Dried Bits & Dishes

 

Dried Bits & Dishes oil 8x8 

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These dried decorative pomegranates make their way into my paintings often.  Sometimes I like to paint earthy subjects.  This photo isn't the greatest.  The painting is lovely in person.  Custom framed in an antique gold frame that compliments the painting nicely.  If you are considering aquiring this piece, you may email me for a picture of it in the frame.  Thank you for visiting my blog!

Still Life With Wine Bottle

oil 12x12 inches magnify/purchase info Number 23 of my 31 January paintings. I'm especially happy with the color scheme here; deep reds with that clean blue and natural greens. The objects give it an earthy feel. That's a handmade botanical greeting card in the back from my friend Mary Jo. It carries the horizontal plane beyond the subject matter. Thanks again, Mary Jo.

Blue Bowl Bird

oil 6x6 inches magnify/purchase info #13 in the Strada Easel Challenge. This is one of my ceramic birds. Wouldn't it be great if a real bird could pose while I paint?

Winter Arrangement -SOLD

oil 9x12 inches magnify/purchase This set up was really exciting to me. It has rich warm color, the earthy-ness that I like plus some reflection and sparkle. Hope you like it too.

Orange Meets Blue -a still life painting in oil

oil 8x8 inches magnify/purchase Once in a while it just feels good to use some thalo blue. What a yummy color.

Assortment -a still life painting in oil

oil 8x8 inches magnify/purchase Today is about as wintery as it gets in Southern California...cold and gray and a "winter storm warning". I don't even know what that means! Anyway, here's a warm and cheerful assortment of stuff. Hope you like it. Special thanks to our friends, Audrey and Ken for sharing their lemons and tangerines.

Fall In A Jar -sold

oil on canvas panel 8x6 inches

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Just as I was finishing this on Friday night, the accountant left his easy chair and entered my paint cave (because there was nothing on TV, he said.) He pronounced this painting "confusing" and said I can't confuse my viewers by painting stuff that they don't know what it is. Well, "Yes I can if I want," I said. So here's a guide left to right and top to bottom: acorn, pussy willows, acorn top, crab apples, chestnuts.

Fall Trio -sold

oil on canvas panel 4x4 inches

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I guess I'm painting a series. I never say to myself, "Now I will paint a series." It just happens that I get excited about certain colors and objects and keep painting them 'till it starts to feel old and worn out. These little canvases are so handy for when I only have short blocks of time to paint. Painters, if you haven't tried them yet, get yourself some 4x4 and 4x6's to have on hand. When finished they look nice on a table in a little mini easel or one of those gold wire easels.

Acorn & Crab Apples-sold

oil on canvas panel 4x6 inches

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More Fall stuff. Thought I'd put some red on that green. I love painting acorns. They remind me of Chicken Little. And squirrels. Most impressive is that a massive oak tree starts as one of these. Amazing.

Fall Offerings

oil on canvas panel 6x8 inches

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On a walk in Oak Glen I picked up some fallen acorns and stuck them in my pocket. Love all these warm fall colors. Someone asked about the "tail" on the chestnuts. They have these white things on their tips. Don't know what it is, but I like how it picks up the light.

This painting is available at Vander Molen Fine Art, Arcadia, CA

Bumpkin

oil on canvas panel 6x6 inches
Another painting from last year, this one looks great with my last post, The Pink Lady. It also is available at the Fall Show.
Sorry I haven't been able to post daily for so long, but soon things will get back to normal. The show opened today, and we had a great turn-out to see over 325 pieces of beautifully displayed artwork. I'm very happy to report I was awarded second place in the oil category with my painting "Just Glass", (posted August 7.) Today was a GREAT day! I painted in a room literally filled with art while hanging out with all my artist friends. Tomorrow, more of the same. Yippee! I'll finish and post the floral I started, working from life... my friend Martha's big mason jar full of fresh sunflowers. I doesn't get any better than this...(except for maybe plein air!)

The Pink Lady

oil on canvas panel 6x6 inches
Last fall I had just begun doing small daily paintings. This is one of my earliest. The apple is from Oak Glen and the acorns I picked up on Mount Baldy. The acorns were a beautiful shiny brown-black--so much fun to paint. A year later, it's still a personal favorite. This little painting is available framed and is part of my available work at Associated Artists' Fall Show.