Paul Hermann

Blog and News

May 2022

 

Recent artworks:

I like doing these 2 color paintings, I can focus on value only.  I made my own Sepia black color for this, and used raw titanium for the white.

Deep Gray - Paul Hermann. 24 x 20 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2022. By Paul Hermann.
Deep Gray – Paul Hermann. 24 x 20 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2022. By Paul Hermann.
Violet in Black and White. 18 x 24 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2022. By Paul Hermann.
Violet in Black and White. 18 x 24 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2022. By Paul Hermann.

These are some digital drawings that are done in Procreate on an Ipad.  On my instagram, you can watch the timelapse animation of their creation.

Violet 01. Procreate digital drawing, 2021. By Paul Hermann.
Violet 01. Procreate digital drawing, 2021. By Paul Hermann.
Violet 02. Procreate digital drawing, 2021. By Paul Hermann.
Violet 02. Procreate digital drawing, 2021. By Paul Hermann.
Sveet Cheeks 01. Procreate digital drawing, 2021. By Paul Hermann.
Sveet Cheeks 01. Procreate digital drawing, 2021. By Paul Hermann.

I did one Citiscape painting early in 2021:

View of Sutro From Roosevelt Way. 24 x 18 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2021. By Paul Hermann.
View of Sutro From Roosevelt Way. 24 x 18 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2021. By Paul Hermann.

This painting is an homage to the Manet painting ‘A Bar at the Folies-Bergère’.  It is a bar in a small California town.

A Bar In Westwood California. 30 x 30 inches, oil on canvas, 2022. By Paul Hermann.
A Bar In Westwood California. 30 x 30 inches, oil on canvas, 2022. By Paul Hermann.

And 2 more paintings of my muse:

Portrait of Violet. 18 x 14 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2021. By Paul Hermann.
Portrait of Violet. 18 x 14 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2021. By Paul Hermann.
Alone In Red. 16 x 12 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2021. By Paul Hermann.
Alone In Red. 16 x 12 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2021. By Paul Hermann.

January 2021

 

My annual self portrait:

Self Portrait 2020. 12 x 9 inches, Oil on canvas panel, 2020.
Self Portrait 2020. 12 x 9 inches, Oil on canvas panel, 2020.

My final painting of 2020, seemed appropriate:

Middle Finger. 8 x 6 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2020. By Paul Hermann.
Middle Finger. 8 x 6 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2020. By Paul Hermann.

This is from the fall, vacationing covid style:

Pool Side Palm Springs. 10 x 8 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2020. By Paul Hermann.
Pool Side Palm Springs. 10 x 8 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2020. By Paul Hermann.

October part II 2020

 

I havn’t posted twice in one one month in a long time…

Triangulated Body 2. 9 x 12 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2020. By Paul Hermann.
Triangulated Body 2. 9 x 12 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2020. By Paul Hermann.

I limited the palette colors, focusing on low chroma and correct values.  And trying to simplify drawing.

October 2020

 

I am really diggin’ the metal band: Spirit Box.  The singer: Courtney Leblanc did a one take vocal of the song: Force The Rule of Nines on Youtube.  These paintings are from that.  The heavy part and mellow part.

Force the Rule of Nines. Oil on canvas, 10 x 8 inches, 2020. By Paul Hermann.
Force the Rule of Nines. Oil on canvas panel, 10 x 8 inches, 2020. By Paul Hermann.
I Had a Dream of Schism. Oil on canvas, 10 x 8 inches, 2020. By Paul Hermann.
I Had a Dream of Schism. Oil on canvas panel, 10 x 8 inches, 2020. By Paul Hermann.

Another nude figure painting I have been working on:

Violet In Grey. Oil on canvas, 30 x 20 inches, 2020. By Paul Hermann.
Violet In Grey. Oil on canvas, 30 x 20 inches, 2020. By Paul Hermann.

August 2020

 

Still painting a lot! (don’t let my output fool you) I paint everyday!  Representational painting has a way of pointing out that the more you know the more you really don’t know.

Figurehead. 20 x 16 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2020. By Paul Hermann.
Figurehead. 20 x 16 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2020. By Paul Hermann.

Did some Plein air painting in June.  Quite happy that my studio painting practice works “en plein air” (painting outdoors in fleeting lighting conditions).

The Property. 10 x 10 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2020. By Paul Hermann.
The Property. 10 x 10 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2020. By Paul Hermann.
Japanese Maple Island. 8 x 6 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2020. By Paul Hermann.
Japanese Maple Island. 8 x 6 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2020. By Paul Hermann.
Small Apples. 10 x 8 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2020. By Paul Hermann.
Small Apples. 8 x 6 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2020. By Paul Hermann.
Pool House and Pond. 10 x 8 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2020. By Paul Hermann.
Pool House and Pond. 10 x 8 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2020. By Paul Hermann.
Japanese Maple Island 2. 6 x 8 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2020. By Paul Hermann.
Japanese Maple Island 2. 6 x 8 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2020. By Paul Hermann.

 

May 2020

 
Feeling Blue In Red. 22x22 inches,oil on canvas, 2020. By Paul Hermann.
Feeling Blue In Red. 22×22 inches,oil on canvas, 2020. By Paul Hermann.
Triangulated Body. 16x13 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2020. By Paul Hermann.
Triangulated Body. 16×13 inches, oil on canvas panel, 2020. By Paul Hermann.

January 2020

 
Nude Stance. 24 x 12 inches, oil on canvas, 2019. By Paul Hermann.

December 2019

 

Some new “Nude Not Naked” paintings.

Surpentine Torso. 36 x 24 inches, oil on stretched canvas, 2019. By Paul Hermann.
Surpentine Torso. 36 x 24 inches, oil on stretched canvas, 2019. By Paul Hermann.
Cold Wall. 20 x 16 inches, oil on stretched canvas, 2019. By Paul Hermann.
Cold Wall. 20 x 16 inches, oil on stretched canvas, 2019. By Paul Hermann.

July 2019

 

Latest in Nude Not Naked series:

Naked Disbelief. Oil on stretched canvas, 24 x 24 inches, 2019. By Paul Hermann.
Naked Disbelief. Oil on stretched canvas, 24 x 24 inches, 2019. By Paul Hermann.

May 2019

 

I am tackling the figure now.  Here are 2 of my latest paintings:

Nude Not Naked #1. Oil on canvas board, 20 x 16 inches, 2019. By Paul Hermann.
Nude Not Naked #1. Oil on canvas board, 20 x 16 inches, 2019. By Paul Hermann.

The Struggle a Self Portrait 2019-By Paul Hermann
The Struggle, a Self Portrait 2019. Oil on canvas board, 20 x 16, 2019. By Paul Hermann.

 

x