Green Cabin

Green Cabin  8x8 oil on board

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There is a campground near my house with small cabins for rent painted

in different colors.  Most of the people that visit are Dutch, who 

find summer and fall in Burgundy quite warm.

The green one really caught my eye against the colorful leaves.

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!

Striped Cream and Sugar

Striped Cream and Sugar 6x6 oil on museum board

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I'm listening to horns honking and people singing as I

post this. We've just had the elections here in

Malta and the Labor Party is a happy bunch.

They won and ousted the National Party after

being in power for 25 years.

Apparently the idea is to make as much noise as

possible in celebration, all day and all night.

We're on day two, everyone is Still out on the

streets. Except me and probably the head of

the National Party.

Hopefully tomorrow things will return to normal,

whatever that means!

 

 

More Plane Green Tea

More Plane Green Tea  6x6  oil on board

This is the still life I had in my Still Life Stage when

we had the black out in Malta.

I really like to let a painting sit and then come 

back to it later. 

I just oil over it with medium and go back in.

Waiting gives me a fresh eye and I can

correct my drawing errors more easily.

I just love painting this silly little plane!

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Orange Rose Tea

Orange Rose Tea  6x6  oil on board

These little still life paintings are really about

patterns of light and dark which I

never seem to get tired of.

Painting them is like putting a color puzzle

together.  I choose the colors

according to my mood.

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Cups and Shadows

 

Cups and Shadows 6x6 oil on board

 

This painting was all about the shapes and shadows.

When I'm painting I try to forget what it is that I'm painting.

I try to not think about it as a tree, or a person,

or as a still life.  I feel I do a better

job if I simply look at the

shapes and values in front of me.

Somehow it turns out to be more interesting that way.

 

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Pecan Pie

Pecan Pie 6 x 6 oil on board

OK, so my diet is officially over, for this week anyway.

Obviously I have pie making on my brain.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin Pie 16 x 16 Oil on Canvas

The alchemy of baking amazes me.  It's not really something

I'm good at because you really have to follow directions well.

I consider myself more of a 'creative' cook.

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Butter Cream

Butter Cream  6 x 6 oil on board

Maybe it's the cooler weather that has me thinking more about

cooking.  Food items seem to be showing up in my

paintings.  Go figure!

I started this painting as a demo to show some artists

I am working with how to transition from block studies to

actual still life.  The block of butter was the 

perfect thing to use.  I also started this 

piece with notes of pure color and it

progressively got more realistic.

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Purple Polka-dot Pot

Purple Polka-dot Pot  6 x 6 oil on board

 

I was searching for striped fabric when I ran across this

polka-dot piece that I had to have. I went

a little crazy with the stripes and dots but

enjoyed every minute of it. Since there

was a lot of action in the light areas I tried to keep all

the darks very simple.

 

This might sound silly but it reminds me of a heavy little

tug boat chugging up stream through a

sea of fabric.

 

I grew up on the water watching the tugboats work

and always thought they were amazing.

 

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Calming Chamomile

Calming Chamomile 6 x 6 oil on board

 

This is a painting I did for the Daily Paintworks Challenge to

paint an emotion.

I chose the soft positive emotion of calm.  I find that

lots of my paintings have this feeling or theme,

maybe because that's how I feel when I paint.

I chose to use soft analogous color harmony to help convey

a soothing feeling, like Chamomile tea.

 

Life can be chaotic and hectic so I like to create a sense of

serenity when I come to the canvas.

 

Do you feel you emotions come through when you create?

 

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