"Just a Pear 2" --- SOLD

Tonight I attended the awards banquet for the Salon International Show that I am in. Tomorrow morning I will be painting along the Riverwalk and La Villita with my plein air buddies, and tomorrow afternoon I will go to the reception for the show. What an ideal weekend!

This is the second pear in my series. Did I say that green is my favorite color?

"Just a Pear 1" --- SOLD

Today, instead of using my time to do a larger painting, I did a bunch of small ones. One might call this cheating, as I am doing them ahead and will be posting them as my dailies for the next few days. But if the idea is to paint every day (or as often as life allows) then fear not - I will just be ahead for a little while, and still painting as much as before. This painting is the first in a series then, of single pears.

"Greco" --- SOLD

I have hired a new sitter for my son. Desiree has two cute little girls, Victoria (19 mo) and Lana (6 mo), and they will all come to my house 2 days a week to play with Jacob while I paint (today was the first day). The girls are both incredibly happy-go-lucky, and they make me realize how LOUD my son is. But I have these magical headphones that play my favorite music and drown out everything else. I did a larger painting today and had just enough time to do this quickie. These grapes were in my larger painting as well. I broke a big rule of mine here and have them floating right in the middle. All my students are saying "hey!" right about now. : ) But remember, there are no rules in art, just consequences.

"Wounded Escape" --- SOLD

Ever seen a white eggplant? I hadn't. I had a tough time arranging it in an interesting way. At first I had white on white - even painted it - but it was boring so I wiped it off and started again. I cut it into 2 peices, but that didn't help. The inside isn't terribly interesting, and it's just about the same color as the outside, with some tiny faint seeds that are sort of beige. I ended up with this. My favorite part is the plate - how silly is that?!