I liked it on my easel under bright light. I liked the way the photograph looked on my website. But when it was hanging out on my living room wall waiting to ship out, it looked so dull and drab that I decided to repaint it. It can be fun to paint over an existing painting because of unexpected things happening, but it’s also challenging because the entire process is one big AWKWARD stage until it’s done. Thought I’d share the photos I took during the rework of Harmony, a 36x36 oil painting: View fullsize original version View fullsize stage 1 - new horizon View fullsize stage 2 - sky chang ..read more

Remember when smoke from the Canadian wildfires came all the way down to the Florida panhandle in July? I was at the beach then and it made for some colorful skies. I have Photoshopped some clouds into a photo I took at the time and will amp up the color shifts for this painting. What I loved about the scene is the intense light reflection in the water. The painting in progress is 30”x40” in oils ..read more

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My 36x80 (!!) commissioned oil painting is close to finished. Here are some of the stages from the past few weeks: View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize ..read more

Afternoon Oaks, a 36x48 oil painting at Hillary Whitaker Gallery Today I'm in the studio getting started on a VERY large, commissioned painting for a health care facility. It's on a custom-stretched 36x80 canvas that I primed yesterday. So how do I start such a big piece? Well, since the subject is a row of gnarly live oak trees in all their mossy glory, I've decided to forego my usual toning-the-canvas-and-wiping technique to create the placement. I'm starting by drawing the trees onto the white canvas, and boy am I enjoying it! It's just like all the figure drawing I did when I was in coll ..read more

Hello from rural Southwest Georgia! This post is geared more for artists. Right now I am bursting with excitement, gratitude and inspiration, which is a terrific way to feel as we begin a new year. I've just finished my second-best year ever for sales, thanks largely to the marvelous galleries I am privileged to work with. I basically sold as many paintings as I created, which is very satisfactory. December’s sold paintings If you are reading this as a collector, thank you so much for making what I do possible. If you are reading this as an artist, perhaps at an earlier stage in your ..read more

“Overflow” 40x30 oil painting by Rani Garner, start to finish ..read more

My latest landscape while in progress. Spring Brilliance, 24x36 at Anderson Fine Art Gallery ..read more

On January 1st, I moved in to my brand new studio. My husband designed an addition off our kitchen onto what was a section of the deck. It features high ceilings, with more upper windows yet to come, and a below-the-floor storage room with a trap door and stairway down. Here are some photos of various areas, and for any artists reading this, I’ve shared a few tips about my setup. I’ll also mention any products I’d like to recommend if you’re interested in finding them (no, I’m not being paid). So, welcome to my studio…. art studio of Rani Garner, Marion County Georgia USA my Tueller wall eas ..read more

stages of an oil landscape painting: Quiet Garden, 30x40. This is a garden full of blooming azaleas at Christchurch on Saint Simons Island, Georgia. stage 1: drawing with thinned Raw Umber stage 2 - blocking in the background stage 3: working forward/adding detail ..read more