Relax

Relax

You are purr-fect just the way you are.

This is a photo of my friend Louise's cat, sleeping, really sleeping.

No stress there!

I decided to follow the example and take a day and do

only what I want to do and not anything I 'should' do.

 

On a score card with 10 being the highest, a ME day

looks something like this:

creativity pursuits=10

chores=0

 

I include cooking in the chore category so it's pizza for the

hubby tonight and out to my pal Jeni Caruana's

art opening of Maltese landscapes.

Purr-fect!

 

 For arts sake I'd like to share one of my favorite paintings

I've done recently:

Pecan Pie  6x6 oil on museum board

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 This painting just seemed to sing it's way onto the canvas:)

Thanks so much for viewing my art!

Fresh Sliced Lemon

Fresh Sliced Lemon 8x8 oil on museum board

to purchase for $300 click here

I'm still on my lemon binge. I had so much fun painting the

knife and the lemons, and the shadows, and

the color shifts under the martini glass,

and the reflections in the shaker.

 Why do I procrastinate?!

But I do, just a little on a daily basis.

Maybe it's that haunting feeling I get about finishing

and feeling like the painting should more this or more that.

'Should' is a very bad work I believe

and I'm trying to eliminate it from my mental vocabulary.

What keeps you from the joy of painting?

 

 

Striped Cream and Sugar

Striped Cream and Sugar 6x6 oil on museum board

to purchase for $100 click here

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!

 

 

Mixed Cherry Bowl

Mixed Cherry Bowl  7 x 9 mixed media

It's always been one of my painting goals to be

as loose as possible but still to represent something.

If possible I like the paint to do it's own thing

and create some unexpected surprises

that I find interesting.

My adventure into watercolors has been free

and loose but I don't know how to create

as many beautiful colors as I can in oils.  In fact

I'm not even sure you can create as many

colors in watercolor as you can with oils.

If anyone knows please fill me in!

This painting is mixed media and I'm trying to

figure out how I can create the same

type of effect in oil.

Painting is such a wonderful, never ending, exploration!

to purchase for $75 click here

Glass Gerber Daisy

 Glass Gerber Daisy

 

I love painting this checked cloth. When I started

this painting I had the checked cloth as the

entire background.  I loved

painting it but at the end of the day I stood back,

took a good look and decided it was way too much!

It also had the problem of having the white space in the

cloth right up against the white daisy, which always

causes me problems.

I scraped it down in the evening and this morning

added a blue cloth and limited the

crazy wild checked cloth.

I like the distortion of the cloth under in the glass vase.

Sigh of relief, I feel so much better now!

to purchase for $100 click here

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.

 

To purchase for $100 click here or

 

take advantage of my 25% off cyber sale

25% off anything on my site!

collect your discount by emailing me

brucebingham@gmail.com

now through Dec. 5th only

 



Blue Cream Rose

Blue Cream Rose  6x6  oil on board

I did this painting for the Daily Paintworks blue challenge.

The parameters were to make it predominately light,

high key, avoid any complementary colors and 

still make the blue focal point pop.

It was an interesting challenge.

I got my entry in just under the wire.  It's been a busy week

here in Malta.  I've got a 25% discount cyber sale on

my website for any painting of your choice.

All you have to do is email me at

brucebingham@gmail.com

so I can apply your discount.

Sale ends December 5th

to purchase for $100 click here or apply your discount for $75

click here

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.

For more info on this painting click here

Tea Jubilee

Tea Jubilee 16 x 20 oil on canvas

In addition to the small daily studies I like to keep a larger

painting going as well.  It gives me more space to try to

apply the paint in different ways and

design the light/dark patterns.

This was so much fun for me to paint just by picking the

colors that make my heart sing.

To purchase for $1500 click here.

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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Bubble Gum Tea

 

Bubble Gum Tea  6 x 6 oil on board

 

I love the colors of this tea towel with my purple tea pot, but it was

a little tricky to paint.  The problem was that the towel

colors were very dark, even in the light so it was hard to

create a light/ dark pattern when everything was so

close to the same colors.

I just decided to have fun with the surface texture, the mark

making and the colors.

The colors reminded me of bubble gum flavors: grape,

cherry, cotton candy- is that a flavor?

 

to purchase for $100 click here.

 

 

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: