Original oil paintings are unmistakable. They have “je ne se qua”. The painting is moving and stirring you on an emotional level. You don’t get that feeling with a giclee’ or a lithograph or a digital painting or any other “copy oil painting”.

There are significant advantages for companies exhibiting oil paintings in their offices. Oil Paintings can be powerful expressions of professionalism in the office or home office. Paintings benefit the employees’ environment providing a professional and productive atmosphere, boosting moral, improving interrelationships and “the bottom line”. Creative oil paintings within the work environment create an environmental level of respect thereby increasing work productivity. Quality hand painted original art reinforces and encourages collaboration elevating employees with new insights in difficult times in daily routines. Employees respond with greater creativity, enhanced thought, and most important, motivation. Oil painting colors are mood altering and quality paintings have a soothing effect on employees in times of stress from negative experiences within the workplace.

Purchases of smaller paintings can be a decorative advantage in creating atmosphere in the home or office art gallery. A group of smaller still life paintings may be used on a single wall while another group of landscapes are used for another wall. A larger painting might be surrounded by small paintings of the same artist, subject, or color scheme. Selecting a painting with interesting textures and inviting colors have a positive effect your well being.

Quality handmade abstract paintings benefit children and help them with creativity and imagination. Landscapes work well for living rooms and a large still life in the dining room can accent the dining experience. Bedrooms usually have subject matter that is personal or more intimate.
The color of rooms are very important for balance and a healthy lifestyle. Many findings indicate the use of color and light has been used as health treatments since the beginning of recorded time.  We must take care of our minds and bodies and spiritual needs for good health. There are specific colors that I use in painting to promote a peaceful, calm and balanced environment.

Red is an earth tone and symbolizes steadfastness, courage, loyalty and perseverance. Used in color therapy for circulatory functions.
Orange symbolizes kind heartedness, warm heartedness. Symbolic of the rising sun orange brightens a dull room helping people feel alert and cheery. A color therapy for mental illness and depression.
Yellow symbolizes the sun at the horizon shining in all directions. Creates an environmental impression of detachment and liberation. A color therapy used for metabolism and glandular activity strengthening the nervous system.
Green symbolizes concentration, a harmonizing environmental color making us calm and neutral in a positive sense. A color therapy used to help relax the organs and detoxify the body.
Blue symbolizes the color of peace and very calming and relaxing in a room. A color therapy treatment for many pain conditions, migraines, etc.
Indigo is a sedative cooling color for the mind and is a color therapy treatment for addiction.
Violet - is a another tranquil soothing color. A color therapy treatment for relaxing muscles and calming the nervous system.

Oil paintings are very important in our daily lives. We gaze at them and dream. Fine art paintings are a resting place for our minds. They are islands of serenity for weary travelers and vehicles of peace, calm, and balance. This is why I like to paint. I will be happy to work with you in designing your own oil painting for you or someone that will benefit from an artist who paints positive subjects in peaceful settings. Please view our gallery of current work or contact us. Our on-line art gallery is based in the Napa Valley wine country near San Francisco CA and we ship worldwide.