Thursday, December 2, 2021

"I Win!" 8in x 8in oil


The four of them decided to get together for a few hands of poker.   It was a close call but the royal flush beat the 4 of a kind.   Deal them again....

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

"Leaning in to hear the secret" 8in x 8in oil


Mr Pear had to lean in to hear the latest scuttlebutt.   He just wants to be in the know and hates to be left out.
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Thursday, November 25, 2021

"One last good bye" 6in x 6in oil


All the cherries in the basket are leaving home and their family came to say good bye for the last time.   They hired a vocalist to send them off with song.

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Sunday, November 21, 2021

"Pals" 14in x 11in Oil


These two Pals wanted me to paint a portrait of them and I said "I could with one condition, they had to sit still and not giggle!"  And to my surprise they were perfectly behaved!  This is larger than I usually paint but they wanted to be on a larger canvas, a 14 x 11.   They look so quiet and innocent but are actually very demanding! 
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Thursday, November 11, 2021

"Guarding the Egg" 8in x 8in oil


Guarding the Egg was difficult because the Fork did not know what danger to look for.   Was the salt and pepper going to season it too much?   Was the coffee going to get out of hand with too much caffeine?  Maybe it was a danger you could not see.

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Wednesday, November 10, 2021

"Family Gathering" 8" x 8". oil

The family is gathering for another celebration.   There is Grandma, the matriarch with her daughter, son in-law and her two grandchildren.  Then there is crazy cousin Eddie who is just in from the Himalayan mountains.  He loves pink.   Now who was supposed to bring the green bean casserole?

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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

"Sunny Day in Oklahoma". 12" x 12". oil on linen board


A friend of mine lives in Oklahoma and when you are there on a sunny day the sky looks enormous!    Every time I see this it makes me smile!  ;-D

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Saturday, July 3, 2021

"Orange House Sunrise" 10x10 oil


Experimenting with color and technique.   The house was a light shade of orange so I used a double complementary scheme, orange/blue and yellow/purple.   The colors I used were  Thalo blue lake and a mixed orange( quinacridone magenta and Cad yellow pale) , with Cad yellow pale and ultramarine violet. I needed a violet mixture for the roof and foreground walkway shadows.    

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Friday, July 2, 2021

"Red Crocs" 12in x 12in oil on linen board

 

I am experimenting with something new.    Trying to get away from hard edges and detail.   the idea is to work with color, shape and feeling.   This was done today while the model was posing.   I did work on this a little while after the model left.   I like the way the figure is outlined with the north facing window.

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Sunday, June 20, 2021

"Red Ball cap" 12in x 12in oil on linen


While the model was posing I thought she needed a red ball cap, so I painted one on.   If life were only that easy.   I painted this on a Senso panel that has a clear gesso coating so the linen shows.   The only think I don't like about it is that the linen texture is not fine, but rather coarse.     I like to have the drawing show some and this panel is good for that.

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Saturday, June 12, 2021

"5 Peonies" 8in x 8in, oil


Today I tried something new... at least new to me.   I painted this without sketching it in first and limited myself to one hour.   I realized that when I sketch in first I end up getting very tight with the painting.  So my not sketching in my painting is looser.    I also used a limited palette, Titanium white, black, indanthrene blue, and quinacridone magenta, but did use some cad yellow light in the white to warm up the light on the surface.

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Tuesday, June 8, 2021

"Derby Day, betting on the horses". 12in x 12in oil on linen panel.


Derby Day, May 1 is when this was painted and used a racing form from the newspaper here in Louisville KY.    This is a larger painting 12" square, painted on a Centurion Linen Panel.   Lots of controversy over the winner.

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Wednesday, June 2, 2021

"She was here a minute ago" 8in x 8in oil


Miss Pink Lady was tired of all the attention so she decided to hide out in the bowl room.   Her friends were confused, they thought she just went to make a phone call but there were no phone booths anymore....  she was here a minute ago.

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Saturday, May 22, 2021

"Green linen shirt"


Our model rode her bike to the painting session and wore this lovely green linen shirt.   There is a lot of enjoyment for everyone during these 3 hour sessions.   So glad to be doing it again even tho it is every other Friday.   But I will take it!

12in x 9in, oil on linen panel

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Tuesday, May 18, 2021

"Cherie's Overlook" 6in x 6in. Oil


Cherie struggled to reach the top of the cup handle so she could see how many of her friends were trapped in the bowl.   Now how was she going to help them escape and how was she going to get down without leaving cherry juice.

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Wednesday, May 12, 2021

"A Celebration" 8in x 8in, oil


All the cherries came out for the celebration but someone had already eaten the cake!   Now, they wonder what is in the box and will it be something for them?

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Saturday, May 8, 2021

Exploring New Territory. 8in x 8in oil


This past year was not much of a painting year for me.   So as a result I am very rusty and out of practice! Trying to do little paintings again and thought I would start with something I like to paint, cherries.  They are such happy little things and are so excited to be out of captivity and exploring the neighborhood.

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