Jeff Fleming

Beach Day, Oil Painting

2020

Artist Comments
A playful dog catches a red ball while running along the sandy shore. Part of artist Jeff Fleming's signature kinetic impressionist series. Using gloved hands, he generously applied oil paint using his fingers. Once the overall image was completed, Jeff added small paint droplets using the pointed end of a bamboo shish kebab stick.

About the Artist
Artist Jeff Fleming uses fingerpainting to create exuberant portraits of dogs. Growing up in Southern California, Jeff was first introduced to fingerpainting in kindergarten. He painted through high school and college and won several art awards, including Best of Show in a city wide student competition. After graduating with a degree in journalism and advertising, he went to work as an art director. For the next 40 years, he created print, radio and television ads for a number of top agencies. "After retiring in 2019, the clouds of stress and pressure cleared and allowed me to set my creative energy free," says Jeff. He began developing new techniques focused on the excitement and energy of painting. Today, he uses a variety of methods and tools, including fingerpainting wearing nitrile gloves, traditional paint brushes, bamboo shish kebab sticks, kite string, spraypaint and splattering. While working, Jeff always listens to music, including Broadway musicals, dance music and rhythmic Hawaiian tunes.

Words that describe this painting: dog, running, Iris Scott, fun, joyful, lively, action, animal, beach, ball, pet, play, impressionism, animals, representational, oil painting, blue

Beach Day
Jeff Fleming
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished black edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2020
36 in. h x 36 in. w x 1.5 in. d
8 lbs. 0 oz.