Small painting, but POW!

I don't think this looks as good as it does in real

life with its beautiful silver frame. But you might

enjoy it anyway. My Mother loved anemones

and this is, of course, such a one!

5" x 7" alkyd on panel

Small painting of fuschia

This is yet another of my recent small works.

I keep photographs of many things I see in life and

on such occasions as painting a whole series of small

works, I get them out and go for it!

I enjoy the use of complementary colors such as

the orange-blue combination you see here.

This is 5" x 7" on a panel and is an alkyd painting.

Now thatI am down to the wire on time, I

incorporate the use of alkyd paint. It dries much

faster than oil because of the medium used to

make the paint. But in all other respects it is the

same as oil paint.

Lilacs in their final version

Here is the final painting. See if you can see the things done

to it that differ from the last post of it about halfway done!

I am loving this painting. Did it all in one afternoon because

the flowers were drooping fast! Tried to take breaks so I

would be sure to see it 'freshly' during the painting process.

It is so easy to lose one's objectivity if you paint on one painting

too long. One of my teachers told me that 2 hours is about

the maximum time you should work on a piece without stopping.

I have adhered to that and it does make a difference.

Set up for lilac painting

This gives you an idea of how I set up small still life work

in order to paint it. Light differences on the set up make it

look much darker than it is in fact. My painting table is on

my right and you can see some of my brushes there, as well

as the handle of one sticking out of the thinner bottle which

sits in a drawer beneath the table top with my palette on it.

Lilac painting in next stage

I am considering this about halfway done. It is

more developed overall. It is my approach to

work steadily around the painting so that no area

gets over-developed. It is easy for this to happen

when you get very interested in something such

as the flower mass in front and all its intricacies!

Painting of Lilacs on Linen

A while back I bought two linen wrapped canvases

that have clear gesso coatings. I had never seen

this before so made the purchase. I am just now

painting on the first one and LOVE IT!

First, I really love the color and texture of linen.

Second, this subject matter and its colors seem the

perfect combination to use on a linen canvas.

It is a wrapped canvas, 16 x 20.

Stay tuned for the results!

Bench with flowers

"SUMMER INVITATION"

4" x 6" Oil $75.00

There is an old home in my town that was saved

from razing some years ago. This is a bit of that

place and I am happy it is still here to be graced

with a porch full of summer geraniums and a place

to sit on a hot afternoon.

Flowers in a Vase

"SUMMER BOUQUET"

5" x 7" Oil Sold

Here it is all done! I have to fight the

tendency to overdo details when I love

the subject matter so much. This

irridescent bowl belonged to my parents

and I have loved it for many years.

The flowers were sent to my parents by

a friend who had the most abundant flower

garden. The flowers filled every vase they

owned - and they owned a lot!

Burst of Summer

5" x 7" Oil $100.

I took a small vase with a little water and went

to the farm fields where I can cut as many of these

brilliant flowers as I can pay for! Nothing like

zinnias for the full blast pigment colors you can

use to paint them!