Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Recent Commissions


Three Red Plums
6"x6"
Acrylic on panel


Two Peaches
6"x6"
Acrylic on panel


Lemon and Lime
6"x6"
Acrylic on panel

A client purchased Apple and Orange Cherries and then commissioned me to make three more paintings! The plum painting was based on another I had sold. I always have fun with the deep purples, reds, and reflective light. Two Peaches was a challenge because I had never painted them before, so I decided to paint donut peaches and regular peaches to give him a choice. I had never painted a whole lemon either. It's very difficult to make something yellow round, but I'm happy with the way it turned out!

SOLD 

Sunday, July 28, 2013

I Enjoy Being a Girl #3



I Enjoy Being a Girl #3
6"x6"
Acrylic on panel

This is the second perfume bottle I painted recently, but the third in a series of paintings that I think make simple statements about being female. Most of the time I am interested in the color combinations and so I thought the perfume bottle would look really pretty with the cherries.
One of my favorite areas of the painting is the shadows that the cherries are casting on the background.

SOLD



Sunday, July 21, 2013

King Trumpet and White Button Mushrooms





King Trumpet and White Button Mushrooms
6"x6"
Acrylic on panel

SOLD

Mushrooms are tricky to paint because they rot so fast! I've never painted king trumpet mushrooms before...Clint brought these back from a Korean market in New Jersey. He had a bunch of them packed up in a cooler, but when he came to pick me up in Jacksonville, with the rush of packing to go back to Jensen beach, we forgot the mushrooms! Luckily, because the king trumpets were packaged in sealed plastic bags and were unopened we were able to come back a week later and use them to make some paintings! The tops of the larger two were falling apart, so I had to tape some of the mushroom together(tried gluing it and that didn't work!). I had fun creating this painting...I like the way the King Trumpets are leaning into each other. I added a couple of process photos...thought the initial drawing came out well.


Sunday, July 14, 2013

Donut Peaches


Donut Peaches
6"x6"
Acrylic on panel

While working on some commissions for a client, I decided to paint two peach paintings so that he would have a choice...First time I've ever painted peaches..really tricky...so many color and value changes...


Available now with a frame!

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Persimmons Study



Persimmons Study
6"x6"
Acrylic on panel

Another two and a half hour study...I did this before I painted the more finished piece I put up not long ago. I used a gold glazing medium to punch up the shades of orange.

SOLD

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Two Red Plums



Two Red Plums
6x6
Acrylic on panel

I love the colors and markings on these plums I found at the farmers market! 

SOLD


Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Coconut and Lime Commisiion


Coconut and Lime Commission
8x10
Acrylic on panel

I recently finished this commission. The client bought a total of five paintings!
This is the third coconut and lime painting I've done...It's wonderful when I'm painting and I feel like things are going smoothly. I had a lot of fun painting this coconut. It's the first time I cracked one open on my own. I bought two...the first one was rotten, but this half had a lot of neat looking ridges.

SOLD