Apples and Green Bowl 3

8 x 8"

oil on masonite

SOLD

Apples with Green Bowl 2

8 x 8" 

oil on masonite

Apples and Green Bowl 1

8 x 8"

oil on masonite

Apples, again. :) This time I limited the palette to green and blue. Cool, right?

 Robot toy 2

6 x 6" 

oil on board

Another version of robot boy.

Robot toy

6 x 6

oll on masonite

I'm going to be showing me work in a booth at the Makers Faire in KC next week-end. So I did a couple of robots, thinking they seem to fit the audience. maybe someone could even recognize this particular toy. 

6 x 6"

oil on masonite

pitcher

Glass is such an appealing subject. Cool to look at, hard to do.  I almost scrubbed this out, but I guess it has a certain "fauvist" charm.  Afterwards, that I did a set of studies, 4 on a 6 x 6 board.  The progress is left to right top to bottom. I think you can see how much can be learned in a short time.

6 x 6"

oil on masonite

another version of yesterdays ducks.

6 x 6"

oil on masonite

Friendly rubber duckies on a pretty pink background.  Now that's more like it.

6 x 6"

oil on masonite

Two duckies on a prettier green background.

8 x 8"

oil on masonite

I did a few rubber duck images a year or so ago.  So I'm revisiting the idea. I like the way the duck is broken by the water line.  Not crazy about the green background,.

Girl in Sunshine

6 x 6"

oil on masonite

NFS

Another new subject for me - a portrait. I did this from a photo of a friend's daughter.  Her completion came out a little like my Frozen Charlotte Doll.

Queen Anne's Lace

6 x 6

oil on masonite

This is a change of pace, quickly painted out of my head. Is it really Queen Anne's Lace?  In red? I was thinking about QA's L at the time but the colors and shapes just did their own thing.  I had fun with it!

Apples

8 x 8"

oil on masonite

SOLD

Oooo! really big one.  8 x 8" Going big time. :)

Apples

6 x 6"

oil on masonite

After practicing apples for a few days, they are starting to look better.  Liking  this one.

Apples

6 x6"

oil on masonite
SOLD

Three Apples

oil on masonite

6x6"

SOLD

More apples.

Four Apples

oil on masonite

6 x 6 

SOLD

I've reverted to apples. They are red, they are round, they never fail to make a lovely picture.  

Frozen Charlotte is a little ceramic victorian doll that told the story of careless, disobedient Charlotte, who despite her mother' pleading, refused to wear her coat to a fancy party. As her mother predicted, a snowstorm came and Charlotte froze to death. 

Charming story, isn't it? :) 

I've seen lots of these dolls on  Pinterest lately and somehow they piqued my interest. So here are a few paintings.

This one is an exercise board.  If I'm having trouble with a subject, because it's too complicated, or I'm making it too complicated, I do tiny images.  All the detail has to be eliminated and the fundamentals are revealed. 

6x6" oil on tinted masonite.

Three Glass things

oil on masonite

6 x 6"

One Clear Glass Bottle

oil on masonite

6 x 6"

This antique bottle I found buried in my garden.  I love the way the uneven glass distorts the line behind it.