Fresh Veggies

 

 

Fresh Veggies  18 x 22 oil on canvas

 

Living in Europe allows me to shop at the local markets often.

That's where I always find the freshest and most

delicious produce.

I'm not going to even mention the homemade macaroons...

yum.

 

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Golden Bay Beach

Golden Bay Beach   6"x 6"  oil on board

Malta is has a rocky coast but there are a few nice beaches. My

favorite is Golden Bay where I spent the day recently. I went with

my son, my camera, and my IPAD.  I have an app called

free draw and it's fun to pass the time

doing color studies to bring back to the studio.

I've done this a few times and I have to

tell you, set up and clean up are a piece of cake!

BTW- the movie scenes of Gladiator in the Colosseum were

filmed on this beach.  Interesting right?  All the rest

of the Colosseum was digitally enhanced.- WOW

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Color Play

  Color Play  8" x 8"  oil on board

This painting started out as a very high key painting

but it just wasn't working out.  I decided it needed more

 PUNCH

so that's what I gave it. I played around with more

saturated fauvist color and really have a

GREAT TIME!

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Mothers Day Out

Mothers Day Out  8 x 10 oil on canvas

There are lots of benches in Malta where people can relax

and enjoy the breeze and view of the sea.

I love it when I can catch people in candid poses

like this father and son spending time together,

giving mom some time off.

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Nikki Beach Brunch

Nikki Beach Brunch   8.5" x 10"  oil on board

I've visited Koh Samui, Thailand several times.  The weather

there during December is lovely.  One of the things I like

to do there is go for brunch at the beach club and spend time

just relaxing.

The painting size is 8.5 x 10 but it also has a nice

professional frame in silver which makes it a little bigger.

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Cherry On Top

Cherry On Top  6 x 6  oil on board

Still having fun with this theme and the endless variations.

I made another step by step tutorial so you can

follow along from start to finish!

I've created a short video you can view here or scroll down to look at he the photos below.

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Here's the process:

                                                                                Finished!

Blooming Color

Blooming Color 6" x 6" oil on board

This was done for the Daily Paintworks paint a rose challenge.

I was a bit of a late bloomer in getting it in on Saturday just before a

new challenge was started.  My first rose went into the compost pile

but I decided to give it another try. 

I find everyday ordinary things that no one really thinks of

as beautiful much less intimidating to paint than something as

exquisite as a rose, a flower that has

inspired poetry and love songs since man has been creating them.

To get over my hang up about it I decided to just have

fun with it and play with the

color and the brushstrokes.

I'm glad I didn't give up!

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Bearded Ladies

Bearded Ladies 6 x 6 oil on board

I didn't actually melt yesterday when I when out plein air

painting with my friend Jeni Caurana- we just felt like it!

Malta is really sizzling right now.

I didn't realize that there are over 2000 different kinds

of palm trees.  These are the filifera that like to grow in

desert climates.

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Cup for Two

Cup for Two  6" x 6" oil on board

I really enjoy playing with the light and dark patterns of

these small daily paintings.

I'm posting another step by step shown below.

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Process:

Set up the still life with patterns and colors I like:

Make a drawing of the light dark patterns and how the canvas board will be divided.

Decide what the dominant value will be:

Start with the cherries inside the cup and then begin to paint the

cup inside the pattern cloth.

Add the dark patterns on the cloth:

Put in the background, all the lights and the stems are the final touch: