https://johnyaoart.com/front-page-gallery daily 1.0 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1707687367771-0V09I4ICQ583K9PHLHPW/Toles+Hollow+Road+-+welcome+sign+2.png Front Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1707687367771-0V09I4ICQ583K9PHLHPW/Toles+Hollow+Road+-+welcome+sign+2.png Front Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1655590303010-K75Y2IZ7R917CBJ35848/2022.02.jpg Front Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1651343467731-27772K836HRASR6GG07B/2022.04.jpg Front Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1651343432643-BSI2VHBHRM6P70UPBFHH/2022.08.jpg Front Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1680645439693-UED7H71HV2IZKHIU17G7/image-asset.jpeg Front Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1562356511043-POULTLL3G2FUOF5P1OQ1/2018.7.21.JPG Front Page - End of Day, End of Autumn 2018 Oil on canvas, 30”x40” — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1617114203798-QFKF88CYK5CI6PZD7DGX/2020.02.jpg Front Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1562445510319-WLQPTUM98V0SJQUJ7ZBM/Toles+Hollow+Road+-+welcome+sign.png Front Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1555265234617-VB0KFPMPKGZNJ20PKQKY/Upstate3.jpg Front Page - View From East Hill 2019 Oil on canvas, 18”x24” — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1555265198844-HIIJEJRCPJIYYPYXAS31/West1.jpg Front Page https://johnyaoart.com/figure daily 0.75 2025-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1561259567052-CDIQW39BUHV0I4FNIWRF/2006.1.2.JPG The Human Figure - Reclining Female Nude 2006 Charcoal and acrylic on wood, 29”x32” $400.00 Sometimes a nude is like a landscape, the form rises and falls like the hills above the valleys. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1561259567052-CDIQW39BUHV0I4FNIWRF/2006.1.2.JPG The Human Figure - Reclining Female Nude 2006 Charcoal and acrylic on wood, 29”x32” $400.00 Sometimes a nude is like a landscape, the form rises and falls like the hills above the valleys. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1616932276843-DVH9762UECQL14T4K73R/Male2.jpg The Human Figure - Tronie for the 21st Century 2019 Oil on canvas, 24”x18” $500.00 What better captures that essence of the current century but a cold, lifeless stare from a fashion ad? — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1671071895562-KHRRAY0YJKUSQ8PZSHR4/Male1.jpg The Human Figure - Male Torso II 2018 Oil on canvas, 12”x18” $250.00 My second excursion into exploring the male form. Obviously I leaned more towards the homoerotic side of things with this one :) — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1656025806073-I8S2BX6EAHU6T8C3LRRA/2018.5.7.JPG The Human Figure - Reclining Male Nude 2022 Oil on canvas, 16”x18” $300.00 Continuing the tradition. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1656025852712-9I2YME4YTG7Y8GW6M7CF/IMG_6979.jpg The Human Figure - Selfie (Chris) 2022 Oil on canvas, 16”x12” $300.00 Not your dad’s portraiture. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1656714250519-4NKVAL04KHRMDMHQKMLN/2022.27.jpg The Human Figure - Selfie (Keen) 2022 Oil on canvas, 24”x18” $400.00 They say appearance is everything. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1617116197392-DQHCLDLWPCCCUNDZ7ECD/2019.17.1.jpg The Human Figure - Flavio 2019 Graphite on paper, 14”x11” $150.00 — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1617116554381-LAK1Y8ZRLJB11C7VJ45R/2020.6.1.jpg The Human Figure - Gay Kiss 2020 Graphite on paper, 11”x13.5” SOLD — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1617116676161-01K7LW3ZWRPOQYP5EV7G/2020.8.1.jpg The Human Figure - On the Couch 2020 Graphite on paper, 11”x13.5” $200.00 — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1617116752942-9Q7WQU0L4RNO5VLPRQF0/2020.10.1.jpg The Human Figure - Undressing 2020 Graphite on paper, 13.5”x11” $200.00 — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1617116812558-TP2WCHTM4ZUE0505B7KF/2020.14.1.jpg The Human Figure - Male Torso (Ashton) 2020 Graphite on paper, 13.5”x11” $250.00 — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1617116958571-CV61K07AD2TX39CKF8FH/2020.20.1.jpg The Human Figure - Three I 2020 Graphite on paper, 11”x13.5” $250.00 — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1617116893767-FGUB7ETA52PJ3J1UTBA9/2020.21.1.jpg The Human Figure - Three II 2020 Graphite on paper, 13.5”x11” $250.00 — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1732909643505-INA8AIGA9EMBSNAZIZZK/2021.02.jpg The Human Figure - Male Torso (Leo) 2021 Graphite on paper, 13.5×11” $250.00 — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1680646027646-F25P30H6ULRUMVFWDS2K/2023.03.jpg The Human Figure - The Embrace 2023 Graphite on paper, 13.5”x11” SOLD — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1680646253362-6ARMFUTD4O16BPZ2OIWT/2023.06.jpg The Human Figure - Male Torso (Sergio) 2023 Graphite on paper, 13.5”x11” $250.00 — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1732909663427-63ENULSXBXMO4TDVNJR5/2023.12.jpg The Human Figure - Male Torso (Drae) 2023 Graphite on paper, 13.5”x11” $250.00 — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1732910393387-TBGB5HGMGIOYX9TBYADR/2023.11.jpg The Human Figure - Into Pits 2023 Graphite on paper, 13.5”x11” $250.00 — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1732910494757-GFO5I7BW2JCA1LGKMIBQ/2023.13.jpg The Human Figure - Male Torso (Buckaroo) 2023 Graphite on paper, 13.5”x11” $250.00 — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1732910506595-NGF48G6WGSQCEK4G3FNF/2023.18.jpg The Human Figure - Just Do It/Me 2023 Graphite on paper, 13.5”x11” SOLD — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1732911365794-AP2IK1EF7LVBBCGWMJ1X/2023.25.jpg The Human Figure - Under the Mistletoe 2023 Graphite on paper, 13.5”x11” $250.00 — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1732910527016-24IASOA0YWXH2N473D3J/2024.02.jpg The Human Figure - Package Deal 2024 Graphite on paper, 11”x13.5” $250.00 — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1732910536368-HIO34NXXDD9DNHZGL5DB/2024.03.jpg The Human Figure - Male Torso (Alejandro) 2024 Graphite on paper, 13.5”x11” $250.00 — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1732910552428-Y12ZNY32TC7I63J11YPZ/IMG_2799.jpg The Human Figure - Three IV 2024 Graphite on paper, 11”x13.5” $250.00 — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1746301529677-OKL44SZU2YHEQNQM7D4L/2024.06.jpg The Human Figure - Reclining Male Nude 2024 Graphite on paper, 11”x14” $250.00 — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1746301547744-3OGIJMNZY5R125J1YN29/2025.05.jpg The Human Figure - Summer Vibes 2025 Graphite on paper, 14”x11” $250.00 — — https://johnyaoart.com/spring daily 0.75 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1684249110589-QA60M3YLB9R8SAKLSD9Q/2023.18.jpg Spring - Cherry Blossoms 3 2023 Oil on canvas, 30”x24” $1,000.00 To get lost among the cherry blossoms is to float among the clouds. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1555265617281-BYWF00S208I354FNYN4E/Upstate3.jpg Spring - View from East Hill 2019 Oil on canvas, 18”x24” $200.00 It rained that Sunday, but it cleared out by mid-afternoon, and the warm sun raced into the gaps left by the clouds to salvage the day. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1684249110589-QA60M3YLB9R8SAKLSD9Q/2023.18.jpg Spring - Cherry Blossoms 3 2023 Oil on canvas, 30”x24” $1,000.00 To get lost among the cherry blossoms is to float among the clouds. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1651187791628-O13IY2I7AACEUNAWB4DT/2022.01.jpg Spring - The Blue Heron (Montezuma NWR) 2022 Oil on canvas, 18”x24” $350.00 Montezuma NWR is a major stopping point for many birds migrating north and south in the eastern US. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1651188036118-MWHO24RMWVAGPJAW395W/2022.03.jpg Spring - Fall Creek, Spring Leaves 2022 Oil on canvas, 24”x18” SOLD It was one of those beautiful sunny days in late spring when the trees were finally starting to leaf out. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1576347468354-31TMP28RNC0GCSD6QXB3/2019.13.5.JPG Spring - Still Life: Bouquet with Baby's Breath 2019 Oil on canvas, 24”x18” $350.00 Hector brought this bouquet home one cold March day, and instantly they illuminated up the house, prophesying the return of the sun, of warmth, of life. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1684249097666-MBO7SCKUITY2YHAN0HWI/2023.17.jpg Spring - Cherry Blossoms 2 2023 Oil on canvas, 18”x24” $500.00 The heralds of Spring. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1561243925635-RK7H5AQFR0Q0FB6MSA9G/JYao_1342.jpg Spring - Magnolias II 2018 Oil on canvas, 16”x12” $200.00 The petals caught the sunlight and glowed as if they were light bulbs. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1616929865762-ATFZFJDOA4Q4MBFXWNGE/2021.07.jpg Spring - Spring Meadow 1 2021 Oil on canvas, 24”x18” SOLD The beauty of when all the trees come into full leaf in late May and you can finally say that Summer has arrived. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1651341738364-13HXJXQVVF27L5B3YW97/2022.09.jpg Spring - White Tree Blossoms 2022 Oil on canvas, 12”x16” $200.00 One of the most beautiful sights in April: the trees aglow with puffy, white blossoms set against the clear, blue sky. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1655589559689-IY0DJ9XO5JE2R83C9XJS/2022.06.jpg Spring - Siberian Squill 2022 Oil on canvas, 16”x12” $250.00 There, amid the dull grays of the stone wall and the April rainclouds, the flowers blossomed. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1677871149236-YKRMFIDSL3K7DESRQORD/2018.22.jpg Spring - Magnolias III (In Memorium) 2018 Oil on canvas, 24”x18” $350.00 The magnolias in bloom outside Sage Chapel are glorious to view. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1561258845836-VVM06G0FW466O29RQ589/2010.1.5.JPG Spring - Mock Orange Blossoms 2010 Oil on canvas, 16”x20” $250.00 This was one of several bushes outside my parents’ house that ruptured into bloom every late May. I always wished they could have stayed like that throughout the summer. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1677870959684-M7TLI28AC1UU7IBDELHL/2023.05.jpg Spring - Bonsai 1 2023 Oil on canvas, 16”x20” $300.00 The art of trees. The first of many, hopefully. — — https://johnyaoart.com/parks daily 0.75 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1555265669390-EBLEPUCZ7KJMVN8G1CA5/IMG_6362.jpg National Parks and the West - Prominence at Capitol Reef 2018 Oil on canvas, 18”x24” $400.00 I first visited Capitol Reef National Park back in 2016. It encompasses a large monocline that stretches from north to south for about a hundred miles. Here on one side of that monocline the earth seems to jut out, leaving a long cliff face that radiates the sun back in a wide variety of colors and shapes. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1555265669390-EBLEPUCZ7KJMVN8G1CA5/IMG_6362.jpg National Parks and the West - Prominence at Capitol Reef 2018 Oil on canvas, 18”x24” $400.00 I first visited Capitol Reef National Park back in 2016. It encompasses a large monocline that stretches from north to south for about a hundred miles. Here on one side of that monocline the earth seems to jut out, leaving a long cliff face that radiates the sun back in a wide variety of colors and shapes. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1616930674564-UUWO7UHH035WURCHDMUG/IMG_8511.jpg National Parks and the West - The Three Gossips (Three Fates), Arches 2018 Oil on Canvas, 30”x24” $750.00 One of the more iconic features of Arches National Park is this non-arch formation found in the first major section of the park. I found it’s name to be a bit underwhelming and instead chose something I thought was a bit more fitting as this grand structure towers over the visitor, dwarfing them in its shadow. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1590631722125-8OMBCSK5ZZVY33890TBP/2020.02.01.jpg National Parks and the West - Wall of Rocks, Capitol Reef 2020 Oil on canvas, 18”x248” $500.00 The key feature of Capitol Reef is the Waterpocket Fold, a cliff face that stretches nearly 100 miles looming over all visitors. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1561244460999-K3WNL2PP4O6ZXZS5PU37/JYao_1323.jpg National Parks and the West - Pinnacle Peak (Mount Rainier) 2018 Oil on canvas, 18”x24” $400.00 At the Paradise Visitors Center, when facing away from Mount Rainier, the viewer is confronted with a ridge of mountains known as the Tatoosh Range. Pinnacle Peak is not the most prominent of this range, but it stands squarely in the center, a visual echo to the mighty mountain of the park’s namesake. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1574619717252-HM77H8RDJCHKVYSWMDEI/2019.35.6.jpg National Parks and the West - Mount Owen, Grand Tetons 2019 Oil on canvas, 24”x18” $400.00 Hidden behind the namesake peak of the park is Mount Owen. It can be best seen (as here) from Cascade Canyon, the best hike in the park. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1572049828946-5YXGO0DOIP5URBYQTEBJ/2019.32.4.JPG National Parks and the West - Gallery of Hoodoos (Bryce Canyon) 2019 Oil on canvas, 12”x16” $250.00 The Paiute Indians who originally lived on the land told stories about how the rock formations were people who had been turned to stone. In this particular row of hoodoos I could see their story come to life, a group of ancient spirits huddled together. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1574532845965-AIM27AO9Z9N7C4V3NZ3V/2019.33.5.jpg National Parks and the West - Morning Mist at Mammoth Hot Ssprings 2019 Oil on Canvas, 12“x16” $250.00 The Mammoth Hot Springs at Yellowstone are just that - mammoth! Travertine terraces cascading down the side of a mountain replete with hot sulfurous steam rising up from beneath - a spectacle that (understandably) the native peoples and first European explorers met with both fear and awe. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1574618654582-TP0GPP8VPYZBMPL0NLJY/2019.34.4.jpg National Parks and the West - Morning Glory Pool, Yellowstone 2019 Oil on canvas, 12”x16” $200.00 After the famous Grand Prismatic Spring, this is maybe the best single best hot spring in Yellowstone. But unlike the former it can be viewed from the ground and taken in from a single vantage. In the first half of the 20th century, it was almost entirely a deep shade of blue (hence it’s name), but sadly the poor actions of tourists (throwing items into the spring) over the past century have caused it too take on a more greenish-yellow shade, with experts predicting it will lose all its color in the not-too distant future. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1574619967620-Y6JCZXLHIV4LPUXAL1YI/2019.37.4.jpg National Parks and the West - Colored Pools, Mammoth Hot Springs 2019 Oil on canvas, 24”x18” $400.00 Aside from it’s vast size, the most striking feature of Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone may be its color. Thermophiles thrive in the water’s hot temperatures, producing a kaleidoscopic rainbow that enlivens the already beautiful landscape. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1616931513737-ZWBNFO5HPJSN239CZABA/2021.06.jpg National Parks and the West - Sun and Rain at Two-Medicine Lake, Glacier 2021 Oil on canvas, 16”x12” SOLD Having just returned from a short hike at Two-Medicine Lake, the skies opened up and it down-poured. We waited it out in the General Store, and as the rains lightened the sun snuck in lent an atmospheric light to the scene. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1655589776632-BD4QP4313MVX17EQG96U/2022.18.jpg National Parks and the West - Canyonlands, Soda Springs Basin 2022 Oil on canvas, 30”x24” SOLD Canyonlands is without a doubt one of the most spectacular desolate wildernesses on the planet. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1655589799520-M1DA08UOCLYDRS4F4CVO/2022.20.jpg National Parks and the West - Landscape Near Four Corners I 2022 Oil on canvas, 12”x16” $250.00 The first of two: we saw many wonderful scenes as we drove through northern Arizona. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1655589809505-PWBOF4L8F9U0A1MAK7AJ/2022.21.jpg National Parks and the West - Landscape Near Four Corners II 2022 Oil on canvas, 12”x16” $250.00 The second of two: it’s easy to see why so many consider these lands sacred. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1735055548094-86PC760RSL3S18DE1E00/2022.22.jpg National Parks and the West - Shafer Canyon and the La Sal Mountains 2022 Oil on canvas, 18”x24” $500.00 The first of many great views from the “Island in the Sky” — — https://johnyaoart.com/summer daily 0.75 2025-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1651340654235-VNRMROKH6GO4R255187T/2022.08.jpg Summer - Cayuga Lake, View From Treman Marine Park 2022 Oil on canvas, 24”x30” $750.00 The gentle summer breeze, the clouds wafting slowly overhead, and waters bouncing gayly below. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1561311758638-Q0CA8O2SORDL941C488K/2019.20.4.JPG Summer - Apple Blossoms 2019 Oil on canvas, 12”x16” SOLD The most prized of flowering trees is probably the cherry blossom, but the apple blossom is equally as colorful and worthy of praise. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1651340654235-VNRMROKH6GO4R255187T/2022.08.jpg Summer - Cayuga Lake, View From Treman Marine Park 2022 Oil on canvas, 24”x30” $750.00 The gentle summer breeze, the clouds wafting slowly overhead, and waters bouncing gayly below. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1655588990879-7JQE2HKOKLCJLH06IB8O/2022.13.jpg Summer - Northern Catskills, View From Durham II 2022 Oil on canvas, 18”x24” $500.00 The Catskills form a rather impressive wall along their northern edge. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1651188325675-Z5VI24L8TJYBK9EPYNS2/2022.05.jpg Summer - After the Rain 2022 Oil on canvas, 18”x24” $500.00 It had rained all day. Late in the evening it finally stopped, and the setting sun peaked through the clouds and the mist, offering a feeling of hope. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1651188177537-DADVSQK4W58VVYR1FNJI/2022.04.jpg Summer - Evening Light on Summer Clouds 2022 Oil on canvas, 24”x18” $600.00 The storm had passed, the skies cleared up, and the setting sun made the retreating clouds glow. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1572049088786-VA3ALRLTS2E07O3OWS3R/2019.21.6.JPG Summer - Alliums and Lilies 2019 Oil on canvas, 24”x18” SOLD A recent trip to the New York Botanic Gardens in the Bronx inspired this painting. It was a breezy May day but the sun was out, Summer was just on the doorstep, and this beautiful collection of flowers captured the mood of late Spring perfectly. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1617114564389-BJ1I0LGUKPYBPZZ3JG58/2019.30.jpg Summer - Black-Eyed Susans 2019 Oil on canvas, 12”x16” $250.00 The black-eyed Susan adds a deep and vibrant dappling of yellow to many a summer garden and green field. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1651432460702-UI51DBR7DTXZ36FYO7YT/2021.12.jpg Summer - Chinese Garden Wall (Huntington Gardens) 2021 Oil on canvas, 24”x18” $400.00 Huntington Gardens is one of the horticultural gems of America. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1561293542448-2T31JY2MLSBCHAICIWPT/2019.18.5.JPG Summer - Pink Peonies 2019 Oil on canvas, 18”x24” $400.00 Maybe the first true flower of summer, these beautiful pink peonies were in a neighbor’s garden a few blocks down. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1671071233316-QYHWCBYAG84XQOOGPOLW/image-asset.jpeg Summer - The Lily Pond (Homage to Monet) 2019 Oil on canvas, 30”x24” $1,000.00 While walking through the Cornell Botanical Gardens, we came upon the lily pond with its many koi, and I was immediately struck by the idea to do my own painting of Monet’s famous subject. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1651342668774-QQSC8TSDSCEC9NK6UPAS/2006.3.2.JPG Summer - Gnarly Old Oak Tree (Cross-Country Trail at Colgate) 2006 Oil on canvas, 24”x18” $250.00 Painted one summer when I was a student at Colgate University, I found this tree hidden deep in the woods. And yet it seemed to stand out from all the others like the great sage of a tribe, dispensing wisdom to those who would listen. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1669218059951-R3DLILYWZA4QPCP4EMTG/2022.37.jpg Summer - Rehoboth Cloudscape: Mackerel Sky 2022 Oil on canvas, 18” x 24” $500.00 The sun dappled in the clouds the same as it did on the surface of the ocean. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1651342793483-2MRXMCPZDF8XSM0T2RK2/2020.09.jpg Summer - Weeping Cedar (NY Botanic Gardens) 2020 Oil on canvas, 30”x24” $750.00 Like some haiku, the leaves and branches floated down in visual poetry. — — https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/5d0e787574b8d50001b38f73/5d0e78a8bdbb9800017781b9/1561229480208/ Summer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1561243446400-LOLVZ9Q0HPZPAT182FK7/JYao_1325.jpg Summer - Mackerel Sky 2018 Oil on canvas, 18”x24” $350.00 I had gone out one afternoon in search of landscapes and instead I found a skyscape, shimmering like the scales of a fish. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1561243440461-4O537T5YQXK5H2PFHVKU/JYao_1356.jpg Summer - End of Summer (View From the Backyard) 2018 Oil on canvas, 12”x16” $250.00 There’s a sad calm as August turns to September, and the trees start to turn, and the year grows old. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1655588655609-2LAGJ84M9FWJSEOW5NZU/2022.12.jpg Summer - Red Sky At Night 2022 Oil on canvas, 18”x24” $500.00 As I looked up at the sky that evening I remembered that old saying. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1669217827656-M5IP11RHRSO37INPY9UB/2022.19.jpg Summer - Lower Ausable Lake, Twilight 2022 Oil on Canvas, 24” x 18” SOLD One of the best views in the Adirondacks, and we got there right at #goldenhour — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1677870624272-PA4PD6Q4D84D04OXLPWJ/2022.15.jpg Summer - Summer Reflections, Cayuga Inlet 2022 Oil on canvas, 24”x18” $400.00 When both the water and the air are thick and heavy with the heat. — — https://johnyaoart.com/fall-winter daily 0.75 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1562356354184-U83J7WNPU8ER8HC6CMZ2/2018.7.21.JPG Fall & Winter - End of Day, End of Autumn 2018 Oil on canvas, 30”x40” $800.00 As both the day and the year raced towards their close, the last leaves clung to their branches, still in grand chromatic display. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1562356354184-U83J7WNPU8ER8HC6CMZ2/2018.7.21.JPG Fall & Winter - End of Day, End of Autumn 2018 Oil on canvas, 30”x40” $800.00 As both the day and the year raced towards their close, the last leaves clung to their branches, still in grand chromatic display. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1561243919304-IKJDRYZ7M5EMMXP3IIY8/JYao_1338.jpg Fall & Winter - Beginnings of Autumn (Hickory Tree) 2017 Oil on canvas, 16”x12” $200.00 Late September, and here and there, and more and more, the leaves began to turn their colors. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1561243929674-XHA1LVTOJR5R6RBM7UPZ/JYao_1346.jpg Fall & Winter - Maple Leaves 2017 Oil on canvas, 12”x16” $250.00 The maple tree just outside our house is always a pleasant sight every October. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1561258852607-09OWTW6ERG14X22W6Y89/2017.12.7.JPG Fall & Winter - Autumn Crimson (The Ivy Bush) 2017 Oil on canvas, 18”x24” $200.00 This ivy bush never looked all that interesting most of the year, but come October it displayed some of the best colors I’ve seen of any foliage. I tried to be a little more abstract in this one, working in some of the ideas of the Abstract Expressionists. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1651342757861-Y7UBSVWIDI1JB0I67E5T/2019.38.jpg Fall & Winter - Fallen Leaves 2019 Oil on canvas, 12”x16” $200.00 The fall leaves blanketed the forest floor in a sea of colors. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1651342692725-56P3MOQ06I0C359CRHJ2/2018.6.JPG Fall & Winter - Tangle of Roots 2018 Oil on canvas, 16”x12” $250.00 As the sun sunk low towards the horizon, its golden light seemed to warm up that cold November afternoon, making the roots of the bare trees shimmer and shine. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1655589187270-R9PKPH9C57U216FLJ0CX/2022.17.jpg Fall & Winter - November Skies 2022 Oil on canvas, 24”x30” $800.00 The sun was setting much earlier, and even though the skies glowed, there was a coldness to them. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1651188709003-8PP3CDRZWAYYDXNP1H3Z/2022.10.jpg Fall & Winter - Winter Field, Twilight I 2022 Oil on canvas, 18”x24” $400.00 The moon rose over the frozen field, while the sun retreated and the skies glowed. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1616929655918-M7J9Q99ZWS6DBOW3AR04/2021.04.jpg Fall & Winter - Winter Field, Twilight II 2021 Oil on canvas, 18”x24” $400.00 It was a wonderfully snowy February this year, covering the fields in a thick blanket. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1677863918660-YKDIDZRWHC8PACMC9R02/2023.03.jpg Fall & Winter - Pine Boughs In the Snow 2023 Oil on canvas, 12”x16” $250.00 Every branch wrapped up in fresh snow, like presents. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1677864187048-KWSGEUM8B099VGS1OGA1/2023.09.jpg Fall & Winter - Winter Field, Gray and Still 2023 Oil on canvas, 24”x30” $1,000.00 The silence that permeates the air on a cold winter day is one of nature’s greatest songs. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1680645531413-I1I0GWJ4KAT6X7NZBXDB/2023.14.jpg Fall & Winter - Path In the Woods, Winter Evening 2023 Oil on canvas, 30”x24” $1,000.00 The woods were lovely, dark, and deep … — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1680645672014-SY4XQD9G8BTXZLC08B1K/2023.07.jpg Fall & Winter - Sunset Over the Hills, Winter 2023 Oil on canvas, 24”x30” $1,000.00 The cold, frosted ground, and the warm fiery sky. — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1680645851309-S6NF0TQ9LIXPL4MVOYT9/2023.12.jpg Fall & Winter - Winter, Twilight, Moonrise 2023 Oil on canvas, 24”x30” $1,000.00 “Twas in the moon of wintertime when all the beasts had fled …” — — https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1701568408136-PHRBXOSZNL5T2XTN4JYV/2023.01.jpg Fall & Winter - Poinsettias 2023 Oil on canvas, 20”x16” $350.00 Green and red, and just the tiniest hint of gold. — — https://johnyaoart.com/about daily 0.75 2024-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1561231745683-XK0PCOTYH59UGTHR0H07/IMG_5163+%282%29.JPG About the Artist Me and Monet at the Met (pardon the alliteration) https://johnyaoart.com/contact daily 0.75 2019-06-22 https://johnyaoart.com/prints daily 0.75 2019-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cb372d865a7070d3c2e967a/1561295017844-844QGOHPI8SOAVBXPONM/2018.33.9.JPG Prints