bobbradshaw

"Sea of Galilee Tour Boat" - 11"x14" oil on panel

I've been to Israel 4 times and I've taken many photos which I have later used as reference for oil paintings. This is typical tour boat used on the Sea of Gali...

"Evening in Jerusalem" - 11"x14" oil on panel - Showing stages of the "work in progress"

The first photo is the finished painting. It was painted with palette knives and brushes on a Gessobord panel. I signed the painting with a color shaper while t...

"Azit" - 16"x12" oil on panel - Showing stages of the painting in progress

The first photo is the finished painting. I've known this dog since she was a pup and I play ball with her several times/week when visiting her owners. The pain...

"Apples on the Shelf" - 12"x16" oil on panel - Showing stages of the "work in progress" and my art studio

The first photo is the finished painting. It was painted mostly with a palette knife, but brushes were used occasionally. I signed it with a color shaper while ...

"The Yellow Ball" - 12"x12" oil on panel - Showing stages of the "work in progress" and my reference photo

This painting was mostly painted with a brush on an Ampersand Gessobord, which is an archival panel made for artist. I used lots of ivory black, white, a few di...

"Indian Orange" - 11"x14" oil on panel - Showing stages of the "work in progress"

This painting was painted mostly with a palette knife, but I did use brushes in certain places. It was painted on an Ampersand Gessobord, which is an archival p...

"End of Day" - 12"x12" oil on panel - Showing stages of the "work in progress" and my art studio

This painting was sold to a local medical doctor and is now hanging in his clinic. It was painted on an Ampersand Gessobord, which is an archival panel made for...

Falkland Islands - My visit to West Point Island in the Falkland Island Archipelago to see nesting Albatrosses and Rockhopper Penguins

In January 1994, as part of my 21-day cruise to Antarctica, we made a stop at West Point Island which is part of the Falkland Island Archipelago. One family own...

"Fifth Avenue" - 24"x24" oil on canvas - Showing stages of the "work in progress" and my art studio.

This is a painting I did in 2016. It was done with brushes, palette knives and color shapers. I painted it on gallery wrap canvas and painted the sides black so...

"City Reflections" - 24"x24" oil on canvas. Finished painting and a view of my art studio with the painting on the easel.

This is my most recent paining. It was done with brushes, palette knives and color shapers. This one is a bit more abstract than some of my other paintings that...

"Spanish Village" - 30"x40" oil on canvas. Painting progress and design notes.

This painting resides at my son's law firm, Bradshaw & Bickerton Law Firm in Austin, TX and was painted in 2012. It was the first time I had painted such a larg...

"Winter Sea" - 11"x14" oil on panel - Showing stages of the painting process

"Winter Sea" was painted on an Ampersand Gessobord, which is an archival panel for artist. The first photo is the finished painting and it's very impressionist ...

"Orange Attack" - 12"x12" oil on panel - Showing stages of the painting process

"Orange Attack" was painted on an archival Ampersand Gessobord with oil paints. The colors I used in this painting were Titanium White, ivory black, Phthalo blu...

"School Day" - 20"x16" oil on panel - I had fun painting this one!

I really enjoyed painting this school bus. My paintings tend to turn out best if I like the subject I'm painting and that's one reason I never take commissions....

"Spring Cactus" - 11"x14" oil on panel - Painted from my mind

This painting was a real challenge as I didn't use a photo reference. I wanted to use my "artist license" and paint bright colors with my own design that I didn...

"On the Road Again" - 11"x14" oil on panel - Painting I did from a photo I took traveling from Eilat, Israel to Petra, Jordan

On one of my four trips to Israel, I stayed in the resort city of Eilat, Israel on the Red Sea for a few days. On one of those days, I made a one day trip acros...

"Vine Ripened" - 12"x12" oil on panel - I eat lots of tomatoes on my Paleo diet!

I purchased these tomatoes from a local grocery store and took some photos with different lighting and at different angles to later be used as reference for pai...

"Hurricane Irma" - 8"x10" oil on canvas - SOLD within an hour after posting it on Facebook

This painting was SOLD within an hour after I posted it on Facebook to a lady from Melbourne Beach, FL who had just survived Hurricane Irma. It was painted half...

"Austin Symphony" - 20"x20" oil on canvas

I painted "Austin Symphony" in 2015 and it now hangs in my son's home in Austin, TX. He also has my paintings hanging at his law firm, Bradshaw & Bickerton Law ...

"Grandpapa's Lure" - 10"x8" oil on panel - SOLD before it was dry

This painting was sold within an hour after I posted it on Facebook. It wasn't even dry at the time. This makes the fourth time I've sold a painting almost imme...