Religious Maze

Religious Maze The third abstract painting from the Line & Color series Roland’s journal entries and photos detailing his aesthetic and painterly objectives, observations and summations regarding creating this painting. Line & Color Series artist’s journal Religious Maze Video Comments Artist’s Journal Start: July 29, 2022 Finish: August 1, 2022 16 x 20 inches oil […]
Color Sections Landscape

Color Sections Landscape The second abstract painting from the Line & Color series Roland’s journal entries and photos detailing his aesthetic and painterly objectives, observations and summations regarding creating this painting. Line & Color Series artist’s journal Color Sections Video Comments Artist’s Journal Started and Finished: Painted over a couple of days in the end of […]
Symphonic Lines Held in Check

Symphonic Lines Held in Check The first abstract painting fromthe Line & Color series Roland’s journal entries and photos done while painting this piece which became the inspiration for this series. Line & Color Series artist journal Comments Symphonic Lines Held in Check Video Artist’s Journal Started and Finished: Over a couple of days in the […]
Muted Peach

Muted Peach The fourth abstract painting from the Line & Color series Roland’s journal entries and photos done while painting this painting. Detailing his aesthetic and painterly objectives, observations and summations in pursuit of creating the abstract painting “Muted Peach”. “Muted Peach” was part of OMA’s (Orlando Museum of Art) Platform Show March 2023. Line […]
Line & Color Series
Line & Color A Series of Documented Abstract Paintings Roland’s Line & Color series are abstract oil paintings started from charcoal under drawings.From start to finish Roland shares his journaling and photos of each painting process.Also included are videos for each painting combining all the referenced photos for a time lapsed effect. Muted Peach Symphonic […]
Roland Cruse at his First Solo Show

Roland Cruse: Light & Color Original Plein Air (Outdoor) PaintingsApril 7-8, 2023 at FAVO Orlando FL An exhibit of oil paintings done on location outdoors in Central Florida. Over twenty oil landscape paintings representing color and light mounted in wide frames of gold or silver. Each one unique in it’s composition and color feel. Sky, […]
Lake Mary Paint Out March 2023. Oil on Linen. 10 x 8

Lake Mary Paint Out March 18, 2023 Lake Mary Paint Out Around a dozen or less painters showed up to paint at Lake Mary’s Central Park. Me included. The weather man had been saying it would rain but fortunately that did not happen and it was a very pleasant partly cloudy day. Sponsored by the […]
FAVO Fellows Exhibit
Crealde Fellows Exhibit at FAVO February 3 & 4, 2023 A few of my fellow Crealde Fellows and I exhibited at FAVO, Faith Arts Village Orlando, in one of their studios. I had two still life oil paintings on exhibit.
OMA Platform Accepted Painting

Roland’s “Muted Peach” Painting in the Juried OMA Platform Event Orlando Museum of Art Premiere Platform Artist Showcase March 31, 2023 My abstract painting “Muted Peach” was accepted and shown at OMA’s juried first “Platform” event on March 31, 2023. Muted Peach is a piece from my series of abstract paintings called “Line & Color“. […]