second Session

Live Figure Drawing at Softwater Studios, St Pete

 This was a twenty minute pose. I'm primarily a landscape/seascape painter, and after two and a half hours of drawing from live models...several poses of two to four minutes, then five twenty minute poses, I'm beginning to see the virtue of studying live models as an added discipline.

"Partly Cloudy" by Jack Providenti

"Partly Cloudy"

24 x 48 inches, oil on canvas

by Jack Providenti

Just finished! This is a relatively large piece being four ft long and two ft high. There were lots of possibilities for naming it, being a sunrise at the St Pete Marina. However, it was definitely partly cloudy!

"Caddy's...Sunset Beach" by Jack Providenti

"Cady's...Sunset Beach"

8 x 10 inches, oil on canvas

by Jack Providenti

"Caddy's"...Sunset Beach. This is a plein-air painting that I did over a year ago, and found it when I moved recently. Touched it up a little today. It was painted just before sunset. By chance, a professional photographer was sitting there enjoying the scenery with his camera, so he filmed me painting! One of those shots is now my business card logo.

Open Figure Drawing at Softwater Studios

Studying The Human Form

By

Jack Providenti

This is a pastel sketch done yesterday at Softwater Studios here in St. Pete. I haven't participated in this type of activity since my younger days in art school.

Fort De Soto, North Beach

Fort De Soto, North Beach

8 x 10 inches, oil on canvas

by Jack Providenti

"Fort De Soto, North Beach" 8 x 10 inches, oil on canvas.....I put a few finishing touches on this plein air piece from two days ago.

Painting at Fort De Soto Beach

I did some painting at Fort De Soto Beach yesterday...it was an awesomely gorgeous morning!

"Break Of Dawn, St Pete Marina"....beginning stages

Just started this today, "Break Of Dawn, St Pete Marina"....it's a large piece, 24 x 48 inches. I've been painting a lot of small pieces, so this big one will get me to loosen up some. Lots of masts, which will come after I'm satisfied with the sky.

A Quiet Morning At The Beach

"A Quiet Morning At The Beach"

8 x 10 inches, oil on board
by 
Jack Providenti

I got to the beach before the crowds & painted this quick sketch. I'm doing a lot of small pieces in order to re-acquaint myself with the environment here.

"Before The Storm"

"Before The Storm"

8 x 10 inches, oil on canvas

 I was painting this on the beach when the storm clouds began to form.....made me a little nervous, but I got out of there just in time. The pink building is the Don Cesar.

Sold! "Morning Mood"

"Morning Mood" 

oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches

Sold! "Morning Mood" It appears to me that a painting, once completed, has it's own destiny. I've sold a few right off the easel....paint still wet, but this one stayed with me 8 months before finding a home.

Morning Clouds by Jack Providenti

"Morning Clouds"

8 x 10 inches, oil on canvas

by Jack Providenti

I painted this one at the beach two days ago...it was the most perfect, tropical, summer day!

"Will It Rain" by Jack Providenti

"Will It Rain"

8 x 10 inches, oil on canvas

by Jack Providenti

I painted this scene on the beach the other day, trashed it, and did it over from reference photos....happens sometimes!

Painting on the beach...

I put aside all the "important" things I had to do regarding getting set up in my new place and went out painting, which is the reason I do all those other things anyway!

The Blacksmith Shop by Jack Providenti

"The Blacksmith Shop"

8 x 10 inches, oil on canvas

By Jack Providenti

A quick plein air sketch of the blacksmith shop in Magdelena, New Mexico. This is my last painting in New Mexico before leaving for St Petersburg Florida where I will be living permanently. I was in my studio putting in the finishing touches when I thought I heard the sound of the kids playing up here at Mojave Academy.....not so unusual except that the school has been closed for over three months! So I figured it was the music that I forgot to turn off  over in the house.....or was it? Maybe I've been alone in the mountains too long!

"Prairie Tree" by Jack Providenti

"Prairie Tree'

by Jack Providenti

8 x 10 oil on board

This is the result of my latest roadside painting venture... done in the summer heat of the high plains desert of Southwest New Mexico

Roadside Painting

Roadside painting again. The distant tree & fence caught my attention