ZZZ LIGHT

4x4, oil, $50

This was a fun DPW Challenge.  Basically paint it with Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Sienna and White...Yes that's it.  More challenging than one might think.

FRONT AND CENTER

4x4, oil, $45.00

It is persimmon season.  I just love the color of these delightful little fruits.  Sometimes I just want to paint what I like for the subject that it is front and center on the canvas.  I totally enjoyed laying in the pure cad red light at the transition from light to shadow...yummy.

"SO LOVELY"

4x4, oil on 3/8 panel, $50.00

Just a little rose in my yard that I can't remember the name, except that it was lovely.  It was cut and painted and just drooped when it's portrait was complete.  I really love painting these little ones.  

"UNCONDITIONAL TO THE LAST PETAL"

4x4, oil on 3/8 panel, $50.00

Another little sweetie.  I love my roses till the end.  I often trim them down as they begin to weep hoping to get a little more life out of them.  I have many little vases to hold them dear till the end. 

"LOOK'IN FOR LOVE"

4x4, oil on 3/8 panel, $50.00

Working this small is fun because it goes with my love for small things.  I have always collected little things, like thimble size.  There is something personal and sweet to a painting so small.  I have been working with bigger brushes to make me stay loose and I am lov'in it.  They are a little abstract to me.  Anyway this rose was pulling way over and made me think it was look'in for something.  So why not love.

"SINGING THE BLUES"

4x4, oil on 3/8 panel, $50.00

Oh such fun must come to an end.  This is the last of my pear series for the moment.  Just a little different in it's setting.  I love experimenting with blues lately and relationships around the color wheel.  I find there is always something new to knock my creative mind for a loop.

"A PEAR OF MANY COLORS"

4x4, oil on 3/8 gesso panel, $50.00

I am really enjoying playing with color in the creation of these pear paintings.  They are great exercises in fearlessness and a small format to complete in short sessions.  Lots of fun.

"A PEAR'S LIFE"

4x4 oil on gessoed 3/8 panel, $50.00 

Another pear painting in my series.  To this sweet and juicy pear that has served me well.  Just one more and then fruit salad it will be.

"ODE TO THE PEAR"

4x4, oil on gesso 3/8 panel, $50.00 + $10.00 s&h

I need to sing the praises of the pear.  It is a lovely fruit with a beautiful shape.  The pear has been my subject on many occasion.  In those times of creative block the pear has offered itself to pull me through to get to the part I love most ...to PAINT.  Subject can be difficult on many levels and can stop the paint process completely.   Looking for something inspiring that might also inspire the viewer can be stressful, which is a very left brain place and messes with the head.  So when I am feeling that way, I paint pears.  I let go and paint...  And then I eat the pear, yummy.