Oil Paintings

A woman with long brown hair holding a painting of elephants in the wild at sunset.

This gallery reflects the many years spent learning depth and understanding the world.

These paintings were inspired by pictures taken, travels experienced, and other media encountered over the years.

Featured Paintings

A dark, abstract painting featuring a glowing, faceted glass candle holder placed on a curved surface with ambient reddish-orange light reflecting off it.

Night Cap

24x36 oil on canvas

Icelandic landscape of the sea lapsing against the shore in front of black mountains, black sand, and orange reeds beneath a dark, stormy sky.

A Study of Iceland

18x24 oil on canvas

The Girl Next Door

Painting of a herd of elephants standing in tall grass at sunset, with a vibrant orange sky and dark trees in the background.

Family Outing

24x36 oil on canvas

Painting of a person with dark curly hair viewing an abstract screen with red, orange, yellow, and blue colors.

A Study of a Man Studying a Rothko

5x7 oil on canvas

Oil Painting Gallery

Painting of a black bird flying above white clouds against a blue sky.
Orange background with blue stripes resembling a handbag, featuring the words "Louis Vuitton" in black text across the center, and the artist's signature "Makaya Norman" in white in the lower left corner.
This painting is of a faraway black and white lighthouse with a small, red-roofed, white house perched on a brown and tan cliff over the ocean, backed by a cloudy yellow and periwinkle sky.
The River Lethe in Alaska is loosely painted picture of brown, tan, and burnt orange cliffs parted by a blue and white river. In the background are purple and blue mountains and sky.
This painting depicts large bright white and light blue waves crashing. They also drop back into the dark teal blue ocean.
Painting of a house with steps leading to the front porch, with two children sitting on the steps. The house has four windows, and there is greenery in front. The left side shows part of a red fence and a tree in the background.
Painting of a coast with sandy dunes, green shrubs, and cliffs on the left, with ocean waves and cloudy sky in the background.
This oil painting depicts a beautiful, sunny ocean scene with navy mountains and a cloudy sky, peeking between a window surrounded by a stone wall.
This painting titled Silver Lining features a dark gray and soft yellow cloudy sky with stark white clouds overlooking a navy sea shimmering with bright white and yellow hues.
The painting Sun Bath is a bird's eye view of small, ant-sized people standing and swimming in a body of water that is textured with shades of blue, green, yellow, and bright white water.
This painting titled A Walk Through Time showcases three young kids holding hands and walking on a sidewalk toward a faint, foggy Coronado Bridge.
This painting titled Vistas Delgadas depicts a narrow view of a teal and blue ocean and dark to light sky with a few clouds, seen between two burnt orange and tan buildings.
This painting titled Lifeguard on Duty depicts a faraway man in red shorts wading into a mildly calm, wavy ocean with a flurry of clouds in the background.
This painting titled Seeking Synergism is of a muslim man wearing black garments sitting on a crate in front of cracked blue, tan, and brick walls meditating over religion and life.
This triptych depicts five hockey players wearing red and green jerseys skating on the ice. Behind them are coaches, players on the benches, banners behind them, and HOME/VISITOR signs.