A Little Enchantment -SOLD

oil 6x6 inches For a closer look and purchase info, click here. I've painted a few pumpkins over the years, but I think this one is my favorite. I tried out Unbleached Titanium for the first time, and found it worked well in mixtures for the "white" of the pumpkin. To see more pumpkin paintings, look down to "labels" and click on pumpkin/s. These little paintings make nice decor, framed or not on a shelf or small decorative easel. MY DEMO THIS COMING SUNDAY is from 2-4 at 25571 Barton Rd., Loma Linda, CA. Cost is $5. Loma Linda Cultural Arts Association.

Perky Pumpkin -a still life painting in oil -sold

oil 6x6 inches magnify/purchase info I'm celebrating Fall with an AUCTION FOR THIS LITTLE PUMPKIN. BIDDING STARTS AT JUST $5! Get in on the fun and if you're the highest bidder, you'll have this little painting in plenty of time to add to your Fall decor!

Fall Color -a still life painting in oil

oil 12x12 inches magnify/purchase info I thought this one was going to kill me. I hope it doesn't look like there was a struggle. Happy Fall, everyone! Your comments and questions are always welcome.

Spooky Little Pumpkin -a Halloween oil painting

oil 6x6 inches magnify/purchase All TREAT, no trick! BIDDING STARTS AT JUST $1 FOR THIS LITTLE PAINTING! Wouldn't it look great as part of your Halloween decor next year? Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Patch -a plein air oil painting from Yucaipa

oil 10x8 inches magnify/purchase The Pumpkin Patch in Yucaipa is a big, big place with a huge variety of pumpkins. Pumpkins there come in white, gray, dark green, yellow green and of course various oranges. I liked this clean beautiful orange against the dark corner of the wagon. Then there was the backlighting!!! I love a backlit scene. It can be a bit tricky, but I think I got the feel of the light. This one took me about three hours. Left by five, got stuck in traffic so I nibbled on an apple. What a great day, and well worth the drive. I like this iPhone pic the best.

Fall In Line

oil 6x12 inches click for purchase information and magnifier Here's a Fall "landscape". Hope you're having a great weekend!

Pumpkins & Leaves

oil 8x8 inches click for purchase information and magnifier More leaves from my neighbor's liquid amber tree.

White Pumpkin

oil 6x6 inches click for purchase info and magnifier

Happy Little Pumpkin -SOLD

oil 6x6 inches WHAT? It's November already??? This happy little pumpkin is a day late in wishing everyone "Happy Halloween!" Hope it was all fun. And just for fun, the bidding for this painting starts at just ONE DOLLAR with $5 shipping within U.S.) Wouldn't it look cute as part of your Halloween decor next year? Just place it in a small decorative easel on a table. To join the bidding fun, click here.

Fall Still Life

oil 9x12 inches Click for purchase info and magnifier I love the colors of Fall. For this painting I grabbed a pumpkin off our front porch, and some leaves from our neighbor's yard. The 1920's silver water pitcher was a great find at a flea market. I left it tarnished, cause that's the way I like it! This is actually the second painting I did from the subject. On the first go-around I did not take my own advice that design is the most important thing, and if the design drawn on your canvas doesn't look good, no amount of excellent painting will improve it. Lesson learned (again!) The more I paint, the more need to learn...and re-learn.

Window Sill Pumpkin SOLD

oil on canvas panel 6x6 inches

Duane Keiser (credited with having started the Daily Painting movement), does a lot of beautiful window sill paintings. Here's my first...from my front room window. I rather liked painting in my not-so-formal living room. It turned out to be a great exercise in values...the white that isn't really white. I wiped out the first and started over, then just barely spared this one from the wipe. I think I'm done with pumpkins!

Fall Quartet -sold

oil on canvas panel 8x8 inches

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Just two days of painting little tiny candies on little tiny canvases got me a bit itchy and twitchy, so here are some bigger shapes. Sometimes I configure my set up with a small color wheel in my hand and for this one I did. I wanted to experiment with an analogous color scheme, and here you have it. Red, orange, yellow and yellow green are all next to each other on the color wheel. Where the focal point is I have no clue! Your eye kinda roams around enjoying the saturated color and shine...(a least I hope your eye enjoys!)

Pumpkins, Squash & Wheat-sold

oil on canvas panel 8x8 inches
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Fall decor is so festive and makes for great painting subjects. This painting is from a few days ago---a dark rainy day I spent all cozy inside with my paint and brushes, happy as can be! The color caught my eye of course, as did the shiny spots and varying sizes. With all round shapes I needed line so I added the stalk of wheat which really gave me a challenge. I wanted to indicate the pattern of grains but not be fussy about it. Though I wiped out the wheat three times, the final result is just what I had in mind. The deep dark greens in the back squash were so fun....thalo green and alizarin...what a rich powerful combo! Tomorrow I'm off to Tustin Plein Air again. Yipee!

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!)