Paul Charlton - Paintings

I won the grand prize with this painting for the 2009 C2D ( Charlottesville in 2-Dimensions) art exhibit. The theme for that year's show was " Charlottesville, A Multicultural Community. 50 Years Since School Desegregation." Acrylic painting on paper, 10.5" x 12.5"

Acrylic painting on paper, 9" x 15"

Acrylic painting on stretched canvas, 20 x 16"

A painting I did in a workshop (I made up the stuff about a ferry). Acrylic painting on paper, 19 x 36"

Acrylic painting on paper, 8 x 11"

  Oil painting on stretched canvas, 24 x 36"

A drawing I made for an art exhibit I participated in with my mother and sister. The exhibit was at Caffe Bocce in Scottsville, Virginia. We covered the big brick walls of the restaurant with a wide variety of paintings - lots of fun. Ink on paper, 6 x 9"

A large painting I made in college. After a hiatus of 20 years, I returned to painting and attended a few painting workshops. I brought along what remained of the black and white paint tubes I used for this painting. I was surprised to find I could still use the paint ... I'm glad I put the tube caps on tightly! Acrylic painting on stretched canvas, 36 x 48''

I took a trip to Belgium years ago. I kept a journal on the trip and made a small illustration for the top of each day's entry. This is the illustration for a day we toured World War I battlefields around Ypres. I tried to convey the horrible loss and desolation of that war at that place - and, more broadly, war in general. This image is of a larger painting I made from that illustration for an art exhibit with the theme of peace. Acrylic painting on stretched canvas, 12 x 40"

I picked these flowers on a walk I took near the beach last year. Watercolor on paper, 10 x 6.5"

A single pear. Oil painting on canvas board, 8 x 6"

A journal and pens ready to be used. Oil painting on canvas board, 6 x 8"

Here's the second version of the scene I painted last week. Oil painting on cradled panel, 6 x 8"

I painted two versions of this scene from a photograph. I'll post the second version later. Oil painting on cradled panel, 6 x 6"

A loose sketch of an observer. Oil painting on canvas board, 8 x 6"

 Thought I'd paint something industrial for a change. Oil painting on cradled panel, 8 x 6"

Colorful bands in a painting I keep propped up on a table in my studio. Acrylic painting on stretched canvas, 36 x 24"

Abstract of fading light at the end of the day. Oil painting on canvas board, 6 x 8"

A painting I made from a photograph I like by Lewis Hines. Acrylic painting on stretched canvas, 16 x 20" 

The model failed to show one night for our life painting session, so we painted the empty chair instead. Oil painting on stretched canvas, 12 x 9"

A dock seen from above. Oil painting on stretched canvas, 12 x 12"

A spoon for the March Hare if he stops by for tea. Oil painting on cradled panel, 6 x 8"

From a car or a train, I've always enjoyed watching the illuminated houses pass by in the night. Oil painting on stretched canvas, 24 x 18"

Stormy sea... or a tempest in a teapot? A tiny painting of a rough sea. Acrylic painting on stretched canvase, 3 x 5"

A quiet day on a back section of a farm Oil painting on stretched canvas, 12 x 17"

  Relaxing in the sun Oil painting on stretched canvas, 12 x 9"

Off to the beach - both the bird and me. I'll be there for a week, but the bird will stay on longer. Oil painting on cradled panel, 8 x 6"

Shapes and light from the view - colors from my palette. Fun to mix them up. Acrylic painting on stretched canvas, 12 x 24"

Late afternoon light through a window in my studio created strong shadows. Oil painting on cradled panel, 8 x 6"

I've always tended towards painting in a graphic or design oriented style. More recently I've taken a more representational approach to my painting and I like it, but I think I'll continue painting the graphic ones as well. Here's a painting I had fun with from years past. Oil painting on stretched canvas, 16 x 20"

The model at the life painting session was actually a very friendly person, but somehow he looks mean the way I painted him. Oil painting on stretched canvas, 10 x 14"

A quick, loose sketch of a tree. Acrylic painting on paper, 12 x 9"

I enjoy driving through an area that I don't know and guessing what will be around the next bend. I think I thought of that when I started this painting and then had fun working with the different shapes and colors. Oil painting on paper, 10.5 x 18"

This is my entry for another Daily Paintworks challenge: Paint a Path   Oil painting on panel, 6 x 6"  

Resting after a long walk with Sparky (clever name for a dog, eh?). Oil painting on stretched canvas, 9 x 12"

A weed that grew fast and riotously near my house. Oil painting on cradled panel, 6 x 8"

A colorful Landscape of a pond in a field with a mountain ridge behind. Acrylic painting on stretched canvas, 24 x 36"