Vase with Cuties 8x10

Finally I have something to post. This seemed to take for ever. I did it in stages where I did it with glazes after it was painted in gray tones. You have to let the glaze dry before another is placed. I read about this at artpapa.com and several other art sites have talked about this old technique that is new again.

Harlequin sugar bowl and Apple 5x7 oil

This is a sugar bowl my mom gave me as she is in the process of getting rid of some of her things and it is one I remember on our kitchen table when I was a kid. I have several old bowls from my grand mother that I remember things in like gravey in one and another that she always had figs in. Now that I discovered the joy of still life paintings I hope to use more of the family memories in my paintings.

Pear sliced

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oil 5x7

Boy I really love the pears what a challenge they are to paint. I thought I might have a little trouble getting the color of the inside of the pear but I'm fairly pleased with it. Now I'd like to do one a little large and more complex but it may be a while before I get around to that. Tomorrow I start my painting II class at Hinds. They did not have the class when I was there only Painting I. The challenge there will to paint larger formats. I have gotten used to the small and they are easy to do at the house.

The Pear

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Oil 5x7

I really like the lumps and bumps on the pear it is not as smooth as an apple and I really enjoyed doing this one.

Tomatoes with Pitcher

oil 8x10

I did this painting earlier on a smaller canvas with acrylics and really liked it so I thought i would try it on a larger format and with my new oils.

Watermelon and salt shaker

oil 8x10

I did two paintings of a watermelon and salt shaker one to go for a silent auctions at my hubby's work. 100% of the proceeds go to a trust fund for children of highway workers that were killed while on the job. Please remember to slow down when going threw a work zone as this kind of accident does happen.
I really think I'm getting better on my watermelons compared to the first one I did which you will never see. hehe.

Update 10/30/09 I entered this one in the VAA show and won an honarable mention with this painting out of 24 entries. YEA!

Onions

Red and Yellow Onion oil 5x7

Onion Study oil 4x6

Boy I am really loving my oil paint can't believe I didn't do this sooner.
I love onions and painting them is so fun. I just love the color cad orange, will have to do more subjects using that color. Here are two onion studies.

Avocado study and sliced oil

Avocado Sliced oil 5x7

Avocado Study oil 4x6

I bought an Avocado for these two and I really had to work fast as it was already ripe and under the lights it seemed to dry up quick

Plum Crazy 5x7 oil

This plum was hard to paint as I was wanting to eat it. Funny how time just slips by when you are painting and next thing you know its 2 hours past lunch.

One Plum oil 5x6

This is my first plum I have ever painted. I'm really getting into painting the fruit I don't have to worry about it walking away only being eaten when I get hungry. This also pushes me to finish it before the fruit dries up and turns into a prune.

Watermelon Wedge 4x6 oil

This is a little 4x6 of a watermelon wedge. I have done several little watemelon pieces and I think I'm getting a little better.

Computer has been sick Charcoal boots

I have not forgot about my blog but we have had computer trouble as of late. We were told we needed to wipe it out and start over about a month ago and we did do a back up at that time but not all our stuff got saved. I went to Birmingham for a week and before I left I took pictures of the easter eggs I did and one of my new paintings that I delivered to Peterson's in Vicksburg. I had good intentions to posting when I got back. You guessed it the computer crashed and poof all gone. Our video card was out of whack and it was so bad I could not look at the computer very much. Yea that is now fixed. Next problem was the business cards and tags for my work was wiped out so I have had to recreate both and finally got it to work. So for now I'll just post one of my older works. It is a charcoal that sold a few years ago and was one of my hubby's favorites since it was his boots and old gun. Hope to post some new work soon working on a little large scale than 5x7 or 8x10 for the show in April.

Work Boots 8x10 acrylic

Framed $135.
Bartered for deer meat.

I love painting old work boots. The front porch is of a little town not far from me called Learned.

They have some wonderful old rockers and chairs on the old front porches.

Nanies Knife 5 x 7

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This is a little painting using my husbands grandmothers old kitchen knife and one of her old pitchers. The little knife almost is worn down on the blade. I can just picture her using it to slice a home grown tomato fresh from the garden.

New Best Friend 7x10 watercolor

Matted $100.00

This is our new best friend. We bought a bottle of this and we have used it on everything lately. We had it out on the counter with some cilantro and I thought this would make a good painting so here it is.

Red Radishes 7x10

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The other day I was walking threw the grocery store with my hubby and saw these beautiful red radishes across the aisle. I thought what a beautiful painting they would make with the red and green. He asked me what we would do with a bunch of radishes. As it turned out, we made a great dip. The recipe is on his blog Wills kitchen.