ronoliver23Jan 7, 20211 minCopy of And Then There Were NoneThis work entitled Fire In the Belly is the final work in the Experimental Series I worked on in 2015. It combines the interrupted flow...
ronoliver23Nov 2, 20201 minWelcome to my artworkWhat Is my Mission as an artist? My mission is to tell everybody that will listen that my best friend and the love of my life is art. By...
R L OliverJul 24, 20161 minCerebral Roots IThis is the work that highlights my recent use of a wet method of working on cold pressed paper. It was inspired by neuroscience...
R L OliverJul 24, 20161 minCerebral RootsWhile I did a series of plant forms in a dry method of watercolor, for the past month I have changed to a wet method and love the results....
R. L. OliverApr 23, 20161 minHeliconiaThis is a watercolor done using a dry method with rough grained paper Guarro paper. There is nothing quite like a full flowering as...
ronoliver23Apr 22, 20161 minBranding as a DisasterI was playing with the idea of the Earth being branded and came up with this work to illustrate the idea. So, I would say the work is...
R. L. OliverMar 12, 20161 minStargazer LilyI find the Stargazer Lily is one of the most beautiful and romantic flowers ever. This watercolor was done using a dry technique to...
R.L. OliverFeb 26, 20161 minSurreal PhilodendrumI call this watercolor on Guarro rough textured paper the Split-leafed Philodendrum. I tried for a surreal effect by placing each branch...
R L OliverFeb 17, 20161 minBotanicalsIn the strictest sense, botanicals are detailed renderings of a whole plant, i.e. root system, stems and leaves, that are rendered...
ronoliver23Jan 29, 20161 minMonga PlantAnother water color work done with the dry method. It is a 25 x 35 cms rough grained paper work that highlights a tropical house plant...
ronoliver23Jan 23, 20161 minBack to StilllifeI did 150 works, i.e. drawings and paintings, in a variety of media during 2015, but have gotten off to a slow start this year. I have...
ronoliver23Dec 9, 20151 minGuacarachaThis bird is a member of the turkey family and is named after the squawking sound that adults make for mating. I did this one in...
ronoliver23Nov 25, 20151 minPastel ScenesThis pastel on textured cold pressed paper is after the style of Diego Rivera and the work titled The Agriculturalist from 1937. I am...
ronoliver23Nov 12, 20151 minAdapting Green ManThis is the eighth painting in this year´s Green Man Series. I still find the image to be compelling as it seeks to capture an age old...
ronoliver23Oct 19, 20151 minTexturing the Green ManInstead of the usual layer of primer or gesso before beginning a painting on wood, this one dispensed with that for the benefit of using...
ronoliver23Oct 13, 20151 minGreen ManI have started doing a series on Green Man, the ancient symbol of the keeper of the forest. The image is a foliate man and dates to more...
ronoliver23Sep 24, 20151 minCan´t Get over Santa RosaGloria and I spent several days at the thermal springs just south of Santa Rosa de Cabal in the central codillera of Colombia. I had...
ronoliver23Sep 17, 20151 minUndergrowthI saw this plant and photographed it in the shade of the hillside near the Hot Springs at Santa Rosa de Cabal, Central Colombia. Nothing...
ronoliver23Sep 9, 20151 minExotic Brazilian PlantI called this a Tree Plant the first time I ever saw it when we were visiting a finca near Popayan. Digging through google images...
ronoliver23Aug 25, 20151 minWaterfalls and Mineral SpringThis is a watercolor on heavy, cold pressed cotton paper of the mineral hot springs near Santa Rosa, Colombia. We vacationed there last...