Oil paintings | Denise Racine

• The Cheater part 2

  Oil, Canvas, 36” x 48”. This cowboy (see part 1) seems surprised to have been caught cheating at cards. From the looks of it he’s in deep trouble! This is the second painting in a western series based on photographs by…

• The cheater part 1

  Oil, Canvas, 36" x 48". This cowboy looks pretty cocky, like he knows he’s going to get away with cheating. I love the mischievous glint in his eye as his accomplice slips hims a few cards. See part 2 Inspired by a Scot…

• Barn kittens

  Oil, Canvas, 9" x 12". We can almost hear the kittens purr as they are gently stroked by the little blond girl sitting in a dusty barn. The sun peaks through the window basking them in it's warmth and light. Ref.Photo:…

• Flower girl

  Oil, Canvas, 12" x 6". This original oil painting of a young girl dressed in a formal white dress was inspired by a photo I took a flower girl at my nephew's wedding. I snapped a picture of her as she casually walked by…

• Cowgirl

  Oil, Canvas, 12" x 6". This oil painting was inspired by a photo I took of a young girl watching the rodeo at Buffalo Chip's Saloon in Cave Creek, Arizona. The action packed event was thrilling to watch and this aspirin…

• Ballerina - The lesson

  Oil, 12" x 6". This oil painting of a standing ballerina was taken at a local ballet school. The young lady was listening very attentively to her ballet teacher's instruction when I took the picture that inspired this p…

• Eyes wide open

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 20. This oil painting was partially done from a model named Virginie, that I hired to pose in my studio. It was later completed from a photograph. I had just completed a workshop with Margaret Carter B…

• I dare you!

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 20. This oil painting was partially done from a model named Geneviève that I hired to pose in my studio. It was later completed from a photograph. I had just completed a workshop with Margaret Carter B…

• Ballerina slippers

  Oil, 20 x 16. Figure study oil painting was created from photos that I took at a local ballet school. This girl modeled for three separate ballet related paintings in oil. In this one she is quietly tying her ballet sli…

• Ballerina - Resting

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 16. Figure study oil painting was created from photos that I took at a local ballet school. This girl modeled for three separate ballet related paintings in oil. In this oil painting she is was resting…

• Ballerina - Getting ready

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 16. Figure study oil painting was created from photos that I took at a local ballet school. This girl modeled for three separate ballet related paintings in oil. In this one she is removing her ballet…

• The Cheesemaker - Le Fromager

  Oil, Canvas, 60 x 40. While on vacation in Biarritz, France I spotted this cheesemaker's shop on a quaint little cobblestone street. I quickly snapped a picture as he loaded cheese wheel's into a vehicle. From that phot…

• The grandchildren

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 24. This was a commissioned oil painting from a family photo. The grandparents ordered this painting of all their grandchildren for themselves. Normally I only work from my own pictures but the composi…

• Les Deux Magots, Paris

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 24. "Les Deux Magots" is a famous café in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area of Paris, France. It once had a reputation as the rendezvous of the literary and intellectual élite of the city. It is now a po…

• Byward Market, Ottawa

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 24. I stood across the street from this little café in the Byward Market, Ottawa, Ontario for the longest time just waiting for right person to pass in front. I wanted someone on a bike to convey to fe…

• Unmasked I

  Oil, Canvas, 24" x 12". This figure study of a nude masked woman was painted in oils on canvas from a live model in my studio. This painting is actually in contrast to the nude tattooed male painting. He is turns his ba…