Morning Smiles

Morning Smiles 12 x 12 oil on museum board

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These colorful flowers brought a smile to my face

this morning.

They seemed to be dancing in the sunlight.

Happy, happy!

Sparkling Vine

Sparkling Vine 6x6 oil on museum board

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This vine was sparkling in the sunlight,

waving in the breeze,

and whispering my own thoughts back to me-

"it's great to be alive"!

 



 

Fresh Sliced Orange

Fresh Sliced Orange 6x6 oil on museum board

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I bought some new colors in preparation for my

upcoming workshop with Ovanes Berberian in France

next month.  Two new ones for me

were cad green and platinum violet.   So I

picked my fresh oranges instead of lemons this

time to work with the color scheme.

I love orange, green, and purple together and lucky for

me it also happens to be a triadic color harmony.

About the purple-  it has a more red bias than what 

I usually use: carbazole violet. I did the

under painting with the platinum violet and you can

see it bleeding through on the bottom left.

I went over it with the carbazole violet

simply because it looked better to me and I liked it.

Do you have a favorite purple? Feel free to share!