Thursday, September 2, 2010

"LEMONS IN WAITING"

6x12, oil on 3/8, SOLD
Color studies are fun to explore.  Seeing color in reflections and shadows that are not obvious to the main color scheme help exaggerate and bring color forward.




9 comments:

Carrie Waller Watercolors said...

The colors are terrific! Love the patterns you've captured. Very pretty!

Kim VanDerHoek said...

Nice composition and color scheme DOri!

Carol Blackburn said...

Wonderful composition, Dori.

Carol Horzempa said...

Beautiful colors...love your loose handling of the strips!

Kerri Settle said...

This painting is a visual feast. All those spots of color are ridiculously appealing.

Virginia Floyd said...

This is a very striking painting! The colors are gorgeous, and your play of light and shadow is very well done. I really like this!

hmuxo said...

Love this color..so vibrant which brings out the lemons ...the reflections in the bowl is wonderful. great job as usual...

Anonymous said...

Dori, the way you use color is just fabulous! The blues and yellow are so fresh, this piece would look just wonderful in someone's kitchen.

Gwen Bell said...

Love this color combo. Great job on handling the stripes too!