"Green Pear and Mandarins"

8"x6"

Oil on Board

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In the oil painting class I've been teaching, we recently focused on using specific color schemes and I realized that it would be good for me to put myself through the same paces!  So, this one is a split complementary scheme using cadmium lemon, cadmium orange, vermillion, ultramarine blue and white.  I like that this makes me work with tube colors that I haven't really used alot in the past year as I've worked primarily with a very limited palette--guess it's time to branch out!

"Anything But the Pits!"

6"x6"

Oil on Board

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Admittedly, this is a strange title, but when I looked at these cherries, that's what came to mind!  They are SO BEAUTIFUL!!  It is amazing how everyday it is proven over and over that simple things can be the most affecting.  My goal today is to keep my eyes open for more of those gifts as I travel through the hours.

"Pomegranate" (sold)

6"x6"

Oil on Board

I spent all morning working on a little figurative painting, wiped it off twice and got fed up and walked my dog!  I've been wanting to paint some of the beautiful produce that we've raised/traded.  So this is today's result!  Actually, I need to do this more often.  It feels so much more direct--both the process and the painting.  I know some of the best have said that if you paint from photographs alot, you REALLY need to paint from life alot, too.  I believe it!  Besides, I have to admit that it is just more fun to paint from life than to be looking at a piece of paper!  Uh-oh.  I may be opening up a can of worms for myself.

"Watermelon Party"

6"x8"

OIl on Board

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In July I led a painting workshop and this is one of the paintings I did during it. I've had that piece of cloth for three years now and have been intimidated by it, but when I sliced up the watermelon, I just had to put them together! It was a really fun painting to do.

"Little Flock of Lemons" (sold)

6"x6"

Oil on Board

I kept thinking how much these slices of lemons reminded me of birds, hence the title!

With life throwing a big lemon at me, I'm having a really hard time working. I realized I need some time to paint at my own pace without worrying about whether or not I'm posting or what the quality of my work is like. Having so recently joined the Daily Painter's Gallery, I hate to take a break, but it needs to happen. I've decided to not post until March 25th, hoping I'll have learned to "make some lemonade" by by that time. So, I'll see you then. . .