
Colin Schildhauer's Explorations of Sea & Land

Available 16x20" (oil on canvas) 2024

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Available 14x18" (oil on canvas board) 2024

Available 12x21.5" (oil on canvas) 2023

SOLD 18x20" (oil on canvas board) 2023

Available 16x20 (oil on canvas) 2023

SOLD As the sun rays became wedged between the distant clouds and the horizon they intensified. The wavelengths were long and warm, and as they reached my eyes the bluffs vibrated before my easel.

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SOLD In the dead of winter the days are short. To balance painting and work means getting out there before sun break, or whipping out to the hills just before sunset to meditate deliquescing light. this particular morning I was up before the cows, and as the hills defrosted they became subsumed with an orange glow.

Available 16x20 (oil on canvas board) 2023

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Available 22x33" (oil on board) 2023

SOLD 20x16 (oil on canvas) That short-lived evening light when all glows warm.

Available 10x8 (oil on canvas)

SOLD 16x12 (oil on canvas)

16x20 (oil on canvas)

16x20 (oil on canvas) There's something stoic about sea stacks. It might be the fact that they were once connected to the bluffs, and that after the ocean's relentless crashing waves against they form a natural bridge. The bridge keeps them connected to their roots, but the ocean swells persist. They hold their grasp until their collapse, standing tall before the setting sun.

SOLD 20x16 (oil on canvas)2018 The hazy sky transmitted the morning light in a rippling effect, shimmering gold immersed the Gaviota Coastline.

SOLD 20x16 (oil on canvas) 2017 This nocturne was painted under the light of the December 2017 Supermoon.

20X16 (oil on canvas) Shark Fin Cove is named after the sedimentary precipice that towers over the crashing waves. It has a beautiful little beach to enjoy lunch and take dip in the emerald green water.

SOLD 16x20 (oil on canvas) 2018

SOLD 10X8 (oil on canvas) This particular sunset was a tangerine orange. The clouds stratified the light as day turned into night.

SOLD 8x10 (oil on canvas) 2018

SOLD 8x10 (oil on canvas) 2018

SOLD 24x18 (oil on canvas)

24X16 (oil on canvas) Naples is a hidden gem with beautiful views of the Gaviota coastline. While traversing pastures of livestock and open fields, I often hit the Naples trail, binoculars in hand, searching for birds. This particular day a turkey vulture rode a thermal just before my easel.

24X16 (oil on canvas) I made this painting at Jalama Beach moments before rain started pouring down. Painting oils in water becomes an impossible task, so I packed up my gear and headed out for a surf. The lone fisherman stayed in the breakers patiently waiting for a bite.

SOLD 9x12 (oil on canvas board) Autumn brings some of Goleta's most vivid sunsets. There's something about the brisk evening air, and foreshadowing of winter that for me evokes a feeling of peace and tranquility.

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SOLD 18x24 (oil on canvas)