Pink tablecloth 6"x6" oil on board

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This table cloth was made by April Cornell which is think is sadly no longer in business.  Somehow this picture came out so intense!  Oh well...

There is a workshop that many of you might be interested in held by artist Carol Nelson.  You should check it out she is a fabulous artist!  I wish I could attend.

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Linen dish towel 6"x6" oil on board

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Continuing on with the fabric theme here is a linen dish towel.

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Red headband 12"x16" oil on canvas

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The Saturday figure study group had this young lady posing today and since it was the second session for the pose I just had to fine a spot that wasn't spoken for.   I was pleased with the position I got.   I love doing profiles and especially ones that show the head shape.   

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Alie, Reclining 12"x16" oil on canvas

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It took us a while to set up today and the tricky part will be trying to get all those pillows in the same place next week for the same pose!   We'll see!

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Linen napkin 6"x6" oil on board

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OK, I know I have been doing paintings of just fabric but this one screamed "FORK!"  My Grandmother made this tablecloth and set of napkins using a fine grade of natural linen and edged it using a heavy red cotton thread in a crochet buttonhole picot stitch.  Now this is a dying art!

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Royal folds 12"x12" oil on canvas covered wood

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Severe thunderstorms moved through the area last night and this morning was dark and dreary.  The dark purple fabric was very dramatic but as I painted the day moved on and the sun came out and suddenly there was more detail in the dark folds.  It made a big difference in the way this painting came out.

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Lemon folds 6"x6" oil on board

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This is a great small square linen tablecloth in a cool yellow color and the pattern you see is pulled thread work so sometimes it is dark and sometimes it is light where the light is coming through.    This one was tougher that I thought it was going to be.  

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Basic white 6"x6" oil on board

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This size is 6 in x 6 in.   Trying to stock up on the small paintings to sell at a fair.   I will have a booth at the Cherokee Triangle Art Fair selling my daily paintings.   This one will probably be dry by then.

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Unadorned 12"x12" oil on canvas

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Today is a spring surprise, it is late afternoon, only 48°, windy and damp so needless to say it is dark outside.   The  lighting for this one is a warm lamp on one side and the cool north light on the other.  The only natural light in my front studio room is two 9' tall windows.   I usually just a moveable lamp with a regular bulb which gives off a warm light.   I like it, it is simple and inexpensive.

Today is the Kick off celebration to the few weeks prior to Derby.   I live just blocks from the riverfront where the Air Show is and the largest fireworks in the country "Thunder over Louisville". My little dog does not like the noise that the air show makes nor the booms of the fireworks.   But I intend to sit out on my front step and watch the fireworks wrapped in a blanket.  Maybe with a Kentucky Bourbon for extra warmth.

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Unescorted 12"x12" oil on canvas covered wood

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Here is another larger painting.   This one was really fun.   The white fabric is scrunched up on a surface that is yellow.   However, the yellow glows through in places like an orange/pink which I found real exciting.   Well, exciting might be too strong a word, maybe intriguing is a better description.

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Deserted 12"x12" oil on hardboard

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This piece is larger than what I usually show, it is 12" square and painted on 1/2" thick hardboard.   This subject was the topic in a conversation that I had yesterday with someone.   So I thought today "Why not!"   I like fabric, I like drawing fabric and I like sewing.   It is in harmony with my past professions as a fashion illustrator, clothing designer and with the fact that I have been sewing since I was 10, so with all this handling of fabric why not paint it!

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On the edge 6"x6" oil on hardboard

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Using the corner of the surface just occurred to me today and I like the ruffle of the tablecloth showing.  It did make me a little nervous having the teapot so close to the edge.

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Red tea 6"x6" oil on hardboard

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Polka dots always bring a smile to my face and fun to my heart.   I think those sugar cubes are doing the Jitterbug!  Or is it the Lindy Hop!

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Stacked 6"x6" oil

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I couldn't resist making the pot wear a cup hat.   Don't they look smug and fashionable?  The cubes are trying to imitate them but it is just not the same.

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Catching some sun 12"x16" oil on canvas

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 She sat in a beach chair looking at the waves in the ocean, listening to the seagulls overhead.  The roar of the ocean drowned all the memories of the previous day.  She was in the here and now, present in the sun...  the only thing amiss was that the sun did not move.

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One coffee, two sugars 6"x6" oil

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I love to see these all lined up neat and tidy.  Now only if my desk looked this way.

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Black, no sugar 6"x6" oil

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Personally I like my coffee black, no sugar.  Recently got this white pot with four matching mugs and have been waiting for the right moment to use it.   I love the round shape. :-)

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Tea with sugar 6"x6" oil

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Want some whiskey in your water,

sugar in your tea.

What's all these crazy questions they askin' me?

This is the craziest party that could ever be.

Don't turn on the lights, cause I don't want to see.

Mama told me not to come.

Mama told me not to come.

That ain't the way to have fun, no.

(Three Dog Night)

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Sugar & Cream and the kids 6"x6" oil

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Continuing on the sugar theme, adding cream seemed like the thing to do.  Don't the kids look cute all playing nice together.

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Stacked sugar 6"x6" oil

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Looking at the side of the box it says that the ingredient is sugar.  What do they use to make it stick together in a cube?   Some form of moisture and pressure I guess or do they use glue and don't want to tell us.   Do they make each one individually or are they made in a large sheet and cut.   I googled the question and there are some pretty funny answers.  

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B. Resting 9"x12" oil

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This was our second session with this model and as usual I stood in a different spot.   I might like this perspective better than last week's.

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Sugar cubed 6"x6" oil on gessobord

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This painting was done using a limited palette, burnt umber, ultramarine blue, yellow ochre, white, burnt sienna.   I like the lack of "color".

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Sugar 6"x6" oil on gessobord

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Here is the big storage jar for sugar with its big eared cousin, Sugar Bowl and partner Spoon.   Aren't they sweet!

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Mom's mixer 16"x16" oil on wood

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I was not able to paint today but I thought I would take this opportunity to show one of my larger works.  This recently won an honorable mention in a show here in Louisville.   This is my Mother's mixer from the 1950's and still the mixer I use today.   It is a General Electric with three blades.

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Violin player 12"x16" oil on canvas

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This lovely woman was our model today and I was thankful to be there.  I love the fact that she brought her violin. 

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Red robe 12" x 16" oil

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It used to be that nudes were all we painted and drew on Friday in our "Go Figure" group then we got so tired of doing them that we switched to clothed figures and portraits.   Now we have been doing those so long that we thought we would have a nude today.   I guess too much of any one thing is too much.  So here is my art for today.

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Salty 6"x6" oil

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As long as I'm doing salt I thought I would include all my salt.  In the large jar I keep my large granule kosher salt which I usually use unless I'm baking, and the eight sided shaker is the sea salt leaving the square shaker the table salt... and there you have it.

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Popular Twosome 6"x6" oil

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Here is that popular twosome!  Again!   

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On the Table 6"x6" oil

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Having spring fever yesterday compelled me to play hooky.  Today someone else inhabited my body and painted this painting.   I swear it was not me!   It was like I had never painted before, it was all so foreign to me but I kept at it and it is finally done.   Whew!

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Red chair 9"x12" oil

Here is my attempt today from the Saturday portrait group.  

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