Sold!

SOLD! My painting, "Where the Buffalo Roam", 24"x30", oil on linen, sold this past week for $3,600!

Just in case you didn't see my last posting, I will be raising the prices of my paintings sometime after January 1st, 2013. My prices have been consistent for the past few years, and everyone from gallery owners to artists, and even collectors keep telling me my paintings are underpriced. The national awards I have won and magazine editorials on my work also lead to this conclusion. If you have had your eye on a painting, now is the time to buy. There is still time to ship before Christmas. Go to my website www.jasontako.com to see what is available.

2 Seats Left and Price Increases!

Evening Sheep, oil on linen panel, 11"x14" contact Bucks County Gallery of Fine Art 215-862-5272

I hope that all is well and that everyone is enjoying the approaching of the Christmas and Hannukah season. Collectors and fans of my work will be interested in knowing that I will be raising the prices of my paintings sometime after January 1st, 2013. While my prices have been consistent for a number of years now, I have been told over and over again by artists, gallery owners and collectors that my work is more valuable than what I'm pricing it for. I have also won numerous national awards over the past couple years and had editorials in several national art publications. If you would like to add one of my paintings to your collection, there is still time before the price increase happens. You can go to my website www.jasontako.com, or to my blog www.weeklyoilpainting.blogspot.com/ to see the paintings that are available. My infant son was in the hospital for the last eight months, but now that we are all home again, I will be working on fresh body of new paintings that I'm very excited about creating.

I just got the news yesterday that there are only 2 spaces left for my Wildlife Painting Workshop at the York Art Association which starts January 9th and runs every Wednesday 9am-Noon through March 6th. More information is available at this link: http://yorkartassociation.org/YAA/classes/winter-2013-adult-classes/

Landscape Painting Workshop at Art & Soul

I will be doing another landscape painting workshop this coming spring at Art & Soul Gallery in Lemoyne, PA. The details still need to be worked out, but it will most likely be the third week of March. The workshop I taught at Art & Soul last spring went over really well, and all the students walked away very pleased, with a good amount of knowledge to help them improve and become better painters. The only complain I heard was that they wished the workshop would have been longer. This workshop will be longer and more intense. Keep posted for more details or contact Lyn at Art & Soul 717-761-1270. Space will be limited so call soon.

Wildlife Art Classes by Jason Tako

Wildlife Art Classes by Jason Tako I will be teaching Wildlife Art Classes at the York Art Association, in York, PA, starting January, 2013. Classes will be every Wednesday morning starting January 9th and will run for 7 weeks. The York Art Association still has not posted it on their website yet, but I wanted you, my loyal blog followers, to be in the loop. If you are interested, please contact me for details or call the York Art Association at 717-755-0028. Hope to see you there!

Landscape Painting Workshop

Landscape Painting Workshop at the Prestigious Easton Studio and School. Are you looking to sharpen your painting skills be it in the studio or en plein air? After reading a lot of books and hearing numerous theories, are you still confused as to how to apply these concepts to create beautiful paintings? Then join me this coming April 26-28, 2013 for an intense three day landscape painting workshop at the Easton Studio and School in beautiful Easton, Maryland. I'll help you cut through all the clutter and confusion and show you the fundamentals of solid landscape painting and how these concepts can help you develop your own style. There will be lectures, demonstrations of the concepts, critiques, tips on how to continue to grow as an artist, and you will create your own painting using the concepts you have learned. The cost is $400.00 per student. We will meet each day from 9am-4pm with a lunch break. Space is limited so hurry and sign up. Go to http://www.eastonstudioandschool.com/Workshops.html or contact me at luke_tako@yahoo.com for more information.

Waterfowl Festival this November 9-11

I will be exhibiting some of my latest work at the Waterfowl Festival in Easton, Maryland this November 9-11. If you are a lover of wildlife and landscape art, or an outdoor enthusiast, then the Waterfowl Festival is the place for you. Some of the top wildlife and landscape artists will be exhibiting their work there. Please mark your calendars for this great event. http://www.waterfowlfestival.org/

Evening Sheep, oil on linen panel, 11"x14"

During a plein air event in Vermont, I saw this barn and had to paint it. It was not yet sunset but the mountain behind me had long since blocked the sun from this scene. Given this limitation, I decided to leave out any livestock and focus in getting the barn and the hills in. I was fairly happy with the painting and decided to exhibit it during the competition. While it received good reviews I felt it still needed something else to make it an even better painting.

I brought the painting home and showed it to my wife Becky and expressed my thoughts. She looked at it, and after some contemplation said it needed some sheep. I then remembered how I had thought of putting sheep in but let go of the idea due to the rapidly diminishing light. Within a few minutes I had carefully blocked in the sheep and was very pleased with the results. My beautiful wife has saved more than a few paintings over the years.

Like most of my paintings, this one was painted with a limited palette of Cadmium Lemon, Cadmium Red, Ultramarine Blue and Titanium White, applied to Belgium Linen mounted on a laminated birch wood panel, materials of the highest museum-grade archival quality. The bulk of the painting was completed en plein air in about an hour and a half. Minor adjustments, as well as the sheep were added later in the studio. The hills of Vermont are filled with beauty and a feeling of simpler times long past, as this painting forever captures.

Evening Sheep
Oil on linen panel, 11"x14"
$890.00. Contact Bucks County Gallery of Fine Art to inquire 215-862-5272.