Michael Kantor

@clairevhill The English countryside sure does look beautiful.

Lovely walk today through a wild garlic wood 🌱#PurnellsBrook #Knowle #Churchyard

Thank you so much for you comment! And I'm certain that I don't sell them, the hassle of selling tiny paintings like this is surely not worth the money I'd get for them. If enough people follow me, and I could produce a slightly bigger painting a few times a week, and sell them for $200 each, then maybe it would make sense.

@MichaelArtist4 Gosh, I love this one! Good thing the fickle algorithm has you showing up in my feed!😀👍👊 I'm 15 min from the weeki wachee coast-this captures it perfectly! Are you sure you don't sell these?😀😁1st dibbs!

"Tiny Florida Landscape #3" 🌴 2.5 x 3.5 inch oil painting on paper. My theory is that in these days of realistic computer-generated images from text prompts, people are responding to analog paintings like mine that look slightly amateurish, because they have a more human look.

@TheresaFitton1 Awesome! I’ll remember the tip about starting with ink.

@MichaelArtist4 Thank you 🥀 I find they work best on an ink wash..well that’s how I use them 🥀

Summer Is Coming Oil Pastel #artistinX #contemporaryart #OilPastel

@JanKreibach Thanks again. It’s kind of impossible to get a lot of detail into a painting this tiny. At least not with thick oil paint and textured paper.

@MichaelArtist4 In my mind contrasts make a picture livid. Combined with a reduced amount of colors and it is a recipe for a good picture. And I think these pictures work well. Not habing too much details also helps.

@JanKreibach Thank you very much! I admit that I have been intentionally trying to do a better job of creating compositions and color contrasts that will work well on social media.

@MichaelArtist4 And in addition, this one is extremely well composed. Everything fits together and works with the basic desire of orientation. Most people don‘t analyze pictures, but they feel it.

@JimMusilPainter Ah! The good old days of driving around the California coast in … whatever that vehicle is 🙂

My painting MORRO BAY DRIVE

@0903itokin 職場きれいすぎる！ そんなところで働けたら最高だな〜羨ましいわー

仕事場から観える風景描きました🖍️ #クレパス　#オイルパステル

@ggioiamelissa @j_elliot_art Yes, I remember Pearl, including the original Pearl on Canal Street in Manhattan, plus I've shopped at three of their satellite stores. But they were already in a state of decline by the turn of the century.

@MichaelArtist4 @j_elliot_art Jerry’s is good too: Anyone remember Pearl Paint? That was an awesome art store

Favorite friends

@j_elliot_art @ggioiamelissa What about Jerry's?

@ggioiamelissa @MichaelArtist4 yes indeed, they know me well

@murphy_tjm8286 Thank you very much, Mr. Murphy! (I once had a law professor named Murphy.)

@MichaelArtist4 This is really good!

"Tiny Florida Landscape #2"🌴 2.5 x 3.5 inch oil painting on paper. I love using this "Canson Canva-Paper" for these tiny paintings. The texture is nice but subtle. I think it photographs very well. The French really know their paper. Do any other artists use it?

@BPArtUK It looks like Florida. Are those palm trees on the left?

artbybrianstore.etsy.com/listing/173960… Sale for McMillan Charity spring sale 25% off across the shop

@ftyre76 I played that game a very long time ago, before it was cool.

Roll for creativity. Every session starts somewhere — this one started with a handful of dice and a red background that refused to be ignored.

@shio_watercolor アメリカから見てます！ 水彩画どれも大好きだよ〜 これからも素敵な絵描いてね！

#PleinAirpril 𝐃𝐚𝐲13 庭の木に来ていた🕊️🕊️ #透明水彩 #watercolor #sketch

@ArtFromTheShed Yeah, acrylics sound hard without how fast they dry. I like to mix a color, and then come back to it a few hours later.

I'm working on two pieces where I'm not throwing the rainbow at them, but like you (and because I work mainly in acrylics) I try to use straight from the tube otherwise it's wasted. No thanks required. It's hard to get traction on here. Supporting other artists helps (when the algorithm sends them, that is!) 😊

I'm absolutely over the moon to share that this oil on canvas I posted on here several months ago (and which got 3 likes on here) has received 1000 likes in just a few weeks on another platform. This means a great deal to me and people like me. We work alone, we don't know whether we are getting it right. We don't know whether people can see the time it takes to create a piece or the courage it takes to put it out there. Feedback, any kind, matters. Find your people, even if it's on another platform. Encouragement fuels creative growth. #art #oilpainting #selftaughtartist #wutheringheights #topwithins #artist #artistsonx #artista

@debanjana05 So glad to hear from a fellow user of Canson canvas paper! Thanks for your nice comment.

@MichaelArtist4 I am using it and love it!! Lovely work, Michael!

@ArtFromTheShed Thank you for your very nice comment! I think I have quit the limited palettes, nobody appreciates paintings done like that except for other artists using limited palettes. My new motto is to use whatever tube of color I can find that will make my life easier. 😀

I've only just seen this, Michael so my apologies for the late reply. Your art is incredible, so evocative, and I note you have used a limited colour palette too on some. You are extremely talented 👏 I started 4 years ago, self taught with an odd class here and there. I'm all over the place in style and subject but enjoying having a go. I'll check out your new work as you post it 😊

@RClaremont Ah, I miss the good old days when houses were built with hallways. Hallways are great places to hang paintings.

Hallways are basically the punctuation marks of a house. Not the main event. Not even a proper sentence. Just a pause, a turn, a small change of direction. Which is probably why I like them. “Temporary Arrangement”, 35X45cm. #corridorphilosophy #accidentalarchitecture