Maggie

This 6x6" is on a stretched canvas, using a new brand of paint and a very limited pallet, and I'm satisfied that it is successful and the paints are great.

Licopene in a Cup

Licopene is found in tomato and is such a good antioxidant for humanoids (can you tell I just saw Star Trek). Anyhow, I thought these little grape tomatoes looked great with this cup from Pottery Barn. The colors are especially handsome for me. A lot of fun to paint, hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it.

Red Grapes

This painting was actually completed before the previous one, Green Grapes. One of the features I love about painting on hardboard is the brush strokes are so visible and energetic. Yippee...maybe I'll get the hang of painting on a solid surface yet. Hope you like this, it was fun for me.

Green Grapes

A stretched canvas has a subtle spring as you lay in your brush strokes and the hardboard of course does not. I'm sticking with it as I want to try plein air painting and boards are way more practical for painting on location. Also, I purchased a lot of the boards on a great sale. Paintings on wood or solid surfaces last longer too and it is nice to offer your clients this assurance.

Friendly Greens

Something new for me is working on gessoboard. It is archival hardboard that comes with gesso on masonite. There is no absorbency as there is with canvas, and it takes a lot longer to dry...and since I scan rather than photo my work takes more time to publish on my blog. Anyway, here is one of my first attempts. Hope you like it.