Green Onions

Green Onions

8" x 10", Oil



Tangerines

Tangerines

6" x 6", Oil

Pretty little orange things- so sweet and juicy.  

Red Grapes

Red Grapes

6" x 6", Oil

I much prefer to paint from a real still life than a photo. Colors are always different. For larger paintings setting up the composition takes time.  When I just want to sit down and paint I usually grab something from the kitchen like this one.  

Pears in a Row

Pears in a Row

6" x 6", Oil



Crayons

Crayons

6" x 6", Oil



Crayons bring back some good memories for me.  I am sitting next to my father coloring a Santa workshop scene for a contest and asking him if that was the right color to use.  I think I was 10 or younger.  It's funny how some objects can release vivid bits of the past and transport you back to long ago.   Well, I won second place and received a Chatty Cathy doll.  I was disappointed I didn't win first place only because the price was a new wardrobe.  The winner added cotton balls to Santa's beard!   

One more bird's nest

Waiting

6" x 6", Oil





Another bird's nest

A New Start

6" x 6", Oil

I love bird's nest!  If you ever find one look closely at the construction.  It is amazing how all the small pieces of grasses fit together.  I found one that had a long blue plastic strand (from a blue tarp)running thru it. 

Bird's nest

A New Beginning

6" x 6", Oil



Table Setting

Table Setting

6" x 6", Oil, sold

Again this is on gessobord and in black frame.  A fun composition and I do like the shadows!



Onions & Garlic

Onions & Garlic

6" x 6", Oil, $125

 

I have started to paint on 1/8" ampersand gessobord.  It has a smooth surface and the paint goes on so nicely.  There's no canvas weave texture.  I mount them in frames I got from www.frankenframe.com. This company is exceptional- great customer service! 

The great thing about painting still life is... if you are out of ideas just go to your kitchen and grab what's available!    My "go to" are apples and pears but I thought I would give the onion family a try. 

 

 



Corkscrew still life

Job Done

6" x 6", Oil $125

 

For all you wine lovers!  This small one is mounted in a one inch black frame.



Daffodils

Spring is Coming!

Oil, 6" x 6"

Found this brown/amber vase in an antique store.  so cute!   "Wyeth 271"  is on bottom.  It is a medicine/pharmaceutical bottle.  John Wyeth and brother had a pharmacy in Philadelphia in the late 19th century. Not sure of it's original purpose but it must have had a cork stopper.  When the light shines through it is orange glass.



White Carnations

Oil, 6" x 6"

More carnations!  I collect old jars. This one has a lid that is held in place by the metal wire around the neck (pre-Tupperware).   great color too! 

Pink Carnations

Oil, 6" x 6"

Carnations are great to have in flower arrangements because they last for more than a week. These were hanging on so I decided to paint them.  This is framed in a big black molding. 

Apple, Pear, Lemon

"Apple, Pear, Lemon", Oil, 8 x 10

 

I love to paint fruits!! I especially like the contrast of background to foreground in this one.

Still More Marbles

Marbles III, oil, 6" x 6"

Last one of series.

More Marbles

Marbles II, Oil, 6" x 6"

Here's another one!

Marbles

                                                             Marbles I, Oil, 6" x 6"
Happy New Year!!  Can't believe it's 2012!!  This is the first of three marble paintings.  So fun to paint.  Love those reflections.

Four Pears

Four Pears, acrylic, 8 x 10"

I started painting with acrylics again! This started with an underpainting and then I added the image on top. It's much better in real life - you get to see all the colors coming thru. I matted and placed in my bin at the MAA Wheaton Gallery. So I started a few more and will show those next time.

Hello There!

Hello There, Oil, $75

This was an up close and personal shot. So cute I had to paint him.