Snap Peas & Tomatoes -sold

oil 6x8 inches click here to bid Mostly I like my subject to fill the picture plane, but when I painted this I thought maybe I'd plan for some breathing room. I don't know if I like it better or not. For the past couple of months I've been using a more limited palette. Cad red medium is one that I have taken off my palette and I wondered if just cad red light and alizarin would give me the reds I needed for these tomatoes. I think it works fine.

Five Cherry Tomatoes -sold

oil 6x6 inches click here to bid I planted Sweet 100 Cherry Tomatoes in a pot in our backyard. First time growing tomatoes in a pot and the plant doesn't seem to mind at all. They're tiny and oh so sweet.

Half-a-Tomato

oil 4x4 inches not for sale Sometimes I think I'm like a chicken pecking around the house for something to paint. When I opened the fridge, this pretty little tree inside the tomato stopped me in my tracks (chicken tracks :-)

Hot Lineup -sold

oil on canvas panel 6x6 inches
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Peppers are a popular subject, as you might imagine, because of their beautiful color. I liked the lines of shadow created by the stems and the little dark shadows near the pepper edges. I chose the blue thinking Munsell color wheel. This gave it Southwest look I think. A fun little painting to do.

Red Onions SOLD

oil on canvas panel 6x6 inches

Here's a fresh one. Yay! Lucky for us, there's a local farmer with a roadside stand just walking distance from our house. I'm sure it was the red-violet and green that caught my eye. I gravitate to reds and greens a lot. These smelled strong and fresh--they were probably picked just hours before.