Lemon on Dark

Oil on 8x8 Wrap Canvas
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I decided to keep today's painting simple.  I've been watching Quang Ho's DVD about painting the still-life and  have been loving it.  He is such a talented artist!

Eiffel Tower in the Fog

Oil on 10x8 Wrap Canvas

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My sister is a flight attendant and was in Paris yesterday when she took this picture. I thought it was just beautiful how the top of the Eiffel Tower gets lost in the fog.

Peaches on Green

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Worked on some more peaches today for my daily painting. I'm enjoying the daily practice!

Thank you all for the nice comments, I usually don't reply to each comment as it would take too long but I do appreciate the comments and I really look forward to hearing from everyone!

Clouds

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This is my submission to the DailyPaintworks challenge for the week. The challenge was to paint the sky. I had taken this picture this past summer one day coming home from a walk. I thought the blue sky with fluffy white clouds was so pretty.

Peach Delight

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I asked my daughter for an idea for a title and she came up with this one and I like it! The peaches are harder to do than I expected, I was scraping with a palette knife at one point! :)
I usually don't paint on the weekend but I was able to enjoy a couple of hours in the studio thanks to a low-key weekend...

Lemons

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I've done apples and oranges, it stands to reason that the next one would be lemons!  The folds going down from the table were giving me issues this morning...I had to start over which I really don't like to do!  Well, I guess not many artists like to start over....that's brings up a question for my fellow artists:  how often do you find yourself wiping the whole canvas and starting over?  I have to remind myself not to get too attached to a painting and that's it's ok to wipe it sometimes..

Zebra Oranges

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I decided to try different colors on a still-life today and only at the end, when I stepped back one final time did I think the towel underneath reminded me of a zebra..hence the name..

Polka-dot Kitchen Rag

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I worked on another still-life today. I have to say that I'm really enjoying working on the folds of the kitchen rags and setting up the different compositions!

Two Green Apples

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I find that I like to go back and forth between landscapes and still-lifes. Two very different subjects and yet both challenging. I guess I'll be doing a lot more still-lifes during the winter when the outdoor landscape is not as pretty. Although, snow can be very pretty. I guess it'll depend on my mood!

I'm happy to report that I will be exhibiting a couple paintings at the Richeson Gallery of Art in Kimberly, WI on a regular basis!  I'm very excited about that!

A Lavender Landscape

Oil on 8x8 Wrap canvas

The weather is getting cooler and I'm enjoying going through my pictures from Provence.  Here's another one of the beautiful lavender fields!

Bar du Real

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We took this picture in Barjols which is the little village my sister lives in. I thought the pastel colors and the umbrellas out front looked very pretty. Little bar in a quaint village, just makes you want to take a break and have a cup of coffee!

Morning Glow

Oil on 24x24 Wrap canvas

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It was early morning a few weeks ago, I was getting up and happened to look outside and was amazed by the colors in the trees.  The sun was coming up directly opposite this view and was illuminating the top of the trees and at the same time casting these very dramatic shadows.  I quickly grabbed my camera and took a few pictures as I knew it would be a great painting!

Fall Colors

Oil on 10x20 Wrap canvas

I was working on some ideas for paintings and then looked up and saw the beautiful fall colors outside. I knew I had to capture it before it was too late!