REARVIEW SOLD

6"X6"

OIL ON CANVAS PANEL

PRICE $100

A little different for me. I painted this for the weekly challenge at http://www.dailypaintworks.com/. This is painted from a photograph that was taken in St. Augustine by Carol Marine. I think this is the only car painting I have ever done and it really was a challenge.

S

LAST VERSION

This is the version I've declared finished. This painting was a lot more tedious than I anticipated but now that it's finished, I like it alot. I've been painting the little paintings so much that I think I'm getting used to instant gratification. I was asked why I put the apple in there and I'm not sure I actually gave a good explanation. As artists most of us are looking for something to challenge us. Looking at the subtle changes that happen when part of the solid form is viewed through glass sets up the problem of how to inerpret that with paint. What color do I see and how do I show the bit of distortion that happens. And then we hope for the best.

PAINTING IN PROCESS AND STILL LIFE PROPS

This is a 12"X10" painting that I have been working on this week. It is one of those paintings that halfway through  I start questioning why I ever started it. I am about three quarters finished and still asking myself the same question. Some of those glass colors are hard to make. I don't think I could do it without the phthalos. I will post what I consider to be the finished painting whenever that happens.

I am slowly working on organizing my studio and this was the first chore. Washing all the fabric and dishes. Then trying to arrange them in some sort of order by color. I don't know if all still life painters are like me but I collect all this stuff and only use a small percentage of it over and over.

KARIN JURICK is selling very sturdy tabletop easels on her blog if any of you are looking for one. I have one and love it. They are handmade by her guy Bret.

GREEN APPLE

6"X6"

OIL ON CANVAS PANEL

PRICE $100

I like playing around with different perspectives and this one was a bit of a challenge. So was the color in the vase. The orange fabric was casting a very strong reflection on the lit side of the vase but when I painted it, it didn't work. So in that instance you have to make a decision about what will make the painting work. I chose to make the reflection not so bright and light.

REFRESHING

6"X6"

OIL ON CANVAS PANEL

PRICE $100

I'm not quite sure why this title popped into my head, maybe it's the color combination. Maybe it's the contrast with all the winter snow and very cold temps we are having right now. Anyway I love the colors in this one.

LAST CLEMENTINES

6"X6"

OIL ON CANVAS PANEL

PRICE $100

The last ones I'm going to paint for awhile, that is. On to something different to give my eyes a rest.

Recently I was painting and posting persimmons and saying that the name made me think they were too tart to eat. A friend from CA sent an email to tell me that they are quite sweet really and people make cookies from a certain variety. I went to google of course to check on the cookie comment. Sure enough, Connie you are right as usual. I found many cookie recipes using persimmon pulp. One more bit of food trivia to add to my already overloaded brain.

ORANGE CIRCLE

6"X6"

OIL ON CANVAS PANEL

PRICE $100

Back to the circular composition this time. The background cloth is really more of a turquoise color that apparently my camera didn't notice.

LUNCH?

6"X6"

OIL ON CANVAS PANEL

PRICE $1OO

Well, not really lunch. I have never tasted a persimmon but I may work up the courage at some point. Just the name makes me think it might be a little tart.

REFLECTING ORANGE

6"X6"

OIL ON CANVAS PANEL

PRICE $100

Here I am in snow covered Ohio and I can have clementines all winter. What a country! Not kidding. I love citrus, even limes with salt on them. I had some camera distortion with this photo so the cropping is not great. There is a feature on photoshop to fix that but I need a little practice with it.

ORANGE CRUSH

6"X6"

OIL ON CANVAS PANEL

PRICE $100

This started out as a completely different painting. I got very bored with the original and scraped the paint off. The original setup had clear glass in it and I wasn't in the mood for it. I like this one much better.

ORANGE SUPPORT

6"X6"

OIL ON CANVAS PANEL

PRICE $100

These are actually clementines, not oranges. I prefer them for painting over oranges because they come in such a variety of shapes. Oranges are pretty much just round and harder to stack.

CAT WATCHING

5"x7"

OIL ON CANVAS PANEL

This is the painting of my granddaughter posted a few months ago. There were some things about it that bothered me so I went back into it and made a few changes. I could have kept going with it but may have ruined it completely. Time to work on another one and leave this one alone.

STACK

6"X6"

OIL ON CANVAS PANEL

PRICE $100

Sorry about the glare on the photo. I haven't figured out how to get rid of that in photoshop. Any ideas from fellow bloggers would be appreciated.

PERSIMMON 2

6"X6"

OIL ON CANVAS PANEL

PRICE $100

I have decided to narrow my palette a little to see if I can speed up my painting. I'm thinking with fewer choices It will be a little more automatic. Sometimes we have so many choices we get a little bogged down. I will let you know how it goes.