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Sketches of Bruce Craine and John Francis Murphy paintings   [...]

"There should be no reason NOT to see paintings in person, that’s exactly how they were meant to be viewed, surrounded by the weight of the massiveness, or your nose within the intimate inches of a little piece, standing before the only existing one of its kind, in the exact footsteps of where the artist brought it to life. Anything else isn’t doing the painting, or you, any justice. In these days of digital drudgery and the instant and insufficient spread of images of art, it’s easy to lose sight of this." [...]

A buyer from Chicago sent me this photos of a framed print of my artwork "The Raven", which blends perfectly in his stylish home.     [...]

Some sold paintings before they get shipped to their new homes.     [...]

When I first started playing around with sketching on small panels, I was faced with a little storage problem as the panels need to stand upright for a couple of weeks while the oilcolor dries… after decorating my windowsills, I built the first holders like in the first pic which could take 10-20 panels. I quickly noticed how beneficial this sketching practice was and decided to do 100 of those small studies as a challenge, so I needed more and bigger holders. After reaching 100, it felt like I just have started and could learn a lot more if I continued [...]