"Gravity" By Claudio Aguillon

This is another painting of my series of abstract landscapes. A very simple landscape, but even in such simplicity the forces of nature are present.

"Solitude" by Claudio Aguillon

I have felt a certain type of loneliness at the end of the day when I am far away from home. In this painting I try to capture that feeling of melancholy.

"Alone After Sunset" By Claudio Aguillon

This is a painting where I go back to one of my favorite subject. I love to paint landscapes. I enjoy taking the painting to that  middle ground, between realist and abstract. I LOVE  big open spaces.

Two Colorful Apples by Claudio Aguillon

My painting of two apples painted a little more intense colors than I normally use.

Texas Hill Country dirt road By Claudio Aguillon

This are the colors of spring in the Texas Hill Country.

Painting of Fig by Claudio Aguillon

One of the many wonderful treats about summer is being able to pick a fig off your tree. Luckily here in San Antonio it has been a rainy year and we are getting a good crop of figs in this year. Have I mentioned they are on of my favorite fruits, they are right up there with pomegranates.

La gloria Airport Mural By Claudio Aguillon

La Gloria Restaurant opened at the San Antonio international airport July 8th, and just as the original restaurant at the Pearl Brewery people will be able to enjoy a another very colorful mural. Its central theme being aviation, and the ties between Mexico and San Antonio.

drawing of a cow resting

I drew this cow in a recent trip to my hometown in Mexico.

my nephews friend being silly

My nephew Raul asked me if I could sketch a picture from his phone of his friend.

San Jose Mission at a Distance

I painted  this  landscape on site near Cotulla,  and later at the studio added the San Jose Mission from San Antonio. I wonder what the mission would have looked without streets and buildings that surround then in present day San Antonio TX.

Large Oak by Barn

I think many times I made the assertion specially as a younger person, that I would never paint bluebonnets. ...and here I am painting bluebonnets. I think in my college days we made fun of bluebonnet paintings. Well, at this point, I don't really care what my colleagues think. Now a days
 I find myself studying the elusive dusty color of the foliage in the oaks and admire all those painters that have been able to  capture it. I have been looking at the paintings of great Texas painter Porfirio Salinas

Bread Bakers at Work

This is one of the sketches from a wonderful bakery, Broadway Daily Bread in San Antonio Texas.
The owner Chris, was amazingly generous to allow me to sketch there. I will post the rest of the sketches in the next few days.

Cows Resting

I have witness this scene some many times and I always wanted to paint it. I finally did, and I think it was mostly by mistake or by chance. I actually painted the tree and the background and then I said I think this needs some cows.

Mission Espada painted Feb.2013

This is the final product. It was so much fun to paint. Two outdoor painting trips this week. I'm so proud of myself.

San Jose Mission, plein air painting

The weather has been so wonderful here this past few days that I couldn't make anymore excuses to not  go out and paint.  So I decided to go to my favorite place, The San Jose Mission in San Antonio, TX.

San Jose Mission beyond the oak trees

This is a painting painted on location from outside the mission compound in San Antonio, with the oak trees in the foreground partially blocking the structure.

Traveling by Bus

 

When I travel by bus to Mexico this images of distant trees stick in my mind. 

tranquil landscape

This is a landscape that I painted with very gentle colors but if you look close there is a lot of exciting things going on. there is an underpainting in red that comes through her and there and the texture is also kind of fun.

Copper Oaks

pomegranate trio

I decided to paint three pomegranates again these time in a more dramatic light. I'm  really satisfied with the result. I think I'm going to try something similar in my next painting.