In a Sea of Beans oil  8x6

click to buy or enter the auction

Jelly beans and a slice.  The lesson of this one is that the slice of apple is perpendicular to the light source and so is the highest value in the painting.  It's actually pretty hard to see that because the paper is white and if something is white our brains automatically see it as the lightest value. I think making the slice the highest value gives the painting it's sense of light

Present and Accounted For  oil   8x8.5
 click to buy

Daffodils, jonquils, narcissus- they all refer to this beautiful flower floating in the nameless blue reaching for the light.  Very fun to paint-always a struggle painting the light white in the shadow. I'd like to paint this again but loosen up my edges.

Rolling Away  oil  8x8
 click to buy

This is a study in white, white garlic on white paper, but I always see so much color.  Can't wait to paint some more.