MeKenzie Martin Art 🎨

The Emerging Artist (Self-portrait with vase and apple). Oil on canvas. 20x25cm #oilpainting #surrealism #selfportrait #beautifulbizarre Surreal goodness.

Haha that's too cute! I love it!

Thank you so much! 🧙‍♂️🪄

Thank you so much! 🧙‍♂️🪄

Oil painting of Gandalf from Lord of the Rings, shown with a long white beard, wide-brimmed hat, and a pipe. He’s lit by warm, golden light, with expressive brushstrokes and a soft, storytelling atmosphere. The piece has a classic, almost Rembrandt-like feel.

Back from a long, wizard-worthy quest! 🧙‍♂️
Finally sharing my Gandalf oil painting, now properly photographed.
Open for commission. DM if you want some magic on your wall! ✨
#OilPainting #Gandalf #FantasyArt #CommissionsOpen #LotR

A leathery winged humanoid with bird claws as feet and hands standing under moon light wielding a thin sickle weapon reminiscent of a crescent moon.

Jester's Tear worldbuilding WIP but want to move on to something else.

A winged race "Utnil" created by the moon god Uuk.
The Utnil once fought in the war of the gods against the giants created by the Goddess of creation "Itia".

Hello all! I just did my first en plein air of the year today on 18 x 24 cm canvas panel. It took me 1.5 hours. Fun to paint out of my small studio for a change. :D

#OilPainting #CherryBlossom #EnPleinAir #AllaPrima #PleinAir

#portfolioday Hey! I'm a Finnish dark fantasy artist working on my own worldbuilding project and turning it into an Art book with bunch of lore on the side :)
Hope you enjoy my doodles! <3

A red skinned god of fire emerging out of a pillar of smoke, oozing out molten gold, reaching his hand to a crib that is in flames. From the crib a small infant hand is holding the god's index finger. Underneath the crib is a set of failed sacrifices and next to it some fire starters and ritual incense.

A small infant hand grabbing a larger grown up demonic hand surrounded by fire.

Failed sacrifices.

Life giving exhale of a fire god.

A god of fire "Anepek" from my Worldbuilding project "Jester's Tear" resurrecting a ritual sacrifice as an elemental.

There is a short story written around this painting that I wish to publish at some point.

Any dark fantasy indie Booksky authors who want paintings like this from your stories? <3

Just a reminder that I'll be there at Lokaal 54 today at 15:00. See ya there! 🎨👍

Gallery — MeKenzie Martin's Oil Painting & Digital Art Studio

www.mekenziemartin.com/gallery

Gallery — MeKenzie Martin's Oil Painting & Digital Art Studio

www.mekenziemartin.com/gallery

Good morning! I’ve added a gallery page to my website—check it out for details on Lokaal 54 and my exhibition (link in comment). See you this Saturday, April 5th! 🎨 #ArtExhibition #Lokaal54 #OilPainting #GalleryShow

"Stadsmolen Axel" 2025 40.4 x 30.3 x .8 cm Oil on wood panel

Another local landscape series I did of Zeeland. 🎨 It'll be exhibited in the Lokaal 54 gallery.

#OilPainting #WindMill #OlieVerf #Art #Kunst

"Watertoren Axel" 40,4 x 30,3 cm oil on wooden panel - it's going to be framed and exhibited at the gallery Lokaal 54 soon. :)

I am having fun with this local Zeeland series, so expect more of it soon!

#OilPainting #LandscapePainting #Zeeland

Alla Prima painting of Gandalf. That was fun! Might work more on it later.

#OilPainting #Art #ArtStudy #AllaPrima #Fantasy #Gandalf #LOTR

Wow, I finally got my brain back. Special thanks to whoever brought it back from Rijksmuseum. 🤣

Would some picture references do the trick? There are copyright free references available out there on the internet. :D

Update: I think I left my brain at the Rijksmuseum. 🤣 Will someone please get it back for me? At least I can still paint and am already working on a new piece. 👍💪🎨

Yeah, my feeling's mutual. LOL I can always do sketch studies via Rijksmuseum's website so it's not a big deal. And to sketch there, I think I need to pick a day that it's not too busy. Saturday got pretty crowded rather quickly even though I went to the first timeslot and early in the line.

Exactly! ;)

Also, I didn't make sketches. I was there for 5 hours browsing. lol Maybe next time I will.

The Rijksmuseum website already has professional pictures, so there was no reason for me to do that, so it was all eyeball juice (lol at that term). There is one exception though, I made a few videos to get a feel for the scale, the details and to capture a funny moment.

Also as for water, just study some references. Maybe do some sketches. And try to see them as abstract shapes rather than identifying it as a body of water. Do I even make sense? :D

There are no tricks afaik, but the best tip I can give you is to paint more. The more you paint, the more you know how it works. Also to review basics now and then, it'll help to make the whole process easier. I hope that makes sense. You have a good sense of colors so just keep on going!

I went to Rijksmuseum. Incredible and moving. I'll need months to process this experience. 🥹 I'll be back!

Hi! I just saw this. I'll get back to you on that in a day or so. Great painting by the way!

Yo, I just finished Sketching from Square One to Trafalgar Square by Richard E. Scott. 📕

Wow! This was beautiful. Highly recommended for all artists to get this. It covers the basics in the most concise and memorable way, while inspiring you to sketch more frequently. His vibe is awesome too!