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Just Keep Painting
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Shane Rebenschied
Illustrator, Painter, Artist
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Just Keep Painting @justkeeppainting.bsky.social · Jul 18
Whew. This one has taken awhile.

"The Congregation on Cuba Street"
24" x 12" (61 cm x 30.5 cm) on gessoed muslin on board.
Prints coming soon. Original will be submitted to Birds in Art
#fineart #oilpainting #wellington #newzealand #cubastreet #pigeons #birds #building #painting #artist #art #city
Oil painting of the front of a building with ornate columns and many windows. The windows are reflecting the blue sky and the building has a warm, yellowish face. Pigeons are sitting on the various overhangs of the building and several are flying through the scene. The painting is a wide, landscape orientation.
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"Cherries on Top"
8"x6" (203mm x 152mm) oil on gessoed muslin on wood panel.
Available on my Etsy store (link in bio).

#painting #oilpainting #fineart #summer #cherries #bowlofcherries #pottery #fruit #art #artist
Painting of a teal-colored bowl, viewed from above, containing a handful of bright red cherries. The green stems from the cherries point in various directions. Half the bowl, and many of the cherries, are in shadow, while the other half is bright teal in the light.
September 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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6"x8" (152mm x 203mm) oil on gessoed muslin on wood panel.
Private collection.

Study for this larger painting: bsky.app/profile/just...

#painting #oilpainting #fineart #artist #landscapepainting #ocean #oceanpainting #waves #child #play #atthebeach #reflection #water #newzealand
Oil painting of a boy, seen from behind, standing on a rock and holding a piece of driftwood. The boy is toward the top of the composition and behind him are rolling waves. In the bottom half of the composition is water reflecting the pinks and blues of the sky.
August 6, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Whew. This one has taken awhile.

"The Congregation on Cuba Street"
24" x 12" (61 cm x 30.5 cm) on gessoed muslin on board.
Prints coming soon. Original will be submitted to Birds in Art
#fineart #oilpainting #wellington #newzealand #cubastreet #pigeons #birds #building #painting #artist #art #city
Oil painting of the front of a building with ornate columns and many windows. The windows are reflecting the blue sky and the building has a warm, yellowish face. Pigeons are sitting on the various overhangs of the building and several are flying through the scene. The painting is a wide, landscape orientation.
July 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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A couple of my flower paintings from awhile back.
6"x8" (152mm x 203mm) oil on gessoed muslin on wood panel.
Private collection.

#painting #oilpainting #fineart #artist #newzealand #flower #flowers #nature #flowerpainting #smellsgood #beautiful #watchoutforthethorns
Oil painting of a white rose flower, painted in cool blues and warm highlights. The flower is in the top half of the painting and below it are deep greens of leaves and branches. Oil painting of a beautiful orange rose. The rose is in the top half of the composition and deep greens of leaves and stem are below it.
July 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Martins Bay, NZ
8"x6" (203mm x 152mm) oil on gessoed muslin on wood panel.
Private collection.

#painting #landscape #landscapepainting #oilpainting #art #artist #newzealand #sunset #goldenhour #sunsetclouds #pacific #southpacific #ocean #faraway
Oil painting of a sunset landscape, just minutes before the sun sets and the clouds lose their golden orange light. At the bottom of the composition is a jutting peninsula and small islands, painted in dark muted tones. Above it are cool blue clouds and, higher up, clouds still catching the sun and are orange and yellow tinted. Painting is in a black frame.
June 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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A little nocturne piece from awhile back.
8"x8" (203mm x 203mm) oil on gessoed muslin on wood panel.
Private collection.

#painting #oilpainting #fineart #art #artist #landscape #landscapepainting #cloud #clouds #luminous #nocturne #nocturnepainting #moon #night #moonlight #everyonesasleep #quiet
Square oil painting of a nocturne (night) landscape. At the bottom of the composition is a silhouetted horizon with some faint lights from buildings. Toward the middle and top of the composition is blue-tinted clouds illuminated by a full moon, floating small but bright at middle-left. The top of the composition is the dark nighttime sky.
June 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Another older piece from my 2019 daily painting challenge.
6"x8" (152mm x 203mm) oil on gessoed muslin on wood panel.
Private collection.

#painting #oilpainting #art #artist #fineart #stilllife #stilllifepainting #fruit #strawberry #strawberrypainting #fruitpainting #food #newzealand #soyummy
Framed oil painting of a juicy, red strawberry. Perspective is top down and the strawberry is lying flat on a textured, warm gray surface.
May 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Another pair of antique scissors (passed down from my wife's great grandfather) from my daily painting challenge in 2019.

6"x8" (152mm x 203mm) oil on gessoed muslin on wood panel.
Private collection.

#painting #oilpainting #fineart #artist #newzealand #scissors #vintage #sewing #tools
Oil painting of a pair of antique tailor's scissors. The handles are black and the scissor blades are slightly rusty. The painting is portrait-oriented with the scissor handles at the bottom and the blades at the top. The background is a loosely painted cream color.
May 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Another Sedona, Arizona landscape painting.

8"x6" (203mm x 152mm) oil on gessoed muslin on wood panel.
Private collection.

Sedona, AZ

#painting #landscape #landscapepainting #oilpainting #art #artist #arizona #sunset #goldenhour #sedona #sedonaarizona #usa #redrocks
Landscape painting of Sedona, Arizona. A towering red rock mountain range is in the middle-right of the composition with blue-tinted mountains visible in the distance. The sky is a cloudy blue with oranges and pinks toward the horizon where the sun has set. The city of Sedona is in the foreground, dotted with suggestions of homes and buildings, loosely painted.
May 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Another older, simple, watercolor piece from my 2019 daily painting challenge.
8"x6" (203mm x 152mm) watercolor on--I think it was--Arches cold press.
Private collection.

#watercolor #painting #waterfowl #swan #graceful #art #artist #fineart #dailypainting
May 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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"Silent Sometimes"
8"x6" (203mm x 152mm) oil on gessoed muslin on wood panel.
Sedona, AZ
Private collection.

#painting #landscape #landscapepainting #oilpainting #art #artist #arizona #sunset #goldenhour #sedona #sedonaarizona #usa #redrocks #moon #crescentmoon #twilightsky #cloud #solitarycloud
Framed oil painting of a sunset landscape with a warm, dark, silhouetted mountain range at the bottom of the composition. Above it, in the middle of the painting, is a solitary cloud painted in dark oranges and purples. At the top right is a small crescent moon with a very small white dot of the planet Venus to its side. The sky starts off as a very saturated orange along the horizon but fades to bright teals and blues in the middle and then dark blues at the top.
May 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Another pink chicken piece from awhile back.
12" x 24" (30.5 cm x 61 cm) on gessoed muslin on board.
Private collection.

#painting #oilpainting #fineart #art #contemporaryart #pink #lotsofpink #rooster #chicken #leghorn #farm #thrice
Oil painting of three small, white, leghorn chickens arranged vertically on a background of bright pink. Chickens are painted realistically whereas the background is rough, thickly painted with a painting knife.
April 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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A simple little watercolor of mine from my 2019 daily painting challenge.
6"x8" (152mm x 203mm) watercolor on--I think it was--Arches cold press.
Private collection.

#watercolor #painting #waterfowl #mallard #duck #art #artist #fineart #dailypainting
Loosely painting watercolor painting of a male Mallard duck swimming across some green/brown tinted water with highlights reflected in the body of water at the bottom.
April 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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"Poppa's View"
8"x6" (203mm x 152mm) oil on gessoed muslin on wood panel.
Private collection.

Another older piece from 2019.
Sedona, AZ

#painting #landscape #landscapepainting #oilpainting #art #artist #arizona #sunset #goldenhour #sedona #sedonaarizona #usa #redrocks #remembrance
April 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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"Eeep!"
An old one from 2019.
8"x6" (203mm x 152mm) oil on gessoed muslin on wood panel.
Private Collection.

#painting #oilpainting #fineart #art #mouse #weemouse #tinymouse #justamouse #whydoikeeptypingmouse #cute #supercute #animal #animalpainting #eyebleach
April 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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"Well Hello There"
6"x8" (152mm x 203mm) oil on gessoed muslin on wood panel.
Private collection.

#painting #fineart #oilpainting #wildlife #wildlifepainting #rooster #chicken #farm #bird #fowl #justthefactsmaam #chickenportrait #titledefinitelynotstarwarsreference
March 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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"Eliza's World"
8"x6" (203mm x 152mm) oil on gessoed muslin on wood panel.
Private collection.

#painting #oilpainting #fineart #artist #landscapepainting #ocean #oceanpainting #waves #child #play #daughter #atthebeach #andrewwyeth #andrewwyethhomage #water #newzealand
March 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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"Are You Talking to Me?"
8"x6" (203mm x 152mm) oil on gessoed muslin on wood panel.
Available.

#painting #oilpainting #fineart #art #contemporaryart #pink #lotsofpink #rooster #chicken #leghorn #farm #attitude #bold #spicy #howdareyousir
Portrait of a white chicken, from the neck up, in profile, looking to the right with attitude. Chicken is on the left side of the composition and his bright red comb is spiky like a punk-rocker's hair. The painting's background is a textured, bright pink with some bits of darker pink showing through.
March 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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"Taking a Stand"
12"x16" (305mm x 406mm) oil on gessoed muslin on wood panel.
Private collection.

#painting #oilpainting #fineart #artist #landscapepainting #ocean #oceanpainting #waves #child #play #daughter #atthebeach #reflection #water #newzealand
Oil painting of a young girl, standing on the beach and staring out at the ocean waves. She's in the top half of the composition and her reflection in the sandy water extends to the bottom half of the painting. Colors are bright teals and deep blues. The girl is wearing a pink shirt, navy blue shorts, and a pink bucket hat.
March 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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"In the Middle of Something"
8"x6" (203mm x 152mm) oil on gessoed muslin on wood panel.
Private collection.

#painting #oilpainting #art #artist #fineart #stilllife #stilllifepainting #fruit #citrus #fruitpainting #food #newzealand #mandarin
March 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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"Berta's View"
8"x6" (203mm x 152mm) oil on gessoed muslin on wood panel.
Private collection.

Looking from Clarkdale, AZ toward Sedona, AZ.

#painting #landscape #landscapepainting #oilpainting #art #artist #arizona #moon #mooninthedaytime #sedona #sedonaarizona #usa #redrocks #remembrance
March 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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"Under the Docks"
6"x8" (152mm x 203mm) oil on gessoed muslin on wood panel.
Private collection.

#painting #fineart #oilpainting #wildlife #wildlifepainting #duck #duckpainting #duckit #mallard #waterfowl #waterfowlpainting #artist #newzealand #wellington #wellingtonnz
March 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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"Charging"
12" x 24" (30.5 cm x 61 cm) unframed, 18" x 30" (45.7 cm x 76.2 cm) framed.
Private collection.

#painting #oilpainting #fineart #pet #cat #catpainting #meowmeowmeow #nobarksonlymeows #artist #newzealand
February 28, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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8"x6" (203mm x 152mm) oil on gessoed muslin on wood panel.
Private collection.

#painting #oilpainting #fineart #rabbits #hugs #love #easter #art #contemporary #artist #animals
February 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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"Awkward Eye Contact"
8"x8" (203mm x 203mm) oil on gessoed muslin on wood panel.
Available.

#painting #oilpainting #fineart #artist #art #city #cityscene #citypainting #people #peoplepainting #wellington #wellingtonnz #newzealand
February 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM