Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Ruby Glass - sold

Red glass just looks really cool. The red glass has a nice jewel tone to it. And it's fun to paint objects through the red glass.

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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

A Little After Dinner Cordial

This is the tinyest glass I have ever seen. Just had to paint it.

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Sunday, January 15, 2012

Hot Chocolate - sold

Well this cup DID have hot chocolate in it.

This is part of my series of exploration of complementary colors - today the orange and blue/purple colors, and yellow/purplish. The previous painting of the Red Cup was an exploration of a warm red and teal/turquoise. This exploration of complements is in reference to the Munsell Color Wheel.

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Friday, January 13, 2012

Red Cup Fun - sold

Happy Friday 13th! I had some fun today, making photos of the progress of this painting along the way, and turning it into a slideshow with music on iphoto. Hope you enjoy it. It's painting geek fun.
Music is Doxy by Miles Davis

slideshow size medium - 640x360


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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Color in the Light - sold

I did this painting as a demo for my oil painting class. The class is doing great, they are really getting the hang of values and colors in the light and shadow.

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

January Cherries - sold

The holidays are over, and I'm happy to be back painting again! I had a blogger ask me to say more about my process. Very soon, I will post a series of photos or a quick little video showing a painting from start to finish. So keep checking back!

6"x6" unframed :: oil on panel

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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Curry and Blues - sold

I recently bought a rainbow of new colors of fabric for the backgrounds for my still life paintings. It feels fresh. Something new for the new year.

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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Cherry Colored Glass - sold

I was intrigued by the idea of a still life with the cherries and the glass, they are the same color.

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Thursday, December 29, 2011

Let's Just Enjoy These Cherries - sold

This time of year, they don't come from here, but they still look delicious.

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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Azul y Naranja - sold

I just love complementary colors. This painting was actually a demo for my Thursday class at the Columbia Center for the Arts. An exploration of shadow colors and shapes.

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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Contented Chicken - sold

This chicken looks happy just doing it's thing.

6"x6" unframed :: oil on panel



something new - just for fun - music: what I was listening to when I painted this:
Bill Frisell - Further East/Further West
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Turquoise and Reds - sold



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something new - just for fun - music: what I was listening to when I painted this:
Joan Jett, I Love Rock N' Roll
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Monday, December 19, 2011

Vanilla Bottle Flower Sketch - sold

Just a little sketch, using up all the vanilla after holiday baking.

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Saturday, December 10, 2011

Polar Night Flower Power - sold

The brightness of a white flower on a winter night.

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Friday, December 9, 2011

Shiny Holiday Balls



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Thursday, December 8, 2011

Made in Italy - sold

The orange cup is so cool, almost too cool to paint. It's made in Italy, my painting buddy, pastel artist Karen Watson, loaned it to me for some still life inspiration.

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Nuances of Light - sold

I was quite inspired when I saw Carol Marine's little white angel painting arrive in my inbox, having just painted a white ceramic object (white ceramic coffee cup) next to a slice of orange that same day.
So I decided for today's painting, to paint the coffee cup and orange slice again, this time with a much lighter value scale, to see what would happen. It's always surprising, the results with the challenges you give yourself. I ended up using mostly purple, yellow, orange and burnt umber, to modify the white (ok, some ultramarine blue too). Those colors are complements in an analogous sort of way, on the color wheel.

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Fresh Squeezed - sold

Love the shape of this vintage cup, and the color of the vintage red glass.
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Saturday, December 3, 2011

Holiday Fun - sold

I just had to experience painting those shiny balls too. It's pretty fun. You should try it if you haven't already.

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Sunday, November 27, 2011

Français Tricolore

Red, white and blue today!

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Friday, November 25, 2011

2 Poms - sold

I like the composition of this one, with the pom on the right going out of the painting.

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Thursday, November 24, 2011

3 Poms - commission painting

I really love painting these pomegranates. They seem to be talking to each other. This painting is a commission for someone who wants the 3 Poms on the 6"x18" panel. Ready for framing!
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Turquoise Light and Persimmon - sold



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Friday, November 18, 2011

Three Colorful Things - sold

Working with this colored transparent glass has just got me so inspired! The possibilities of color and shape combinations are truly amazing.

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

The Green Bowl - sold

This is a really cool Bowl/Vase that is re-purposed from a giant green bottle. I'm not sure what kind of bottle it was. Maybe originally a magnum wine bottle? Anyway, I got it at Lucy's Informal Flowers and it's so cool. It makes a great subject to paint.

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Monday, November 14, 2011

Break Some Rules - sold

I wanted to put the persimmon right in the middle. Composition rules, are generally something like "don't put something right in the middle". I did it anyway, and I like it.

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Turquoise and Persimmon Orange - sold

Turquoise and Orange are some of my favorite colors to paint with.

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Barely Touching - sold

These persimmons are just barely touching.

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Wild Pom - sold


More fun with pomegranates! Here is a 4" x 4" palette knife painting of a pomegranate for today's painting.
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Two Pomegranates - commission

This painting is a commission for a person in the UK. It's so great now that artists can sell work all over the world directly from their studios.
I used a different brush on this one than I normally use. The paint is a little thicker and gives it a more luscious impasto look to it.

oil on panel :: 8" x 8" | 20.3cm x 20.3cm
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