Saturday, May 14, 2011

Tomato-sold




















oil on canvas panel 4x4 inches

This tomato would not stand up, but I liked the strongly lit stem hovering over the shadow so I painted it the way it landed. The translucent red of a backlit tomato is a beautiful thing.
In other news, tomorrow I'll head off for Sedona with my friend, Martha. We're taking a five day plein air workshop with Jennifer McChristian. I'm very excited about more plein air instruction and in such a beautiful setting. I'll post when I can and let you know how it's going!

9 comments:

  1. Karen, I like the way you painted the translucent red in the tomato!
    Lucky you... a workshop with Jennifer! I took her Scottsdale workshop in March. You will love it. Safe travels and enjoy.

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  2. I like how the color of the tomato peeks out from behind the green background at the edges of the painting.

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  3. Gorgeous translucence in the tomato. And I really like the light striking bits of the stem. Have a wonderful time at your workshop!

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  4. Love this little tomato painting. The colors are great. Have fun at your workshop. It will be fun to read about it on your blog.

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  5. Have a great workshop and I love, love, love the tomato painting. It really speaks to me.

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  6. Love this tomato. Hope your workshop is everything you hope for. Have fun!

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  7. Love your tomato! I think part of what makes it so wonderful is the perspective of it fallen down:) Have fun at the workshop- will look forward to hearing about it. I am catching back up myself and looking to learn-love your artwork! Travel safe:)

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  8. Always love fun and you sure are having some Karen. A 5-days workshop - yowza!
    Glorious red tomato.

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  9. Karen, I love all the shades and temperatures of red you have in this tomato. They add such dimension and interest. Excellent!

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