Ripple Effect

I decided to break out my old pencil rendering skills and see what I could come up with for this new card. When I first started out making art I only drew with graphite for years. I swore back then that I was happy drawing super realism in black and white and didn't have the desire to dabble in color or paint... I find that very funny now. It turns out that I love painting more than anything, and drawing in pencil is more tedious than I remember, but still enjoyable. I'm glad that I can combine my pencil work with my digital painting like above. So I used color pencil (who needs erasers?), scanned and combined the two drawings in photoshop, then digitally colored.

See the meaning of this card and others at: Intimacy Without Responsibility -The Conscious Evolution of Love  facebook page

Aaron's Girls

the latest commission... I combined my beach painting style with my portraiture painting. It's probably one of the largest paintings I've done so far... 20x36" (I don't normally paint very big)

oil on canvas 20x36"

©Sam Nagel

available for commissions, email me at: sam_sgn@hotmail.com

Waves Mini Series

I had to come up with something fast for my submission for an exhibit coming up this April. Last summer I did a small watercolor painting of a big wave and swirling sun called "Facing East" and it has been very popular, so I wanted to try it in oil and much bigger.

top: "Morning High Tide"
bottom: "Big Wave"
20x24" oil on canvas $495 each (discount if you want both... ask me)
sam_sgn@hotmail.com

The Rain is Getting Closer

I'm working on a series of these. This is the third one so far, and a bit larger than last time. I do love florida weather, especially the afternoon thunderstorms - the way they build in ominous plumes, swirling up the wind sweeping away stagnant air right before the down pour... mother nature's AC in the hot summer heat.

18x24" oil on canvas $495.00

prints (matted):
8x10" $15
11x14" $25

inquire by email: sam_sgn@hotmail.com

Beach continued...

There is something about rain clouds that I love... Florida's mountains.

14x18" oil on canvas $395.00

prints (matted):
8x10" $15
11x14" $25

inquire by email: sam_sgn@hotmail.com

Jensen Beach

This is an oil painting of the coast on Hutchinson Island in Jensen Beach, FL. I went out last week and shot some photos on the beach, something simple, but I loved the clouds and the sharp waves cutting out of the glassy calm water; quite beautiful. I haven't touched oils since I finished my senior project back in April, and OMG it feels sooooo good to paint with them again. Truly it is my favorite medium. During the last four months I've only been working in watercolors and I think it has loosened me up a bit somehow with the oils... which doesn't make sense. Watercolor is a much more tight and restrictive technique and requires the planning that I oh so love to ignore. But somehow I really felt the difference and enjoyed this painting completely.

14x18" oil on canvas (sold)

prints (matted):
8x10" $15
11x14" $25

inquire by email: sam_sgn@hotmail.com

"Saturday Morning" and "Facing East"

"Saturday Morning"

"Facing East"



All artwork is for sale. Originals are 9x12" watercolor,
in a 14x18" frame. $350 each.
8x10" matted prints $15
11x14" matted prints $25

please inquire at sam_sgn@hotmail.com