Cherries in Stoneware Bowl

 

 

​Painted for PADT challenge from a photo provided.

 I love the pretty little stoneware bowl,

and the bright red cherries.

 The lovely purple background gives a royal air to the scene.

 

8" 6" oil on canvas panel

 

$40.

Available on my DPW Gallery

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Lemon Blossoms

 

 

I​nspiration for this painting

was the words to an old folk song by Harry Belafonte,

 that got stuck in my head:

 "Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet,

 but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat."

 I had hoped that by painting this, I could exorcise the little demon.

 Not Harry, loved his songs.  We'll see.

 

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

 

$30.

available on DPW Gallery

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Citrus Slice With Seed

 

 

Photographer and artist, Carolyn Anctil

graciously gave me permission to paint my interpretation

 of her spectacular photo entitled "Citrus".

 I initially was intrigued by the wonderful way

the light shone through the fruit slice.

But soon I realized I couldn't do the 'light' justice in paints,

but as I studied it more, I decided to paint my work more abstracted, 

emphasizing the many "dots" of color I perceived

from the rind to the blueish shadow spots.

You can see her photo on her blog, by clicking on her name above.

 

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

available on my DPW Gallery

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Orchard Ladder

 

 

Grandpa's old wooden orchard ladder

comes in handy for harvesting the fruit higher up in the tree,  

that can't be picked easily from the ground.

​Another 'backyard' plein air painting.

 

8" x 6" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction 

Pears and Grapes

I bought this fruit to be a delicious dessert; 

but they were too lovely to eat without painting them first. 

I included the pear blossoms for added interest.

oil on 6" x 8" canvas board

$40.

Promise of Spring

The snowy white blossoms of our Asian pear tree
hold the promise of the golden fruit to come this summer.
These blossoms reveal the many 'shades of  white'.
Painted with palette knife and brush,
for DPW's "Mostly White" challenge.

6" x 6" acrylic on canvas panel

$35.

Carnival Glass and Clementines

Really getting behind (2 I think) on the 30 days challenge.
Life gets  in the way.

6" x 8" acrylic on canvas panel

$50. 

Chickadee in Apple Tree

Much of my summer travels was in the state of Washington
where they have many apple orchards.
This painting is a homage to the many yummy apples
I sampled while motoring and painting plein air.

4" x 6" acrylic on 140# cold press watercolor paper 

Plums and Roses

Back lit roses and plums.

6" x 6" acrylic on canvas panel

$50.

Peaches and Pears

Painted this for Daily Paint Work's "Stripes" challenge.

(after the style of the early impressionists,

especially Matisse and Cezanne).

8" x 6" acrylic on canvas panel

$50.

Berries in a Yellow-Green Bowl

Painted for Barb's Studio Atelier 'Abundance of Berries' challenge.

6"x8" acrylic on canvas panel

$50.

Blue and Gold

Summer's garden offers fresh fruit and lovely flowers. Among my favorites are lucious Blueberries and pretty little Marigolds. For painting, I particularly like the blueberry clusters at their inbetween stage of ripening for all the lovely colors they present.


6"x6" acrylic on linen

$50.

Lace on Oak with Persimmon

Painted for  Lela Stankovic's  Paint and Draw Together March challenge. The photo from which this painting is done, had the doily flipped up behind and over the persimmon sort of cradling it. Although the white lace added an interesting pattern against the blue wall, I chose not to paint it that way. I guess I wanted the fruit to have more prominence, it is such a rich luscious color of red orange.

5"x7" acrylic on canvas panel
$50.