I Spent 3 Days Painting a Giant Canvas Above the River
Jonas Vasi
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Three days. One giant canvas above the river in Juniper Valley — and every evening, more people stopped to watch.
🎬 ABOUT THE VIDEO:
This 140 × 190 cm / 55 × 75 in canvas was too large to fit in my car, so I rented a van for three days and built the entire project around that deadline. Juniper Valley is 43 km from home, which meant 258 km of driving across the three painting days.
At the same time, I had to fit each session around my painting studies at the academy. With limited time and changing evening light, every day became a balance between getting there, setting up, painting, and making the most of the few hours I had.
As the painting progressed, more and more people began stopping to watch. By the final day, several visitors were sitting nearby until sunset, and what had started as a quiet plein-air session began to feel almost like an unexpected public performance.
🎨 PAINTING DETAILS
Medium: Oil on canvasCanvas: 140 × 190 cm / 55 × 75 in
Painted: Outdoors over 3 days
Location: Juniper Valley, Lithuania
🎥 BEHIND THE SCENES
If you’d like to see more of the process behind these films, learn more about my painting setup and materials, and follow what I’m working on between uploads, you can support my work on Patreon: Patreon: jonasvasi
🎧 EXPERIENCE:
No talking. No music. Just plein air oil painting, natural sounds, changing landscapes and the experience of being there.
These films bring together oil painting, nature and slow cinematic storytelling into a quiet, immersive visual experience.
📩 ARTWORK INQUIRIES:
For painting availability, pricing, dimensions, shipping or other inquiries:
Email: jonasvasi.art@gmail.comAvailable paintings: jonasvasi.com
More of my work:Instagram: Instagram: jonas.vasi
Website: https://jonasvasi.com
Support the channel:
paypal.me/jonasvasi
⏱️ CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:14 Before Heading Out to Paint
00:28 Day 1 — Juniper Valley, Lithuania
03:37 Day 2 — Back to Juniper Valley
06:35 Day 3 — Final Plein Air Session
09:03 Five Days Later — Final Touches
09:54 Final Reveal
#pleinairpainting #oilpainting #landscapepainting #paintingprocess #largecanvaspainting
20 Comments
I liked the painting. I preferred the way you painted the water, the mountains in the background, and the sky over the foreground. But it adds depth to the composition as a whole. Good work.
I Spent 3 Days Painting a Giant Canvas Above the River
Jonas Vasi
8,666 views
View available paintings: https://jonasvasi.com
Three days. One giant canvas above the river in Juniper Valley — and every evening, more people stopped to watch.
🎬 ABOUT THE VIDEO:
This 140 × 190 cm / 55 × 75 in canvas was too large to fit in my car, so I rented a van for three days and built the entire project around that deadline. Juniper Valley is 43 km from home, which meant 258 km of driving across the three painting days.
At the same time, I had to fit each session around my painting studies at the academy. With limited time and changing evening light, every day became a balance between getting there, setting up, painting, and making the most of the few hours I had.
As the painting progressed, more and more people began stopping to watch. By the final day, several visitors were sitting nearby until sunset, and what had started as a quiet plein-air session began to feel almost like an unexpected public performance.
🎨 PAINTING DETAILS
Medium: Oil on canvasCanvas: 140 × 190 cm / 55 × 75 in
Painted: Outdoors over 3 days
Location: Juniper Valley, Lithuania
🎥 BEHIND THE SCENES
If you’d like to see more of the process behind these films, learn more about my painting setup and materials, and follow what I’m working on between uploads, you can support my work on Patreon: Patreon: jonasvasi
🎧 EXPERIENCE:
No talking. No music. Just plein air oil painting, natural sounds, changing landscapes and the experience of being there.
These films bring together oil painting, nature and slow cinematic storytelling into a quiet, immersive visual experience.
📩 ARTWORK INQUIRIES:
For painting availability, pricing, dimensions, shipping or other inquiries:
Email: jonasvasi.art@gmail.comAvailable paintings: jonasvasi.com
More of my work:Instagram: Instagram: jonas.vasi
Website: https://jonasvasi.com
Support the channel:
paypal.me/jonasvasi
⏱️ CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:14 Before Heading Out to Paint
00:28 Day 1 — Juniper Valley, Lithuania
03:37 Day 2 — Back to Juniper Valley
06:35 Day 3 — Final Plein Air Session
09:03 Five Days Later — Final Touches
09:54 Final Reveal
#pleinairpainting #oilpainting #landscapepainting #paintingprocess #largecanvaspainting
that a huge amount of effort is required much greater than is shown in your edited video. Well done in achieving such an accomplished painting . Your colours are beautiful.
Your progress as a painter since the beginning of this year is astonishing and I avidly look forward to your next video.
You are precious, Jonas and you touch our hearts deeply.
Greetings from Zimbabwe 🙏