HOME GROWN

9x12, oil, sold

We have 2 Valencia orange trees in our yard.  Most of the time these trees are bounitful.  For years at Christmas we would put our christmas tree in the bay window and take photos of our boys standing in front of it.  Always in the background just outside the window hung branches burdened down with fruit.  Loved sending those photos oof to family and friends in the midwest and east coast to share.

SOMETHING TO BRIGHTEN ANY DAY

12x12, oil, $180.00

Color color color...so much fun.  This painting just brightens my fireplace mantle.  that is where all my painting sit to be looked at and looked at some more.  This one makes me happy.

"A SLICE OF VITAMIN C"

8x8, oil on 3/8 gesso panel, $100.00

Blue and orange are compliments, another set I am exploring in this painting.   Orange and blue can be bold and harsh in advertising, but they really grab you.  It is difficult to dismiss any graphic done with these two colors.  You don't have to like them for them to grab you.  In oil there is a lot more going on with color  mixing and moving around the color wheel to venture into neighboring colors to turn the form and sculpt the painting.  In the process there is a cast of supporting players that push and pull the subject from a graphic statement of bold eye catching color to something with more depth and more to see.

Through My Garden Gate 8x10 oil

Got out mid to late afternoon today to paint this one.  I kept thinking I would start painting inside, but wanted to try this busy scene to see if I could simplify it.  there are several layers and I have trouble with dark foliage in the distance.  Like what color is that anyway.  So here it is..I think it is a bit busy or dotty.  To many iceberg roses, I got a little carried away.

So this is the walkway close to the house in the back yard.  I am sitting under the Crepe Myrtle tree that I painted in my last post.  I have a thing for gates and walkways as they feel hopeful and inviting.  This leads to our driveway where lots of basketball has been and still is played.  I have several broken roof tiles to prove it.  It is an area of energy and action.  With three boys and their friends, it is a place to escape, shoot a few and return to whatever.  To the right is an old Orange Tree that has been in the background of many Christmas photos.  Love to send those back to the Midwest.  So I continue with "About the House"...