Last Night

"Pear in Thirds"

6x6  Oil on museum quality panel

$95

This is the piece that I demonstrated last night at the Charlotte Artist Society.  I did a few tweaks today, cleaning up some edges and adding a few bits of color.  Doing the finishing touches is a little like, brushing your hair one last time & putting on your jewelry before dashing out the door.  You just hope that you're not wearing blue shoes when you meant to wear black.  Have a good weekend and thanks again to the CAS for inviting me. 

Full Circle

"Pears in Blue"

6x6   $95

Today was a good day.  Not in the way of  sold lots of paintings (did sell 4) & not in the way that I lost 10 lbs. (that would have been a miracle).   But in the way of a surprise reconnection of the first group of artists that I painted with 10 years ago.  I did a demo at the Charlotte Artist Society tonight and was delightfully surprised to see faces from my artistic past.  These are the men & women who knew me when I didn't have a clue about how to paint.  We travelled and painted together for several years & on which I look back fondly.  While I have definitely aged, I now understand value & color.  I'll trade a few more lines for that knowledge any day.  Thanks guys for coming and not heckling (such restraint).  I feel like I've come full circle.

Playing with Paper II

"Pears & Grapes"

Oil on Paper

10x10   Reserved

Here's another in a series of paintings that I've been doing on paper.  This painting has an luminosity that I like but still haven't quite "hit" the mark.  Somehow it is tighter than I wanted and I'm missing some thickness of paint.  I'm trying to be very direct in my approach and getting the essence of the subject.  Not sure I will stay with the paper but it certainly has pushed me to not overwork the subject.  Any thoughts?

Simplify - SOLD!

"From the Fruit Bowl"

6x6     $95

Lots of thoughts lately about trying to simplify my life and instead I seemed to have simplified my painting.  It's funny how what you are feeling somehow shows up on the canvas.  So I'm going with the flow. 

Perfect Pear - SOLD

6x6 $95 + $10 s/h

I'm back to playing with my food again.  Been off the still life for awhile so just doing some studies to get reacquainted.  Had to paint the pear today because I eat the cherries from yesterday.  I guess it's the "Risk/Reward" system.  Risk a painting, Reward with eating the subject matter.  Now I'm feeling like a trip to the Chocolate Shop.  We'll see.