Yellow orange

6" x 6"
oil on linen
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I decided to try painting on linen. I really liked the surface, so I definitely will make more of these panels.  The good news is that I have yards of linen. A few years ago I made large oil paintings on stretchers, but making panels is a different process. I haven't found any good sources for instructions. I used PVA glue instead of rabbit skin glue as I understand that they are equivalent. It worked ok and I may need to use two layers of glue. Anyway I certainly have plenty of linen for my experimentation.

Tomorrow I am heading to Pennsylvania to take a workshop from Abbey Ryan. I am really looking forward to it. After two days of painting I am off for a spin around New York State. I have a lot of family to visit so it will be fun...only hope it doesn't snow!

Yellow Pink

6" x 6"
oil on Multimedia Artboard
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These flowers came from the remains of a flower basket given to my mother-in-law. She has been living for many years with Alzheimer's disease. Yellow was always a favorite color and her daughter remembered for her when she sent the begonia plant.
I picked the last few blooms as I liked the chubby little flowers.

April Flowers

6" x 6"
oil on gessoboard
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Well I have been missing from my blog. I have been sick with a cold for a week and I hope the worst is over. Next weekend I am taking a workshop in Pennsylvania and will be doing a lot of driving so if I must be miserable I would rather it were this week.
Adding insult to injury I have not been happy with my paintings, so, most of them have been wiped away. This one survived! One painting that I wiped out, I did photograph and now I am sorry I was so harsh. Oh well, there will be others.