Tea Cup With Fruit -sold

oil 6x6 inches click here to bid Admittedly, I ran out of titles for fruit paintings a long time ago. I like this painting. Can I say that? When I finished I decided to sneak tiny bits of red into the grapes and the cup for unity's sake. When I looked hard, I could find little red specks in the grapes, but for the cup I just invented some. The cherry edges are quite soft so that the cup can try to steal the show.

Summer Fruit (and a little history) -sold

oil 6x6 inches click here to bid We're having a great time in San Diego, but not much painting going on! Here's a still life I did before we left. I'm especially happy with the grapes here. They're loosely suggested, and the green is natural, not overly saturated. Today we visited the San Diego History Museum which included an exhibit of artworks from local artists of the past. These two paintboxes were from 1916. I was surprised to see little Grumbacher tubes and a corked glass tube for oil in the smaller one. The larger box was completely lined with tin, having two little square holes for medium in the front right corner. Fun to see.

Silver With Green Grapes -sold

oil on canvas panel 6x6 inches
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Wanting to paint green and violet again, I placed the grapes and silver baby cup on a lavender cloth. I toned my canvas with yellow-green (you can see peeking through slightly). The undertone grayed the lavender which worked nicely with the silver. The cup had a "bump" around it which reflected my orange shirt and painting arm. I'm really happy with this one.