Remember this?

I wasn't terribly pleased with the boring brown and gray.
So I made some changes!

Just Peachy
8" x 10"
oil on canvas board

I cut it down and mounted it on a piece of hardboard, changed the brown to purple, and the gray to green.

Ahhhh! Much better.

Same painting. Just cropped differently and jazzed up with more color. I thought about adding some highlights to the peaches to make them shiny, but they were drying out a bit when I painted them (not as juicy as when they were first cut) and somehow, I wanted to leave them as they are.

Just Peachy

Just Peachy

7.5"x 11.5" oil on canvas

This was another fun one!

The peaches were a lot easier to paint than the plate, which still has some issues...
I have been working on putting the paint down and leaving it alone, rather than dab, dab, dabbing until everything turns into mud. I managed to get some of those bold brush strokes on the fruit. It felt really good.

Day 3- Three's company

Hothouse Tomatoes
4"x6" oil on canvas

I had fun painting these tomatoes. I love the crinkly crackly stem sticking out there. The sticker on the tomato is a favorite as well.

This painting was challenging in many ways- mostly its size. It was difficult to get all those colors into such a small space. I am happy with the outcome though. Somehow, seeing it in a photo makes it seem more polished.

Funny how doing something you love can provide so much peace. I am blissing out- I got to paint again today!

Day 1- Beginning Again

Mater Plate
5"x6" oil on canvas

Well here it is - my first painting in almost two years. My arm, wrist and fingers creaked as they tried to maneuver over the canvas in ways that were once so familiar. The final result is better than I thought it would be after such a long break. I spent the rest of the day in bliss because I actually got to paint!

The lip of the plate is my favorite part. It really seems to show its weight.