Lemon blueberry Cup

8 X 8 Oil on Canvas.

This painting was wiped clean twice before the paints and I came to an agreement. I do like the softness and sort of duo color of this painting.

John's Pepper's

5 X 5 Oil on Canvas

A small  quickie I did of some veges from my friends farm.

One Bad Apple!

One Bad Apple! 6" X 6" Oil on Canvas

Still painting small right now, but I may graduate soon to a larger surface. Its been so long so I am trying to get back in painting shape!

Little Green Apples

Little Green Apples 6" X 6" Oil on Canvas

Orange Slice

6" X 6" Oil on unstretch Canvas

Another small study painting. I am trying really hard to keep these around 2 hours! 

Strawberries

6" X 6" oil on canvas

Another painting I am calling a study. I painted this on unstretched gessoed canvas. I am finding it very toothy and not sure I like painting on this. Still I am happy with the finished product.

Apple Tea

6" X' 6" Oil on Canvas

A small study to help get me back in painting shape. I have been away from painting for sometime now. My time was consumed with creating leather handbags which was and still is very fun and rewarding! I really missed painting though and I am now going to divide my time more evenly. I tend to be a bit obsessive when I do things. LOL!

Strawberry Row

Strawberry Row 22" X 16" Oil on Canvas

I had so much fun painting the apples that I thought I would do same with these strawberries. Its a little smaller painting, but I still like the graphic boldness to it. I may continue doing this as a series. I am working on the DSFDF project right now with the cupcakes, which incidentally is in the same fashion as these last two paintings! I may have to add it to my series!

Apples

I finally got a break this weekend and was able to do a painting! These beautiful red apples were just calling me and they wanted to be big! So these are painted on a 28' X 22" canvas. It felt really good to get a painting done. I have been very busy with my graphic design business (which is also not a bad thing), but really needed to to chill out and do a painting. I really like they way it turned out and this one is definitely one of my favorites!

P.S. I ate the apple on right when I finished!

Blueberries

"Blueberries"

7" X 5" Oil on Canvas

This is a quick little study I did this morning on another one my most favorite fruits! Doing this on canvas right after painting on the masonite is an adjustment. Because there is so much tooth to the surface quick paintings seem to have a more painterly look. Here I forced myself not to blend to much which is really hard for me to do.

Fruitful Painting

"Fruitful"10" X 8" oil on masonite board

Grapes are one of my favorite fruits and I do love to paint them. They are so fun and full of light. I painted this on gesso'd masonite type board, and really do like the smooth finished look of this piece. When I painted it yesterday, I wasn't crazy about it, but today when I looked at it, it really popped for me. I have to get used to the surface. Its' really slippery compared to canvas.

Mango

"Mango" 10 X 8" Acrylic on Canvas
T: 1:45 hr.

Sunday Morning Mango!

Anyway, Bob Ross I am not! This painting took a good 3 hrs! I got myself into a bit of deeper water than I wanted and took on something a little to complicated for me to complete in an hour or 2. I love detail and the plate had so much cool stuff I couldn't resist.

Well, I did finally get to eat the mango and it was GOOD! "Sunday Morn Mango" Acrylic on Canvas 10 X 8"
T: A good 3 hours!

My first Daily Painting-Oranges

This is the first of my "Daily Paintings" I decided to start this challenge to improve my painting skills and help me get rid of the dreaded "Blank Canvas" syndrome that happens from time to time.

"Oranges" 10 X 8" Acrylic on stretched canvas

T: 3:00 hrs. plus some!