Pomegranates, Color, and Light

Today's little 5x7 inch oil painting was inspired by the beautiful red of a group of pomegranates. The luscious red, the reflected light, and blue shadows combined to get me going on this painting. Eventually I will sell it, but for now it will grace my dining room along with some of my other small fruit paintings. That's the nice thing about being a painter, there's always paintings blessing my walls!

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Along the Prairie Road

Today's painting is not only another landscape, but one on the theme of travelling down a road. This painting was inspired by the vastness of prairies. In a sense looking across a prairie is like looking at the ocean. They seem to have no end even though we know logically that they are just wrapping around the curve of the earth. This painting is 8x10 inches on a gessoed hardboard panel.

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Along the Road Abstract

Abstract landscape paintings have been sneaking off my brush lately. I'm not really sure what has prompted it. Perhaps it I'm just returning to an old friend. My paintings used to be almost all landscape paintings, then I moved into still life and some animals. Maybe it is my short attention span that just moves along in a random manner. Nonetheless, today's painting is an 8x10 inch oil painting on a gessoed hardboard panel. It was fun, quick, and colorful. I'm looking forward to it joining some of my other landscape paintings at Small Impressions Gallery in the near future.

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Good Weather and Sunlight

After listening to the plight of folks living on the East Coast of the United States, I'm feeling especially lucky. With snow piling up there, I almost feel guilty admitting that for those of us living in the Pacific Northwest, we've just experienced one of the warmest Januaries on record. Today I not only had a chance to paint with brilliant sunshine flowing through the window, I was also able to take a trek on my bicycle and feel the warmth on my back. Today's painting is 8x10 inches and demonstrates the good weather and sunlight I've been so fortunate to enjoy today. The painting will join some of my other still life oil paintings at Small Impressions Gallery in the near future. While it dries, I'm going to soak up some sunshine.

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Art Obsession--Citrus Fruit Obsession--Color Obsession--My Obsession

So, I seem to be obsessed with citrus fruit of late. I love the colors; I love the shapes; I love the fun. Oranges, lemons, limes--it doesn't seem to matter. Perhaps it is the winter dreariness that drags me toward these sunny little fruits. Perhaps it is the way I can play with their shapes, reflections, and the shadows they cast. Perhaps it doesn't matter because I'm having some good fun with them. Who knows? What I do know, is that this one has just entered Small Impressions Gallery and can be purchased for $35.00 plus $6.50 for shipping to US addresses. It was created on a canvas panel with professional grade oil paints and would make a great little piece of art for a kitchen in need of some color. Unfortunately, my kitchen is overflowing with art and I have no more room on my walls, so I'm willing to share! Click here to add it to your shopping cart.

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Wheat Field Storm--Abstract Landscape Fun

While I was dreaming of warm weather in my last painting, the reality of the environment must have been percolating on the back burner of my mind. This 8x10 inch oil painting emerged from my brush and presented a stormy atmosphere much like what is happening right now, just outside my window. Even though the painting reflects a darker side, I enjoyed creating the abstraction and the sense of fading light on the wheat of a rural field. This painting will eventually find its way to the Small Impressions Paintings Gallery where some of my other small landscape paintings currently reside.

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Looking for Summer

Walking through this field on a warm summer day is where I want to be right now. This painting reminds me of leisurely summer days and makes me want to step right into it. It is 8x10 inches on a gessoed hardboard panel, but I'm really tempted to paint a larger version of it--the bigger the better. As it is, I can't quite fit myself through the opening--maybe a a bigger picture plane would allow me to hoist myself into the scene. Do you think it will work? Maybe a size like 24X36 inches? Maybe I would fit. I do wish it were so. There is so much fun in dreaming.

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Lime Group--Playing with Shapes and Color

Yesterday I posted my little "Lime Gathering" painting and today I continue with the abstraction these little bits of fruit can create. A very light wash of alizarin crimson began this painting. Then I played around with shapes, arranging and rearranging the the pieces and playing with shadows. When it pleased me, I added some color over my initial wash. Working on this little series is turning out to be a lot of fun, and I've taken a liking to violet and green! Soon I will be adding this painting and my other little lime experiments to my Etsy Shop, Painting Small Impressions, where they will join some of my other small still life paintings.

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Green Gathering

Today's painting is one of a series of citrus fruit paintings that began with yesterday's little lemon painting. In this one I've moved onto the lime front with a gathering of little green wedges. I focused on the shadows and the contrast between dark and light. The way the shadows produce abstract shapes made it a fun painting to create. Visit my Etsy Shop, Small Impressions, to see additional small still life oil paintings.

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Lemon Cut

The fresh smell of lemon, the cut of a yellow citrus fruit--these are the ideas that followed me as I painted this 3x5 inch oil painting. Color and design were my focus as I worked on this especially small little canvas. There are people who work much smaller routinely, but this is about as small as I can comfortably go. I am happy with the results, but it will proably be a while before working this small again. Recharging the mental batteries will be necessary first.

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