"Two Hot" --- SOLD

I'm not sure what kind of peppers these are, but they spoke to me when I saw them at the store. I realize now that the shadow on the left is kind of jutty ... but it's how it was. Another juggle between what's real and what looks good and I may have dropped the ball. But I love the colors - the bright yellow-orange and the gray-purple ground.

"Cherry Rings" --- SOLD

Back to cherries now, and a new stamped fabric. And today, today I ventured into batik, and I won't even post my first attempt. Somehow it turned out so light as to be almost non-existent. : ) All art is a process.

"One Last Goodbye" --- SOLD

This is my last rose attempt ... for now. My hero in the rose painting department is John Michael Carter. He is a master of them (among other things) and someday, when my boy is older, I will be able to take a workshop from him. Until then ...

"An Offer" --- SOLD

For this rose I used a different light. The last two were spot-lit with a "daylight" spotlight that is actually fairly yellow compared to ... the light I used here which is VERY white. I tried a slightly different approach here and waited to put the darks into the flower at the very end. This worked well I think but it was really hard to get a feel for it as I went along. I had to try hard to get the lighter values right as I went, and to trust that it would work out in the end.