November Apples - SOLD

November Apples Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 10" SOLD at $40.00 plus $5.00 shipping. Ever notice how shiny and reflective the skins on the Red Delicious apples are? I was thinking to do the reflections like I would a water reflection, skimming across the top with a soft brush loaded with thinned paint. It didn't exactly work, but I did try to show how the skins reflect light.

Just an Apple 2 - Gifted

Just an Apple 2 Oil on Stretched Canvas, 6" x 6" Gifted. A Red Delicious apple, simple and clean. I always enjoy painting the apples, even though most of my deep reds are transparent and hard to manage.

River Rocks - SOLD

River Rocks Oil on Stretched Canvas, 6" x 6" SOLD at $30.00 plus shipping. Pocket rocks, from Michael's. Aren't they cool? I like rocks anyway, so this one delights me, and I hope you enjoy it too.

Beach Folks - SOLD

Beach Folks Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 16" SOLD at $75.00 plus shipping. I've had this one drawn out for awhile, (I've done it before) remembering that it was fun to paint. This time it seemed hard to paint, all those little areas of paint, all those stripes. I do like the water in this one. Funny how your attitude makes such a difference, I've been in a bit of a slump, which probably makes everything harder to do.

Little Tyke - SOLD

Little Tyke Oil on Canvas Panel, 8" x 10" Done by Request, SOLD. The last of my request paintings, and I think I'm caught up. This little guy was heading into preschool, the backpack is almost as big as he is!

Dark Iris - NA

Dark Iris
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
Not Available, Revised 1/8/2010.

It's been raining here for the last five days or so, overcast, wet and mucky. I've had the doldrums, and decided an iris was just the ticket. I can usually make myself feel better with an iris. Today we have some sunshine, ahhh, what a relief. So this is my "out of the doldrums iris."

Glass Bottles - SOLD

Glass Bottles Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8" SOLD at $35.00 plus $5.00 shipping. I've seen such cool paintngs of glass bottles on Daily Painters that I wanted to try one. Well, this isn't one of the "cool" paintings, but as a first try, it's okay I guess. The next one will be better, I promise.

Last Fall Painting - SOLD

Last Fall Painting Oil on Canvas Panel, 11" x 14" SOLD at $65.00 plus shipping. I am really enjoying my Escoda Bristle Brush, it scrubs so well. I am probably abusing it unmercifully, but I do like the feel of scrubbing with the sides of the brush. This one was mostly done with that brush, except for the detail areas. It's always nice to find a toy you love.

Self Portrait Fall 2009 - SOLD

Self Portrait Fall 2009 Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 16" SOLD. I had a couple of good Veteran's Day coupons from Michaels, so picked up a mirror yesterday to do this with. The really tricky thing about a self portrait for a truly near sighted artist, is looking in the mirror with your glasses on to see, and then trying to take them off for the look you want. Hmmm. This is not too bad, the eyes got too big and they look a little buggy, but I'll try to fix that. I wore the scarf to try to hide some of my "wattle" LOL. Last time I did a portrait of myself, I saw my brother Bruce in it, this time I just saw glimpses of "Jansen."

Turban Squash - SOLD

Turban Squash Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 10" SOLD at $20.00 plus shipping. You know how all the grocery stores have cool squash out for sale right now? Well, there was a display of these incredible squashes called "Turban" squash. I really thought they were cool, and had fun doing a really swishy painting of the one I bought. However, I can't imagine anyone wanting to hang a squash on their kitchen wall, so I've priced it low. (Unless, you have a red or yellow kitchen and want the pop.)

November Colors 2 - SOLD

November Colors 2- revision Oil on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14" SOLD at $75.00 plus shipping. I liked the "bones" of the painting from earlier, but it needed some polish, so today I had fun smushing color around to perk it up. Ah, much better. (Actually, the color's almost gone, but it WAS beautiful.)

Large Red Passion Hydrangeas - SOLD

Large Red Passion Hydrangeas
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 24" x 36"
SOLD.

This one is really big. I kept having to crawl around it to get to my painting spot, and I've been at it for a solid two days. But I'm happy with the overall look of it, and hope the collector will be too. I always procrastinate on the large paintings, just because they are a little scarey to do.

Muffins and Polka Dots - SOLD

Muffins and Polka Dots Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8" SOLD at $40.00 plus shipping. I actually bought three of these muffins, and ate one, as I figured with an 8" x 8", two would be enough. I like this one with all the yellows, browns and oranges. You wouldn't think of muffins as orange, but when I went to paint them, it's the color I saw.

The Red Tree - SOLD

The Red Tree Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas, 6" x 6" x 1.5" SOLD at $45.00 plus $5.00 shipping. Detail of Left Side Below. I am still playing with the lovely photo card that my friend in Massachusetts sent to me. Here I've simply played with a small canvas, and some of the colors taken from the card. The image wraps around and above. I'll paint the bottom when it is dry enough to handle.

Subdued Lavender Hydrangea - SOLD

Subdued Lavender Hydrangea Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8" SOLD at $45.00 plus $5.00 shipping. Sometimes my choice of subject is determined by how much paint I have leftover and what mixed colors. Today I worked on an impressionistic style painting (see below) and had loads of mixed pastels leftover. Aha, a lavender hydrangea. This one has nice subdued leaves, lots of grey green.

Quillen's Point Colors 2 - SOLD

Quillen's Point Colors 2 Oil on Stretched Canvas, 10" x 10" SOLD at $45.00 plus shipping. Impressionist painting with dots and dabs. Colors of the beach.

The Mother in Splendor - SOLD

The Mother in Splendor Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 16" SOLD at $85.00 plus shipping. Oh, yeah, this one is bright. My best friend Barbara sent me a card made from a photo that she took at a pond near her home in Massachusetts. It was too beautiful to pass by, so I did this one this afternoon. (Thanks, B.)

November Colors 2 - NA

November Colors 2 Oil on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14" Revised, see November 10 posting. There was a lot of response to the painting of fall foliage the other day, so I did another version. This one has more of the golds and yellows in it, with pine branches framing it.

Blue Abstract Rose - SOLD

Blue Abstract Rose Oil on Stretched Canvas, 10" x 10" SOLD at $75.00 plus shipping. This one started out as a rose, but became more abstracted as I painted it. It has suggestions of an opening bloom, but really is more just an abstract. With lots of yummy blues.

November Colors - SOLD

November Colors

Oil on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14"

SOLD at $75.00 plus shipping.

The colors are still magnificent, especially when the sun hits them. Maples are dropping their leaves, but it's still gorgeous, and there's that smell, you know the one. That certain smell of fall.