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Friday, January 16, 2015

Winter Glow - SOLD

Winter Glow
Oil on Canvas Panel, 8" x 10"
SOLD at $5 plus $10 shipping.
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Sometimes when you have a canvas that doesn't work as well as you'd like, the proper choice is to "mess it up." Or go at it with a palette knife and an attitude. This is one such. It used to look like this:

Now it's more interesting and messy, and intimate. I exaggerated the orange, and I'm glad I did.
Fun to see the changes, I think.


Little Winter Scene - SOLD

Little Winter Scene
Oil on Canvas Panel, 10" x 8"
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I know I need to do more work on the still life, where I find the composition and arranging of the still objects a real challenge. Landscapes still feel so much more comfortable for me; colors, strokes, and composition so much easier. Isn't this a sweet little one?

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Shadow Patterns - SOLD

Shadow Pattens
Oil on Canvas Panel, 8" x 10"
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I wasn't so much interested in the strawberries, as I was in the lovely shadows they were casting.
I wanted to do this one "directly" without all the fussing and blending I usually do with still life. It's definitely painterly, as they say of this kind of work.