Piece by Piece    oil   8x6

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A demo set up for my students. I love the glow, not always easy to achieve. 

Foiled and Boiled  oil   5.75x4.5
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Egg painting number 12 of 12, but I don't think I'm done yet so there will be more. 

I painted this one with the little cups perched on aluminum foil. Reflections are right up there with glass, it not about the thing. it's about just seeing what's in front of you.

Fiery Glee  oil  8x8

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Time for a break from eggs. I cut up a wan orange and dropped it into three little glasses with a patterned background.  I love painting glass.

Cherries Squared Two  oil  4.5 x 5.75
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Another painting of cherries and cherries.This is a small one, but I'd like to do one that's 8x16, so the cherries are thrown like dice across the fabric. Maybe tomorrow.

Equal Balance oil  8x6
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The 6th egg painting.  I think of this one as the third in a series with the other two 'egg in a glass' paintings with the dotty pink background. I like working with the shifting view point. This one has upstage theatrical lighting.

All the King's Men  oil  8.5x8
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Fifth egg painting. I think it's time to cook up a few.

Green Juice and Eggs   oil   8.5x8
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Here's the fourth raw egg painting.  Love the colors and still celebrating the Pook patterns.  It's a raw egg, but I think it looks a bit fried.  Maybe stayed up too late last night.  I think it's about time to cook an egg or two.

The Green Pool   oil   6x6
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I started this one in class with my students and finished it at home with some pretty dessicated oranges.  I was demoing a complementary color scheme.  I love the cut surfaces and the shapes and shadows they make. The plate is from a friend who collects antique green ware. This color is often the perfect foil for a warm colored piece of fruit.

Green Bottle   oil on cradled wooden box   8 5/8x7 7/8
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A shallow stage for these little white daisies and a dotty background.  I was in a band in the 90's called the "dotgals"- we played old time music (I was the guitar player).  So a dot background is always alluring to me.

 Feel the Delight oil 8x6
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Flowers in a jar- what could be more simple.  I'm always trying to maintain the looseness and it's not always easy, but this one makes me pretty happy.

Blue Bottle oil 8x6
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I loved the way the shadow is cast on the surface of the flower as it turns away from the light.  I particularly like the stem seen through the bottle- nice and loose and juicy. More striped fabric from asia-this particular fabric makes many appearances.  It's subtle, but nicely divides up this space and gives some movement to the background.

Daddy's Tulip oil 8x6 

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I painted this for a dear friend for her birthday.  After her father passed away a red tulip appeared in her and her sister's gardens.  This year she picked it and placed it in a vase.  I secretly took it into my studio and painted it against one of her red striped tea towels. She loves red and I wanted the painting to be about red.  The tea towel appears many times in my paintings. not easy to paint as it has quite a bit of contrast, but there's a graphic quality to it that I like.

Shining Leaves  oil 8x6
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The gingkos in my neighborhood turn a beautiful golden color in the fall.  I collect them, put them in a jar with glycerine and stick them in the fridge.  During the year I pull them out and play with them until I hit on a still life setting I want to paint. Again, this is a shallow stage to take advantage of the shadows on the wall.  I also love painting white, you get so many great subtle colors in the reflections and shadows.