“Angel and demon” fantasy oil painting

Initial thoughts The idea of “Angel and demon” appears at the moment I found this reference photo. Two tigers fight. One could be white with angel wings, the other could be black with demon snake tail. The feathered wings come from mythical creature Griffin. And the snake tail comes from another mythical creature Chimera. Interesting […]

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Fantasy oil painting “Miniature horse”

Initial thoughts The author of sci-fiction “Three Body Problem”, Liu, Cixin (刘慈欣) also has written many other fictions. One of them mentioned a miniature Pegasus that was created by a biologist. The miniature Pegasus could run on a desk and ate fruits. I like this idea. It has been over a decade since the first […]

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Fantasy oil painting “Encounter brown bear and grey wolf”

Initial thoughts The general idea of bear and wolf meeting each other started with movie “The Call of The Wild (2020)”. When Buck (the dog) became the leader of the wolf pack, he scared away the brown bear which used to terrify the wolves. It was a nice scene and I saved a screenshot. ⬇ […]

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2023 Relaxation small oil painting series (2)

Previous post 2023 RELAXATION SMALL OIL PAINTING SERIES (1) Snowy stream This one can be considered as another landscape study. I like the color of reflection on water surface. But I try not to paint every tiny branches of those trees. Fig salads I love fig. I’ve heard “fig” fruit since I was little. But […]

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Fantasy oil painting “Ram skull waterfall”

Initial thoughts I was thinking something about ram skull. I painted it before in 2018 and loved it. However this time I didn’t want to do the still life again. I was looking for something unusual but also peaceful. Although the skull was from a dead creature, it didn’t have to be gloomy or desperate. […]

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Fantasy oil painting “Blue serpent and glowing eggs”

Initial thoughts This concept started with eggs. I wanted to paint some golden eggs. Then I thought glowing golden eggs could be more interesting. Next, eggs should be in nest. To make a story scene I prepared a snake around the nest so it had some tension between these two parties. However, I was not […]

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Fantasy oil painting “Royal couple black and white swan”

Initial thoughts There are pair of white swan and pair of black swan. Why not one white swan and one black swan? In “Swan lake”, white swan is princess and black swan is evil. Why black swan has to be evil all the time? I am going to give the black swan a royal crown […]

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Fantasy oil painting “Underwater ruin”

Initial thoughts It starts with movie “Godzilla: King of the monsters”. I was amazed when the submarine dived down deep and discovered ancient architecture. The scene is extraordinary and beautiful. It is ancient architecture underwater with modern submarine. It is my favorite color palette, blue vs orange. Despite the movie’s story line and some acting […]

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2023 Relaxation small oil painting series (1)

Initial thoughts When I planned my fantasy art sketches, I also planned several smaller size paintings in order to balance the fatigue of larger size oil paintings. The goal for these smaller size paintings is relaxation. The color palette is simple. The brush stroke is loose and details are limited. I prepared five of them. […]

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Fantasy oil painting “Bee house”

Initial thoughts The idea comes from Bug hotel. Although I am not a fan of bugs, I think this idea is cute and brilliant. So I made a house for bees. The house has no perfect straight-line. It looks crooked, unregulated. It is made of clay and wood pieces. The bee house only has windows, […]

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