Small Art

There's a new show at the Firehouse Art Center - all art is 11x14 or smaller. It's a very entertaining show with pieces of every media represented by a large group of artists from wax encaustic to painting, drawing, collage, whatever. I have three pieces in the show. Here are two of them. The show just comes down on Sept 2.

Another cantaloupe

Here's the last slice of that same cantaloupe. Maybe I'll eat it for lunch. It was an especially good cantaloupe. Some of them are pretty bland or picked too soon, but this one was at the peak of flavor. Cantaloupe 2, 5 x 7

Cantaloupe

In retrospect I wish I had set this up so more of the picture is in shadow.
 But it was fun to paint. Cantaloupe, 6 x 8

Watermelon

Here's a painting of the last pieces of a watermelon we recently ate- Watermelon, 6 x 8. Someone stole this painting from the gallery in 2015. So if you know who has it - they didn't buy it.

changed

This one was a painting I started last summer but there were things I didn't like. I recently worked on it some more so it's a bit different.  Big Valley, 9 x 12. (sold)

kitchen vegetables

Some more vegetables from the refrigerator...
Celery and Onion, 6 x 8.

BLUEBERRIES

Some blueberries from last night's dinner. I finished them off later after painting this.
 Blueberries,  5 x 7, sold.

Paper towels

A useful studio supply gets it's portrait done- an 8x6 painting

new pic

A random picture of my old paint box,  5 x 7

Peaches

Another 5 x 7 painting. I just realized I have been neglecting the summer fruits, so here's one with peaches.

Sitting Alone

I painted this one last night - 5 x 7. Meanwhile I am working on a new large painting but it's going to take a couple weeks to finish.

Apple & spoon

A new picture - 5 x 7.

another try

Things that are translucent - like light shining through the petals of a flower, or light coming through a yellow pepper are really hard to show. There are colors and ranges of light there that are way beyond the range of paint colors and intensity. It's really hard to make the flowers look right and not look like they might be plastic. So I thought it was worth another try on these tulips while I still have them blooming in the yard. Here's a pink one, 7 x 5.

Tulips

Flowers are blooming now including the tulips. Here's a painting of some of them. 5 x 7.

Shades of Orange

Another 5 x 7 .  This reminds me that I should be out there getting the garden ready. I still have some carrots left from last year's harvest. Gotta get them eaten soon...

Thinking of Pie

My mother often made lemon meringue pie at Easter. This one 5 x 7, on a panel. I've been working on taxes, and am finally done. I wouldn't mind having a piece of pie, as long as someone makes it for me.

A scissors painting

Sewing Scissors, 5 x 7.

Grapefruit half

Grapefruit and knife, 5 x 7.

Brush in water

Finally I have time to paint again - here's the latest. 7 x 5.

Two mugs

With a giant workload dumped on me again, I have had to work in the evening - so not so many paintings again lately. This one 5 x 7.

Trio from the refrigerator

I went to the stores yesterday so I have a new supply of fruit. This one is 5 x 7.

Leaves

Leaves from a valentine bouquet. There certainly aren't any growing outside at the moment. This one, 6 x 8.

Mangos

Mangos were on sale yesterday and I got two of them. I also got some tropical fruit drinkable yogurt that's really good, but I'm not going to paint that. This one, 6 x 8.

The Fake Valentine

A piece of direct mail advertising inspired this, with the help of two tangerines and a fork.  6 x 8.

Pots & Pans

A painting of the kitchen wall done this weekend - this one is a little larger, 14 x 11. This time of year the winter sun hits the wall and leaves interesting shadow patterns.

color wheel

I took a color workshops recently and this is one thing we painted from that. The main colors we worked with on the outside of the hexagon were cadmium yellow light, for the yellow,  a mixture of cadmium red and alizarin crimson for red, a mixture of ultramarine and cobalt and white for the blue. We mixed from blue to red to yellow first than filled in. Then we added to that cadmium orange for the orange,  a mixture of  mauve blue and white for the purple, and a mixture of permanent green, sap green and a touch of white for the green. Everything left of the line down from purple to yellow is cool, and everything to the right is a warm color.  We also did steps from white to black. I'm supposed to paint a neutral gray background around it all when it dries.

Bananas and Spoon

I had never painted bananas before so I tried it last night. Sometimes yellow fruits and vegetables are difficult to paint especially translucent ones like peppers. The bananas were more docile. This one, 6 x 8.

Giant Grapefruit

I found this giant grapefruit at the store so I decided to paint it.
This one is 6 x 8.

Pear and Lemon

Another 6 x 8 inch painting.

Tape & Glue

Tape & Glue, 7 x 5.5