My main medium is oils, using an Italian glazing technique, which is achieved through painting thin layers of color, using a very limited palette of only seven or eight basic colors.  I use Winsor Newton oil painting products to create these paintings.  The paintings have a unified look using the limited palette of colors, mixed in infinite combinations. Complementary colors, colors that are opposite the true colors on the color wheel are used in the first layer of the painting. Then mid-tone colors are added, using liquin, a gel medium that thins the oils and speeds the drying process to only a few hours. The first layer of complementary colors peek through the final top layer of the painting so both complementary colors are visible, creating a contiguous edge.  This contiguous edge makes the colors "vibrate" with movement,  creating dramatic depth and realism. In different lighting, the appearance of this art varies subtly. Customers are curiously drawn  to take a closer look at these oil paintings wherever it is exhibited.

"Bearly Seen", 16"x20" by Vi Eastman

Watercolor is a fairly new medium for me, since 1999.     Since then, I have studied with different watercolor artists to get a feel for watercolors as a medium, and have not yet settled on a particular style or subject as yet.  I use Winsor Newton watercolors, and other exceptional quality watercolor products to create these paintings. The watercolor media allows more freedom in rendering a wider variety of subjects from a very loose style to very detailed.  Most of the watercolor art is done on 140-lb watercolor paper, and occasionally on 300-lb watercolor paper.

"Maternal Moose", 18"x25" by Vi Eastman