Two Carnations

Carnations again; this time with a rather fanciful color interpretation.

White Carnations

Out of interest, I looked up white carnations which apparently symbolize pure love and are associated with Mother's Day.  Just happenstance that Mother's Day is this weekend.

Cyclamen

Flowers to celebrate the late spring arrival (finally)!

Pair

A small painting that took more hours than expected.

Museum Visit, Picasso

After the last cool blue painting, I decided to go to the opposite extreme.  Our museum visitor stands before Picasso's Woman Plaiting Her Hair.

Cool in Blue

It's a blue, blue world!

Time

Time is passing slowly waiting for the snow plows to arrive.  Official snowfall for our town from the blizzard-- 40 inches.

Apple Tower

Perhaps not a tower, more a low mound of apples.

Lemons in Jar

Lemons into lemonade is the thought in my head but want I really want is to wish everyone a healthy, happy and productive new year!

Globe Grapes

Warmest wishes for a safe and joyful holiday season.

Two Red Onions

Happy Thanksgiving Leftovers Day!

Big Glass Jar

A new glass object and found in my own basement!  The dark background is a change of pace for me as well.

I had the pleasure of observing Qiang Huang give a wonderful demo today. Although often his backgounds are dark, interestingly, today he chose a light background for his demo.  Below are a few images from the demo, ending with the setup and a photo of Qiang (a wonderful instructor).

Lemons and Plums

How did we get halfway through October already?  Here we have two plums, huddled together, outnumbered.

Onions with Brown Pot

A change from the usual fruit or flowers.

Figs with Jar

Fresh figs from a local market-- a new subject!  Took a wee bit licence with the colors and their intensity.

Yellow Flowers with Lemon

I wanted to paint flowers with even more air around them than usual.  I liked the sparseness of this bouquet.

Three Plums with Quince

These were tiny plums.  They grew a little as I painted them--it is amazing how that happens!

Cherry with Marigold

I just came back from a workshop in Vermont with my very favorite artist --- Stanley Bielen!  The above is one of several paintings completed at the workshop.  It was a great experience.  Mr. Bielen is a generous teacher and all around nice guy.  Below is a series of images from one of his demos.

 
 

                                 

Carnations with Cherries

Usually when composing a still life, I choose the fewest objects possible but for this painting decided to  have more overlapping objects.

Silver Teapot

White paint was used in abundance in the mixtures during this painting which did make me mindful of the advice often given "Too much white = dull, chalky colors".   In this case though, I still liked the outcome.