Michael Kantor
@michaelartist4.bsky.social
❤️ Artist, futurist, book reader
❤️ Just here to share my original oil paintings (not currently selling any)
❤️ Only real paintings, nothing digital
❤️ Palm Beach County, Florida
❤️ Just here to share my original oil paintings (not currently selling any)
❤️ Only real paintings, nothing digital
❤️ Palm Beach County, Florida
When people talk about making art that's archival, they are generally talking about art that will look relatively unchanged after a hundred years.
But what if you want to make art that lasts THOUSANDS of years? There's not much good advice on how to do that.
But what if you want to make art that lasts THOUSANDS of years? There's not much good advice on how to do that.
September 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
When people talk about making art that's archival, they are generally talking about art that will look relatively unchanged after a hundred years.
But what if you want to make art that lasts THOUSANDS of years? There's not much good advice on how to do that.
But what if you want to make art that lasts THOUSANDS of years? There's not much good advice on how to do that.
6x8" oil #painting, on Fredrix canvas.
I tried to use the limited palette from the previous painting plus ultramarine blue, but wound up adding phthalo green and purple.
Switched to mars black, which was a mistake; lamp black mixes better greens.
#traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
I tried to use the limited palette from the previous painting plus ultramarine blue, but wound up adding phthalo green and purple.
Switched to mars black, which was a mistake; lamp black mixes better greens.
#traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
September 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
6x8" oil #painting, on Fredrix canvas.
I tried to use the limited palette from the previous painting plus ultramarine blue, but wound up adding phthalo green and purple.
Switched to mars black, which was a mistake; lamp black mixes better greens.
#traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
I tried to use the limited palette from the previous painting plus ultramarine blue, but wound up adding phthalo green and purple.
Switched to mars black, which was a mistake; lamp black mixes better greens.
#traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
6x8" oil painting, on Fredrix canvas.
I took way too long with the last painting, so I forced my self to start and finish this the same day. I used a limited Zorn-type palette to simplify the color mixing.
#traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
I took way too long with the last painting, so I forced my self to start and finish this the same day. I used a limited Zorn-type palette to simplify the color mixing.
#traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
September 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
6x8" oil painting, on Fredrix canvas.
I took way too long with the last painting, so I forced my self to start and finish this the same day. I used a limited Zorn-type palette to simplify the color mixing.
#traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
I took way too long with the last painting, so I forced my self to start and finish this the same day. I used a limited Zorn-type palette to simplify the color mixing.
#traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
9x12" oil painting, on canvas paper. Another Florida landscape.
#traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
#traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
September 3, 2025 at 1:19 AM
9x12" oil painting, on canvas paper. Another Florida landscape.
#traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
#traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
9x12" oil painting, on canvas paper, of a Florida landscape, with palm trees. Can't believe it has been almost four years since I moved to Florida.
#traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
#traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
August 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
9x12" oil painting, on canvas paper, of a Florida landscape, with palm trees. Can't believe it has been almost four years since I moved to Florida.
#traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
#traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
Hi Bluesky! Here's another 9x12" oil painting on canvas that I just finished.
This time, going for a Florida vibe.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
This time, going for a Florida vibe.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
August 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Hi Bluesky! Here's another 9x12" oil painting on canvas that I just finished.
This time, going for a Florida vibe.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
This time, going for a Florida vibe.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
Hi Bluesky! Here's a 9x12" oil painting on canvas that I just finished.
A while ago I decided I should try painting Florida scenes, but I backslid because I really like mountains.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
A while ago I decided I should try painting Florida scenes, but I backslid because I really like mountains.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
August 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Hi Bluesky! Here's a 9x12" oil painting on canvas that I just finished.
A while ago I decided I should try painting Florida scenes, but I backslid because I really like mountains.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
A while ago I decided I should try painting Florida scenes, but I backslid because I really like mountains.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
Hi Bluesky! I haven't posted here in a while. Here's a 6x8" oil painting that I just finished.
I decided I wanted to experiment with doing landscapes in vertical (aka portrait) orientation. What do you think?
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
I decided I wanted to experiment with doing landscapes in vertical (aka portrait) orientation. What do you think?
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
August 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Hi Bluesky! I haven't posted here in a while. Here's a 6x8" oil painting that I just finished.
I decided I wanted to experiment with doing landscapes in vertical (aka portrait) orientation. What do you think?
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
I decided I wanted to experiment with doing landscapes in vertical (aka portrait) orientation. What do you think?
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
12x16" oil #painting on canvas panel
Florida landscape
This one was hanging around only half finished for a long time.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
Florida landscape
This one was hanging around only half finished for a long time.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
June 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
12x16" oil #painting on canvas panel
Florida landscape
This one was hanging around only half finished for a long time.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
Florida landscape
This one was hanging around only half finished for a long time.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
9x9" oil #painting on canvas paper
Florida landscape VII
9x9 is kind of a weird size, but if you have a 9x12" sheet of canvas paper, and you cut it into a square, that's what you get.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
Florida landscape VII
9x9 is kind of a weird size, but if you have a 9x12" sheet of canvas paper, and you cut it into a square, that's what you get.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
April 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
9x9" oil #painting on canvas paper
Florida landscape VII
9x9 is kind of a weird size, but if you have a 9x12" sheet of canvas paper, and you cut it into a square, that's what you get.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
Florida landscape VII
9x9 is kind of a weird size, but if you have a 9x12" sheet of canvas paper, and you cut it into a square, that's what you get.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
This is a cheap 6x6" frame from from Amazon, with an oil #painting on Canson Canva-Paper.
Canvas paper is very easy and inexpensive to frame if you go this route. Just stick it into the frame in FRONT of the plexiglass. You don't have to mount it or anything like that.
#traditionalart #oilpainting
Canvas paper is very easy and inexpensive to frame if you go this route. Just stick it into the frame in FRONT of the plexiglass. You don't have to mount it or anything like that.
#traditionalart #oilpainting
April 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This is a cheap 6x6" frame from from Amazon, with an oil #painting on Canson Canva-Paper.
Canvas paper is very easy and inexpensive to frame if you go this route. Just stick it into the frame in FRONT of the plexiglass. You don't have to mount it or anything like that.
#traditionalart #oilpainting
Canvas paper is very easy and inexpensive to frame if you go this route. Just stick it into the frame in FRONT of the plexiglass. You don't have to mount it or anything like that.
#traditionalart #oilpainting
6x6" oil #painting on Ampersand Gessobord
Florida landscape VI
Zorn palette + phthalo blue (red shade)
I finally caught up with posting everything I painted during the last 6 months, and have nothing new to post. But there's a half-done painting on my easel.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
Florida landscape VI
Zorn palette + phthalo blue (red shade)
I finally caught up with posting everything I painted during the last 6 months, and have nothing new to post. But there's a half-done painting on my easel.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
April 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
6x6" oil #painting on Ampersand Gessobord
Florida landscape VI
Zorn palette + phthalo blue (red shade)
I finally caught up with posting everything I painted during the last 6 months, and have nothing new to post. But there's a half-done painting on my easel.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
Florida landscape VI
Zorn palette + phthalo blue (red shade)
I finally caught up with posting everything I painted during the last 6 months, and have nothing new to post. But there's a half-done painting on my easel.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
6x8" oil #painting on canvas paper
Florida landscape V
Painted alla-prima style using the Zorn palette + phthalo blue (red shade).
Nobody on the internet (as far as I know) has ever talked about adding phthalo blue to the Zorn palette. I'm the first!
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
Florida landscape V
Painted alla-prima style using the Zorn palette + phthalo blue (red shade).
Nobody on the internet (as far as I know) has ever talked about adding phthalo blue to the Zorn palette. I'm the first!
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
April 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
6x8" oil #painting on canvas paper
Florida landscape V
Painted alla-prima style using the Zorn palette + phthalo blue (red shade).
Nobody on the internet (as far as I know) has ever talked about adding phthalo blue to the Zorn palette. I'm the first!
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
Florida landscape V
Painted alla-prima style using the Zorn palette + phthalo blue (red shade).
Nobody on the internet (as far as I know) has ever talked about adding phthalo blue to the Zorn palette. I'm the first!
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
6x8" oil #painting on canvas paper
Florida landscape IV
Zorn palette + phthalo blue (red shade).
What's not to love about phthalo blue? Especially the red shade which is better for skies. It makes the limited Zorn palette a lot less limited.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
Florida landscape IV
Zorn palette + phthalo blue (red shade).
What's not to love about phthalo blue? Especially the red shade which is better for skies. It makes the limited Zorn palette a lot less limited.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
April 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
6x8" oil #painting on canvas paper
Florida landscape IV
Zorn palette + phthalo blue (red shade).
What's not to love about phthalo blue? Especially the red shade which is better for skies. It makes the limited Zorn palette a lot less limited.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
Florida landscape IV
Zorn palette + phthalo blue (red shade).
What's not to love about phthalo blue? Especially the red shade which is better for skies. It makes the limited Zorn palette a lot less limited.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
6x8" oil #painting on canvas paper
Florida landscape III
Zorn palette plus cobalt blue.
Cobalt blue turns out to be a very overrated color. People think because it's expensive it must be really awesome, but it's not even as good as ultramarine.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
Florida landscape III
Zorn palette plus cobalt blue.
Cobalt blue turns out to be a very overrated color. People think because it's expensive it must be really awesome, but it's not even as good as ultramarine.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
April 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
6x8" oil #painting on canvas paper
Florida landscape III
Zorn palette plus cobalt blue.
Cobalt blue turns out to be a very overrated color. People think because it's expensive it must be really awesome, but it's not even as good as ultramarine.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
Florida landscape III
Zorn palette plus cobalt blue.
Cobalt blue turns out to be a very overrated color. People think because it's expensive it must be really awesome, but it's not even as good as ultramarine.
#art #oilpainting #landscapepainting
6x8" oil #painting on canvas
Modified Zorn palette
I replaced the yellow ochre with Winsor & Newton Chrome Yellow Hue (a Hansa yellow type of color).
Don't think this worked. Yellow ochre is an essential color for both landscapes and Zorn-style paintings.
#oilpainting #landscapepainting
Modified Zorn palette
I replaced the yellow ochre with Winsor & Newton Chrome Yellow Hue (a Hansa yellow type of color).
Don't think this worked. Yellow ochre is an essential color for both landscapes and Zorn-style paintings.
#oilpainting #landscapepainting
April 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
6x8" oil #painting on canvas
Modified Zorn palette
I replaced the yellow ochre with Winsor & Newton Chrome Yellow Hue (a Hansa yellow type of color).
Don't think this worked. Yellow ochre is an essential color for both landscapes and Zorn-style paintings.
#oilpainting #landscapepainting
Modified Zorn palette
I replaced the yellow ochre with Winsor & Newton Chrome Yellow Hue (a Hansa yellow type of color).
Don't think this worked. Yellow ochre is an essential color for both landscapes and Zorn-style paintings.
#oilpainting #landscapepainting
6x8" oil painting on canvas
Alla prima Zorn palette study
I got artist block trying to paint a 12x16" Florida landscape, so I thought that doing this small study using only one paintbrush would help.
Note that for the red I used pyrrole red (PR254).
#painting #oilpainting #landscapepainting
Alla prima Zorn palette study
I got artist block trying to paint a 12x16" Florida landscape, so I thought that doing this small study using only one paintbrush would help.
Note that for the red I used pyrrole red (PR254).
#painting #oilpainting #landscapepainting
April 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
6x8" oil painting on canvas
Alla prima Zorn palette study
I got artist block trying to paint a 12x16" Florida landscape, so I thought that doing this small study using only one paintbrush would help.
Note that for the red I used pyrrole red (PR254).
#painting #oilpainting #landscapepainting
Alla prima Zorn palette study
I got artist block trying to paint a 12x16" Florida landscape, so I thought that doing this small study using only one paintbrush would help.
Note that for the red I used pyrrole red (PR254).
#painting #oilpainting #landscapepainting
I tried to like Mac, because there's a perception that people who use Macs are way cooler than people who use Windows, but I just couldn't learn to like MacOS. Even the way the mouse cursor moves on a Mac drove me nuts.
I'm afraid I will forever be a Windows PC guy.
I'm afraid I will forever be a Windows PC guy.
April 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I tried to like Mac, because there's a perception that people who use Macs are way cooler than people who use Windows, but I just couldn't learn to like MacOS. Even the way the mouse cursor moves on a Mac drove me nuts.
I'm afraid I will forever be a Windows PC guy.
I'm afraid I will forever be a Windows PC guy.
12x16" oil painting on canvas panel
Savanna in southern Africa
After this painting, I got artist block trying to complete my next 12x16" painting. (I was trying to follow the advice of YouTube art influencer Stefan Baumann who says you shouldn't paint smaller than 12x16".)
#painting #oilpainting
Savanna in southern Africa
After this painting, I got artist block trying to complete my next 12x16" painting. (I was trying to follow the advice of YouTube art influencer Stefan Baumann who says you shouldn't paint smaller than 12x16".)
#painting #oilpainting
April 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
12x16" oil painting on canvas panel
Savanna in southern Africa
After this painting, I got artist block trying to complete my next 12x16" painting. (I was trying to follow the advice of YouTube art influencer Stefan Baumann who says you shouldn't paint smaller than 12x16".)
#painting #oilpainting
Savanna in southern Africa
After this painting, I got artist block trying to complete my next 12x16" painting. (I was trying to follow the advice of YouTube art influencer Stefan Baumann who says you shouldn't paint smaller than 12x16".)
#painting #oilpainting
My elderly parents spend all day watching news. How do I get them to watch something more interesting, or maybe even read a book? Or at least turn off the TV and read the news online?
April 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
My elderly parents spend all day watching news. How do I get them to watch something more interesting, or maybe even read a book? Or at least turn off the TV and read the news online?
12x16" oil painting on canvas paper
Philippines landscape
I like the Philippines because it's tropical, there are dirt roads (which are a lot prettier than concrete), and mountains.
12x16" because I was trying to level up to larger sized paintings.
#painting #oilpainting #landscapepainting
Philippines landscape
I like the Philippines because it's tropical, there are dirt roads (which are a lot prettier than concrete), and mountains.
12x16" because I was trying to level up to larger sized paintings.
#painting #oilpainting #landscapepainting
April 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
12x16" oil painting on canvas paper
Philippines landscape
I like the Philippines because it's tropical, there are dirt roads (which are a lot prettier than concrete), and mountains.
12x16" because I was trying to level up to larger sized paintings.
#painting #oilpainting #landscapepainting
Philippines landscape
I like the Philippines because it's tropical, there are dirt roads (which are a lot prettier than concrete), and mountains.
12x16" because I was trying to level up to larger sized paintings.
#painting #oilpainting #landscapepainting
Over the last 15 years, the images we see online have become more and more fake. The "photos" with the most likes on social media are so heavily edited in Photoshop that they no longer represent any type of reality. AI image generation and editing is just a cherry on top of that.
March 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Over the last 15 years, the images we see online have become more and more fake. The "photos" with the most likes on social media are so heavily edited in Photoshop that they no longer represent any type of reality. AI image generation and editing is just a cherry on top of that.
9x12" oil painting on canvas paper
Idaho winter landscape II
The palette for this painting uses phthalo blue and yellow ochre, unlike the previous painting which used ultramarine blue (green shade) and chrome antimony titanium yellow.
#painting #oilpainting #landscapepainting
Idaho winter landscape II
The palette for this painting uses phthalo blue and yellow ochre, unlike the previous painting which used ultramarine blue (green shade) and chrome antimony titanium yellow.
#painting #oilpainting #landscapepainting
March 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
9x12" oil painting on canvas paper
Idaho winter landscape II
The palette for this painting uses phthalo blue and yellow ochre, unlike the previous painting which used ultramarine blue (green shade) and chrome antimony titanium yellow.
#painting #oilpainting #landscapepainting
Idaho winter landscape II
The palette for this painting uses phthalo blue and yellow ochre, unlike the previous painting which used ultramarine blue (green shade) and chrome antimony titanium yellow.
#painting #oilpainting #landscapepainting
6x8" oil painting
Idaho winter landscape
Painted during the first week of January, to celebrate the winter season, using a limited palette of ultramarine blue, chrome antimony titanium yellow, quinacridone magenta, mars black, and titanium white.
#painting #oilpainting #landscapepainting
Idaho winter landscape
Painted during the first week of January, to celebrate the winter season, using a limited palette of ultramarine blue, chrome antimony titanium yellow, quinacridone magenta, mars black, and titanium white.
#painting #oilpainting #landscapepainting
March 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
6x8" oil painting
Idaho winter landscape
Painted during the first week of January, to celebrate the winter season, using a limited palette of ultramarine blue, chrome antimony titanium yellow, quinacridone magenta, mars black, and titanium white.
#painting #oilpainting #landscapepainting
Idaho winter landscape
Painted during the first week of January, to celebrate the winter season, using a limited palette of ultramarine blue, chrome antimony titanium yellow, quinacridone magenta, mars black, and titanium white.
#painting #oilpainting #landscapepainting
Some of my paintings have French titles.
It's kind of a joke. I think it's kind of pretentious to name paintings in the first place when they are just run-of-the-mill paintings and not like The Mona Lisa.
So why not be extra pretentious and give it a French name?
It's kind of a joke. I think it's kind of pretentious to name paintings in the first place when they are just run-of-the-mill paintings and not like The Mona Lisa.
So why not be extra pretentious and give it a French name?
March 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Some of my paintings have French titles.
It's kind of a joke. I think it's kind of pretentious to name paintings in the first place when they are just run-of-the-mill paintings and not like The Mona Lisa.
So why not be extra pretentious and give it a French name?
It's kind of a joke. I think it's kind of pretentious to name paintings in the first place when they are just run-of-the-mill paintings and not like The Mona Lisa.
So why not be extra pretentious and give it a French name?