Painting orange slice

Oil on gessoboard
7" x 5"
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I found this small vase that my son made when we took a pottery class together years ago. It made an interesting contrast to the orange slice. I must admit I started these small paintings last year as a change from the larger abstract work that I usually do. I saw it as a way to work on a different scale and in a different medium as my large abstract work is done with encaustics. I now find these small works are compelling and hope that I can find away to continue to work on them as I take up my encaustics again for a show I will be in the end of June.

Pink Flower

Oil on gessoboard
6" x 6"
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I wanted to capture the delicacy of this flower.  I had some difficulty getting a good image of this without glare. I may need to figure out a better way to take photos.

White flower

 Oil on gesso panel
6" x 6 "


These simple flowers were calling to be painted.

Green apple

Oil on gessoboard
6"x6"



I liked the almost silhouette quality of the apples on the red plate. Have been doing a lot of painting and thinking about how I want my work to look.  These small pieces allow me to think with my paintbrush in hand.

Red Red

6" x 6"
oil on gesso panel



Well after being out of town for a while I found that the studio work slowly returned.  This is the only painting from last week that I was happy with. It has the more painterly brush stokes that I am experimenting with. I hope this week is a little more successful!

Apple Abundance

6" x 6"
oil on gessoboard

I loved playing with all the variations of red.

Peppers

6"x6"
Oil on gessoboard



As you can see I am still looking at peppers.  I love their shiny colorful surfaces.