A Bunch of Carrots

8 x 8

oil on board

I like the carrots with the tops. So much more interesting to paint. But also so much more expensive to buy.  I wonder if the tops have any culinary value or if they are solely for looks.

Striped Cookies

8 x 8" 

oil on board

My boyfriend is very fond of this type of cookie.  I however like to think I've outgrown them. 

small

not quite so small.

Silk poppies on a floral tablecloth.

I did the first one 6 x 6 and the second one a bit larger 8 x 8.  As I'm scanning them it looks like they scan a bit more vivid than they are in really life. 

8x8"

study of oranges

12 x 12 "

limes and other greens

6 x 6

orange study

8 x 8"

oil on masonite 

Bowl of Hearts

I put some of my paintings up in the Blue Koi Restaurant last week. They will be up for the rest of the month and maybe next month.

8 x 8"

oil on board

Two very recent works.  I've made progress with my colors, lighter, brighter. And I've added a patterned table cloth in the background. I am kind of pleased with them -at least for now.

Orange Slices

oil on masonite

6 x 6

I took the burnt umber and the phthalo blue out of my palette for these. Two of them I painted in my home studio and two of them I painted at my mom's house, in the bedroom in a tiny corner.  I put the set up on a table and the palette on a dining chair and held the painting in my led hand while worked with my right.  There was a forth painting but Mom kept it.