Tasty Trio

8 x 10

Pure Summer....

Cherry Berries

8 x 10

Grannies Go For a Swim

11 x 14

I love the deep blue-green in these apples and the echo of that color in the background....it reminds me of the ocean.  I've heard of bobbing apples.....but swimming apples?  Yep...

An Apple a Day

Tipsy

11 x 14

  

8 x 10

8 x 10

8 x 10

It has been a long, long time since I have painted and posted anything.....too long for me to be away from painting!  Thought I'd warm up with these crisp apples.  
I cannot find my camera so these were taken with my phone....I'll redo them when I can get better shots.

By the way, I have been working in my pottery studio...check out my jewelry page for clay pendants!  
Coming soon....handmade plates.

Miscellaneous Day

Landscape for Paintworks Challenge

8 x 10

Easter Basket from Thursday night's Pinot 'n Paint at Cindy's gallery.

8 x 10

Fresh Radishes

8 x 10

Well, the only thing in common with all these paintings is the size.  Just thought I'd post some various paintings I've done over the past few weeks.  An odd combination, I know.

Pitchers, Bowls, and Cups, Oh My!

Kent's Bowl and Apples

11 x 14

French Pitcher

9 x 12

Small Red Pitcher with Cream

8 x 10

Irish Pottery

11 x 14

Handmade Cup and Milk

8 x 10

During painting class at Cindy Saadeh's studio last Thursday night, we painted the beautiful handmade wooden bowl of green apples.  It inspired me to try more bowls and cups....a nice break from all the fruit and veggies!

Cutie Pies

Sunny Side Up

11 x 14

Cutie Wannabe

8 x 10

I lost a spotlight in my studio so these photos didn't turn out very well.  But I thought I'd paint some of these sunny clementines before they get eaten.

Studio Time

My husband put these strips of molding on the wall for my paintings to dry.  It's fun to have something new in the studio and wet paintings off the floor!

Okay...so I'm trying to break the mold.  This is an old photo I took during Christmas break at Cocoa Beach.  

More Tomatoes

8 x 10

5 x 7

You'd think I'd be tired of these darn tomatoes.  I could paint them blind-folded by now.  It's time to move on....but will I?

Retro Tomatoes

8 x 10

8 x 10

The tomatoes haven't been eaten yet 
so I'm going back....thus Retro Tomatoes.

Green Apples

8 x 10

Time to eat the tomatoes....

moving on to apples and back to cerulean blue!

Tomato Day

Salsa for Two
8 x 10

Blue Plate Special

8 x 8

Jump or Dive

8 x 10

What a great day for tomatoes.  

I've been using cerulean blue almost exclusively on my palette and today I switched to ultramarine....I think it softened the colors a bit more.  Add the red tomatoes and yellow-green plate....you can't ask for a more "primary" statement :)

Just Apples

11 x 14
I think apples are one of my favorite fruits to paint.  In an odd way they have a very geometric shape.  I placed them on top of an organic handmade ceramic plate....just to juxtapose.

Pear Study

It's been a while since I've painted anything 

so I thought I'd start with a study of pears.  

I'll paint them until they need to be eaten!

Opposites Attract

A while ago I painted a very small painting of a red apple in the green bowl.  I liked it so much I decided to add another apple and paint another one only larger.  

I just love the complementary colors.

11 x 14

More Cherries

Cup 'O Cherries

8 x 10

Dots and Cherries

9 x 12

I don't know what keeps drawing me to cherries...

they just seem to be a happy subject on these cold winter days.

Two by Two

8 x 8 

Set of 3


I wanted to experiment with the same lighting, position and background but just change the subject matter.  All these pairs of fruit reminded me of the animals marching two by two onto Noah's ark.

A Day of Apples and Cherries

"Apple in a Cup"

4 x 5

 "A Tiny Pair"

4 x 5

"Apple or Cherry Pie?"

11 x 12

"Tempted"

8 x 10


I love snow days...

In the Studio

"Tomato Stack"

"Three's a Crowd"

"Practice with Persimmons"

It is great to get back in the comfort zone.  

We were gone for a while over Christmas and I tried my best at beach landscapes.  Not one of them will get posted....oh well.  

I took a lot of photos so I'll try again when I get the nerve up.

Family Affair

Grandmary at a prime location.

Keira at the easel.

Delanie's turn.

Delanie's masterpiece.

Keira's abstract.