Ruby Red and Purple

Pomegranates & Cabbage, oil on canvas, 12 x 12 in.

What can I say, the color of a purple cabbage and the ruby red of pomegranates take my breath away.

Final Week at Nimrod

Nimrod Last Stand, oil on canvas, 30 x 40"

For several years, I have been painting on small panels, 6- and 8-inch square. This summer at art camp, I worked on larger canvases. So much fun to spread out! This is the painting from my last week at Nimrod.

Orange you happy!

orange happy, oil on panel, 8x8 in

Every morning I have to choose between exercise and painting or just sitting with coffee. Today, I am happy to have chosen oranges.

Everything is just peachy.

Peaches, 8x8", oil on panel

Since returning from painting camp, I have been so busy with work that I have not had time to paint. Today is my son Eric’s birthday and I felt like celebrating, so I started the day with some time at the easel. Yeah!

Lemons for Tea

Lemons for Tea, oil on canvas, 20 x 24"

My first week at Nimrod Hall was so inspiring and productive, that I have decided to go back next week. I think I might have to pick up another table cloth, that pink madras is showing up everywhere.

REV it UP

Morning Melons, oil on panel, 8" x 10"

After a fabulous three day workshop at BSSS, I drove west to Nimrod Hall on Sunday afternoon. I had a plan to start each day with a pre-breakfast “sketch.” I got into the studio early enough to paint Morning Melons before my first cup of coffee. 

After breakfast, it was time to rev it up — time for a larger canvas and a more complex composition. 

 

Don’t Eat Cantaloupe, oil on canvas, 16" x 20"

Hit Restart!

Loosely, oil on canvas, 16"x 20"

Okay, I know that I started this blog with the intention of being a daily painter. I didn’t really quit, I just lapsed. Now, I am back from a workshop with Jessie Coles, followed by a week at art camp at Nimrod Hall (Bath Co.) and I am ready to work.

Summer squash

I am working on composition in still life paintings. It is more challenging then the painting-a-day series. I spent hours on Sunday moving objects around to compose this painting. A workshop with Liz Geiger at Beverly Street Studio really helped me understand the work that needs to be done before the painting begins. I actually spent more time composing and drawing than I did on the painting.

hot stuff

 

oil on gessoboard, 8 x 10"

This week’s challenge is “What’s in the fridge?” 

pepper fatigue

kill the pepper, oil on board 8x8

After a week of yellow pepper paintings, it was time to put the poor shriveled pepper to rest. I was trying to stay loose with the paint—I wish I had been able to stick to the plan—I over did it when I continued to paint this little board. (This is a photo of the early stages)