JOSE TRUJILLO PLEIN AIR CALIFORNIA IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING VALLEY MODERN ART

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! There Is NO RESERVE In This Auction!Original Oil Painting by Artist JOSE TRUJILLOMeasurements: 11 x 14 inchesMedium: Oil on canvas boardSold Unframed: Frame shown is available upon request for an additional $55. *Contact me to add the frame! (80% of my collectors choose to have their painting arrive framed and ready to hang!)About The Frame: A beautiful Neo-Classic Style wood frame. Hangs Boldly on your wall with its three inches profile and double-raised clean edges. Elegantly brushed with antique Moroccan-red undertones, covered in a smoothly pressed Florentine Gold Leaf finish. The timeless look of this frame focuses the viewer's attention on the artwork while surrounding the painting with a warm, gold highlight; making it the perfect choice for this painting. Note: (Frame must be added to your invoice prior to checkout). Should you purchase the frame; your painting will arrive framed and ready to hang!Investment-Quality Piece: A Certificate of Authenticity signed and dated by the artist is included with this painting to guarantee its provenance. (Certificates of Authenticity are documents that accompany artwork and are used to verify the genuine nature of an artwork. These documents become especially important as artwork appreciates in value).READY THIS: Here's what a prestigious travel newsletter Travel by ENTREE blog has to say about my artwork: VOGUE Magazine called ENTREE the "Rolls Royce of travel newsletters."Bill Tomicki , is the editor and was the former vice president of Sotheby's and Tiffany & Co.Artist Jose Trujillo: a modern MonetWe found an incredible young artist on eBay, of all places. Jose Trujillo is an impressionist painter of rare talent, a prolific painter whose landscapes, seascapes and still lifes are a dreamy, fantasy of colors. His brushwork is impeccable and we think he is to be collected now before his prices skyrocket and galleries, collectors and museums take notice, which they are sure to do. Trujillo has been called a modern Monet. His exquisite, smaller studies are created en plein aire, larger ones in his studio so they can be carefully reworked as needed. Born in Guadalajara, Mexico in 1982, his first inspirations were the elaborate architectural designs of Spanish Baroque cathedrals he saw as a young boy. At the age of nine, the Trujillo family immigrated to the United States and landed in Tucson. Jose sketched casually as a young man without any formal training. When a large print of Monet's Water Lilies at Giverny ignited his passion to seriously paint, Trujillo began actively studying art. His days were spent observing nature and visiting museums. Today he works full time from his Tucson studio. The result is an extensive body of work from a talented original artist of quality whose vibrant colors and bold brush strokes are magical gems.His paintings are a new form of Impressionism; a breed between abstraction and realism which seeks to go deeper into the experience of painting; where the artist-rather than merely focusing on the aesthetics to represent the landscape-tries to capture and convey the feeling he receives from it.This approach results in a more profound experience where the landscape is captured in its core essence-with all senses and thru a multitude of emotions, and portrayed on the canvas thru means of vibrant colors expressed in a spontaneous, dramatic, and exciting manner. This is what makes a Jose Trujillo original a truly unique work of art.Most Trujillo paintings say so much with little apparent effort. Others are carefully constructed with flowing lines and structure. Some are so subtle they appear to be unfinished. A Trujillo painting can range from $195 to $10,000. An 8×10 framed painting is usually $195; a 5 by 7 foot piece $10,000. But if you go to eBay you can find them priced under $50.Bill TomickiRead what one of my most valued Trujillo art collectors has to say about her experience of owning my artwork:Why I Collect JOSE TRUJILLO"I feel sometimes that I'm in a race, a crazy race to gather up as many of Tucson impressionist Jose Trujillo's prized gems of art as I can manage before I die. Before the rest of the world wakes up and realizes how gifted he is. Before the prices for his work soar far above my lower middle-class reach.My favorite oils to collect are Jose's still lifes--flowers fluttering at times as mere suggestions in light and shadow, explosions of color and movement, all stems and blossoms and leaves, bursting well beyond their simple gilded frames. His paintings are beautiful: moody or serene ("Early Impressions"), conveying texture, emotion ("Shady Shadows"). Since I began collecting over the past months I've seen his work evolve, and grow, and become even more enchanting and resplendent with time as he's gradually finding his young artist's voice. In my view, he is already a master at plein air expressionist landscapes conveyed in natural settings, of wistful or furious cloud formations, of brilliant kaleidoscopic sunsets. I am bewitched by his variety of purple passion pathways (I own several entitled "The Path"), his neon hillsides ("Hillside Hues," "Brilliant Afternoon") and his transcendent use of light on what looks like my mutabulis rose outside my front porch ("Flaming Roses," "Garden Roses"). How many shimmering "White Roses in a Vase" (or, for that matter, "Pink Roses," "Pink Roses I" and "Pink Roses II") should one woman collect, I wonder? I don't quite know, but surely next spring, or next winter, or the year after that, there might be even more gorgeous white (or pink, or whatever) roses against a mutable backdrop I must strive to possess. And judging by my impressive increasing competition at auction on eBay, I am not alone in this mounting race.Some weeks, I feel, Jose may be struggling for a different angle, or thinking about simpler forms or a new splash of color in eucalyptus trees seen just so from a distance, as I might be challenged by yet another potential Trujillo landscape acquisition as his style mutates. He could be transitioning into a new period, like the riverbank scene so peaceful and Seine-like in "Early Reflections." He may try something completely new with his brushes, perhaps using less emphasis over there--just a smear of paint--or a heavier hand, or more detail here in his tiny abstract petals, or an entirely fresh color palette to explore (as in the lavender blues in "Desert Meadow," or in "Happiness," a riot of imagination in a huge vase, or the insane application of lemon yellows and purples in a brilliant field bursting with radiance that I recently acquired. (You get the picture.) But then what follows suddenly is a naif wave of magical forest whimsy, like dancing tree trunks reminiscent of Van Gogh or Klimt ("Blessed Morning"), and bursts of pigment so magnificent and opposing you want to cry (as in one of my absolute favorites which I gave my son Daniel at Christmas, the large "Oath to My Mother"). Jose makes it look simple but I assure you it is not. I can't duplicate him or his sometimes pointillistic style ("Whispers of Light"). Believe me, I've tried. As a novice oil pastel painter myself, I've longed in my daydreams to fly out to Arizona to watch Jose create in oils as he communes with nature, or fly him here to Texas for a May gardening workshop on imagination to talk about and demonstrate his work. He is that good, and that inspiring. In short, I yearn to learn at the side of this young artist. I want to be his forever friend.Reflecting on his vast offerings at auction, I marvel at what is going on inside Jose's passionate head as he paints canvas after canvas, week after week, simple washes or complex woodlands, feverishly, it seems, in such prolific form. Without interviewing Jose on the subject, it appears that he has produced in recent years nearly 3,000 original pieces in varying dimensions, each one, I'm sure, unique and reflective of his vision. But really, there is no mystery to his exquisite madness. His careful (but most times apparently carefree and rapid) brushwork lifts what he observes in his natural settings, in his artist's glowing and abundant heart and, beyond that, in his mind's perceptive eye, and deposits it on canvas before him in such haste, such as in a vivid pink and orange marshland reflection ("Abstract Sunset"), or along a stand of swaying magenta tree tops, or upon a rising, flickering silvery moon ("Moonlite Inspiration"), as though he might forget in an instant what he was about to say. Jose as a painter on canvas is much like a poet searching for that precise, but dazzling, description on paper before it evaporates. After all, such is the essence of a true impressionist artist: capturing that fleeting, shining moment as it lies before you, as in Monet's masterpieces, for all eternity.For anyone seriously contemplating a delightful and ultimately satisfying experience in collecting original art I say, without hesitation, no matter where you may live, consider Tucson impressionist Jose Trujillo as your source. He is like the happiest of addictions. Right now, Jose's oils are still wildly affordable to the average consumer, to one who appreciates having a little (or a lot of) beauty to behold. As addictions go, the lingering aftereffects for the user of his blossoming talents are so much more alluring, more pleasurable, more filled with imagination and wonder, and more enduring to experience than anything else. In the end, you'll have a beautiful painting before you to admire indefinitely on your wall. I've taken some of mine to the office to display, and you wouldn't believe the attention his paintings generate. I feel...and I don't know exactly why...somehow comforted being surrounded by his handcrafted work. Most importantly, as a gift to share now or as a treasure to hold close forever, an addiction to beautiful little gems of art by any artist, any at all, or by those so lovingly created by Jose Trujillo, is a source of lasting smiles and well-being and genuine, heartfelt appreciation all around. And not, fortunately, a source of guilt. And that's a good thing."Fiorenza BruniSan Antonio, TexasHere's what another valued collector has to say about owning my artwork:"I cannot come up with words to express why I collect Jose Trujillo and what it means to me, because it just means everything to me - it is just plain "home" to me.So glad I started adding your still life's to my collection -- Love them!I've purchased more art from Jose than anyone else -- Enough said!"Ann CrawfordChicago, IL: Here's what my eBay collectors are saying about their Trujillo paintings:"FABULOUS! Even better than in the picture. BUY W/ CONFIDENCE." -eBay buyer griffsamples"Beautiful piece, lovely frame, excellent service! Thank you!!" -eBay buyer anniewolf777"I'm collecting Trujillo now before his work reaches the thousands it deserves." -eBay buyer artensions"*WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL! Highest recommendation possible*" -eBay buyer iloveborzois"Excellent transaction in every way! Jose Trujillo is an exemplary eBayer! A++++" -eBay buyer iloveborzois"Even more beautiful seeing it in person! Contrast of colors is so vivid. Thanks!" -eBay buyer riwinn"Thank you for the beautiful painting. I received it so fast too! Great seller!" -eBay buyer easjdh"It's beautiful! Very carefully packaged, I'm extremely pleased. Thank you!" -eBay buyer seventh-sun"Love your paintings Never disappointed Excellent service." -eBay buyer zidamay"*******WOW! I am thrilled beyond words! What a great artist! THE BEST!*******" -eBay buyer iloveborzois"AAA+ He is a great artist and i am so happy to have found his work on ebay." -eBay buyer peefursbyb1"He is the best!!! His work is outstanding!!! Please look at his work! A++++++++" -eBay buyer sexyone04"Great seller!!! The photos are great but the paintings are 1000 times better!!!" -eBay buyer danner6734"My painting looks terrific in the frame. Thank you. Great to work with you." -eBay buyer capecod478"Thank you!!!Beautiful work as usual!!!Best ARTIST EVER!!!! Will be back!!!A+++++" -eBay buyer sexyone04"Great painting! Excellent customer service. Love the whole experience." -eBay buyer kathexis511"Beautiful artwork,exactly as described. Great communication, fast delivery." -eBay buyer kenviix"One of my all time favorite sellers!! Great communication! Great paintings!" -eBay buyer danner6734"Jose is a pleasure to work with. His paintings are lovely and are shipped well" -eBay buyer meekalay"Arrived VERY quickly and exactly as described! Beautiful! THANK YOU!" -eBay buyer kathexis511"My home is quickly becoming a Jose Trujillo art gallery! Thank you! A++++" -eBay buyer elgrace657"Absolutely beautiful!!!! His artwork inspires you! Just brilliant!! #1 Fan!" -eBay buyer sexyone04"Another beautiful painting. Excellent shipping, packing and quality. Super A+" -eBay buyer happyworldtraveler"This looks amazing hung in our home office!" -eBay buyer ruddylion"THE PAINTING IS BREATHTAKING!!CANNOT STOP LOOKING AT IT!!YOU ARE SO TALENTED!" -eBay buyer sexyone04"More than satisfied. An excellent seller, a superb artist. Thank you, Jose." -eBay buyer elgrace657"The paintings are better in person. Lovely! Well packaged!" -eBay buyer craigiek"All AAAAAAAA+++++++++++++++ will buy again ....." -eBay buyer757troy"Another beauty From Jose. talent oozes from his very pores! AAAA++++!" -eBay buyer dixiewoodland"Perfect transaction. I recommend this this seller.A+++. Lovely painting." -eBay buyer brianbet"Excellent artist! Wonderful to work with! Multiple purchases from this artist" -eBay buyer janet3986"Perfect transaction. Art, packaging, communication #1. Super seller." -eBay buyer mel183010"Carefully and exquisitely packed for shipment; looking to add to my collection!" -eBay buyer audrakoesterShipping: We currently ship only within the continental US. Your artwork will ship within 5 business days after transaction processes. Tracking number will be provided when order ships. If you desire rush delivery or if you are located in Alaska or Hawaii; please contact us for shipping rates and service. Combined Shipping Is Available. You must contact me to combine your shipping as its not automated. If you're combining shipping for multiple items; please allow 5 business days (after last purchase) for handling.Don't forget to check out my other items and be sure to add me to your favorites list !Check out my other items ! read more

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