Ron Ashtiani
@ashtianiron
Dad x3, Art Director, Author, Oil Painter. Board Director @SteamforgedLtd, Ambassador @Specialeffect, Serial company founder of @atomhawk & @bigthursday_uk Currently building a new video game studio called Last Arrow Games
I'm very pleased to be showing this new piece at the #GHCCFNCL26 art fair June 18th to 21st I have a limited number of VIP invites if anyone would like to come to the opening night in Newcastle, DM me.
Is this for real? I saw it posted on insta and then went and checked his real feed on Truth and saw this? The man had a spat with the pope and the posted this……he’s lost his flippin mind!
While it’s been a busy start to the year building up our new studio, Last Arrow Games. I have had a little time to keep up my oil painting. I’ve now painted every week for 122 weeks 💪
New art for 2026, "Where the Glacier breaks" An atmospheric portrayal of Mont Blanc, capturing glacial waters cascading down ochre-streaked cliffs beneath sweeping alpine skies. Painted from the viewing platform on the Mountain. Available for sale via my website. ronashtiani.com/fine-art/
First painting of 2026, man it’s been hard to get started this year. Need to find some motivation!
Very “Shishkin” inspired? Reminds me of his painting Rye which is a great painting to be inspired by.
@mikeygow.bsky.social channeling my inner 1990s Mike Gow for Burns night drinks
2025 was my second year of oil painting every week. I’ve now done 106 weeks, approximately a painting a month. It has taught me patience, plan my composition, values and colours. Digital it is too easy to move things around to find what you’re looking for. Oils need you to execute with conviction.
A bit of a throwback digital illustration to brighten up a Wednesday morning. I painted this back in 2018. I don’t do much digital painting these days as AI changed how I felt about it. The effort seems worthless. However that's what led me to oil painting, the most real medium there is.
I am exhibiting at @McrArtFair on 21-23 November at Manchester Central. Book your tickets and see me at the fair, for the collector, the curator and the simply curious! hashtag#MAF25 I also have 25 guest tickets to the preview on Friday 21st if you message me quick!
A painting of Savage River, Denali National park, Alaska. Painted this over the past few weeks from a video I took from the lookout point. 100cm by 50cm I probably could have broken the scene up into 3 smaller paintings but I wanted to show the massive expanse and beauty of it.
All set for my second Alnmouth arts festival! Come say hello if you are in the area
Hi folks, if you are in the North East UK and looking for something to do this weekend, come over to the Alnmouth Arts festival and say hello! I’ll be exhibiting there all weekend along with many other artists.
"Harvest Sky" one that I painted back in March and is now finally dry and framed. A psychedelic take on the world and the complexity of clouds, colours and the ever changing weather. A2 size on wood panel, including frame. Available to purchase.
My first proper Plein air painting, it's a lot harder than I ever thought it would be but also very rewarding because of all the environmental challenges that are going on around you. Todays issue was not weather but a horde of bugs landing on the paint. @leecraigmile has been an awesome teacher!
This week's oil painting, from photos of a trip to Melrose in Scotland last Autumn. I'm still not sure if I like this painting, I put a lot of vibrant colour into as I was trying to capture that golden time at the end of the day when the sun is low. It maybe feels like there is too much going on?
A little preview of my work in the Biscuit Factory Newcastle upon Tyne. I will also be speaking at the Unstoppable Gaming event there on March 16th, come along and say hello
Just dropped 9 paintings off at the Biscuit Factory gallery in Newcastle. I’m thrilled and slightly bemused that my work is going to feature in their Spring collection March 7th to May 10th. If you are ever in the area, go check it out.
All framed and ready to go to the Biscuit Factory gallery for their Spring collection.
I love varnish time! When oil paints dry, they do so via a process of oxidisation and so the colours go dull. The varnish process brings back the colour and harmonises the painting.
Striding edge in February, what an inspiring place! A bit f*cking scary though in the ice!
Made it Pocket Gamer in London after some epic queues! If you are here, come say hi.
One that I painted last year but didn’t like it so I reworked. It is of Stanage edge in Derbyshire, I spent man a summer (and winter) roaming as a teenager
Strange, partially abandoned shopping centre in the Canary Islands, great location for a horror movie!