oranges and simosas 11 x 14 oil

I realize I would rather paint colorful paintings. Frankly I was bored with the last painting. I am very happy with this one and I like the "roughness" of it or as my mom and painting professor would call it "Painterly".  It is easy to get STUCK in the details. I am not about the details. If I was I would be doing photography instead which would be much quicker. What I try to capture is the beauty of color. I love the simosas reflecting in the bowl and on the fabric.  The oranges inside the bowl changed the color of the bowl's interior.  So there you have it. So I didn't paint ducks. We will see if I ever do. Carol Marine is an artist I respect and admire and she has a ten minute challenge where you paint an object for 10 minutes and do this many times. That is a great exercise. I need to do that. I feel like I run out of time some days so hopefully I will get around to doing that soon.

11 x 14 oil Tea time

It has been a while since I painted a still life. I decided to donate a painting to my son's elementary school for an auction and thought maybe I should do a painting that may appeal to more people.  I am not sure. I like this but it will look much better with a pretty silver frame. I think I will do a couple more and let someone else pick out what they think will work best. We have a duck pond here and I have some photos I took when we first moved here of the ducks.  That may appeal to the people who live around here. We will see.