“Balancing Act”
8 in x 6 in, oil on wood
Here she is again, in primary colors. That’s a little red apple on her head (from the box of apples our friend Ananda gave us from her orchard). The gourd is actually sitting on top of a duck-shaped cookie cutter, sitting on it’s side, to keep the gourd more or less upright. I played with the background a bit, so that it has a watery effect but you can see a window behind the apple. Hm!
This is the same gourd from yesterday, of course, but she’s getting more impressionistic today as I am getting more familiar with her.
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“End of the Jam.” Oil on wood, 6 in x 8 in. In this painting I wanted to convey the sticky quality of the empty jam jar. And in front of the jar is another one of those lovely red unpolished apples – you can see that it’s half-way polished just from my moving it around in the still life, trying to get a nice arrangement.
The jam color is actually similar to the colors I used in this cantelope painting, also painted on wood.
On a side note, the show at c’est la Vie in Edmonds went well. There was a good turnout and I got very positive feedback about my paintings. 15 of my small daily paintings and a couple 16×20 studio landscapes are up for another few weeks, so you still have time to see it if you are in the area and missed the opening (I took my two biggest paintings down so that I can show them next week in Spokane).
“Unpolished Apples.” In this painting I worked to convey the dusty quality of these pretty apples. They are fresh off a friend’s tree, and bright patches show through where hands have touched them. Oil on wood, 6 in x 8 in.
This painting has a similar technique / paint quality to a previous oil painting of flowers and apples.
My photo is not very good, I’m afraid. I’ll upload a new photo in a few days.
Plumbs, 6×12″, oil on raw wood. The colors in the photo aren’t quite right; the plumb color is actually quite nice.
Umbrella, 6×6″, oil on wood.
I’m starting to enjoy painting pine trees. Here is another pine tree painting.
“Window II,” 8″ x 6″, oil on board.
Heath brought me a big bouquet a couple days ago, just to be nice! Here they are in a square glass vase, sitting in my window above a red apple.
Info about the paintings in the “A Painting A Day” project:
Each day I paint, but about every other day I finish a painting. Most days I paint still-lifes (fruit, flowers, toys), but some days I paint people or go out for plein air landscape painting, or work on a larger studio painting. I try to capture the light effects, the color harmony, and the feeling and weight or substance of the things I paint, rather than the details. My style has been described as impressionistic, colorful, serene and sometimes whimsical.
I do my best to take good photos, but the color may look a little different in person. These small oil paintings look great framed up and placed in a small space on their own, or on a wall with several other small paintings.
Here’s another painting of flowers and fruit backlit by a window.
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I love painting apples. These ones were fun apples because they’re mottled – red with a little peach and lime green. This came out very buttery looking. Oil paint on raw wood, approx 6x6in.
Oil on board, approx 6×8″. The grapes are sitting on a reflective surface, and I tried to capture the vibrancy of the grapes and the color range of the grapes and their reflections. Scrubbing this one.
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My favorite part is the yellow reflection on the blue fabric, under the lemon half. Oil painting on wood, 6×6.
I liked the shadows on these. Oil on canvasboard, 6×8.
Nice red strawberries on a warm yellow cloth. Oil on board, 6″ x 8″.
My painting arrived today and it is even better than I had hoped for! I love the way you mounted it in an offset shadow box frame~~ It sets off the painting perfectly!!
