Peasful Pair

I did this painting in response to Carol Marine's Daily Paintworks Challenge this week... an easy challenge since I love polka dots! I think this is my favorite color combination...purple and green. Here's the music that had me polka-ing. (To continue looking at the art while you listen, right click on the colored word 'music' and go to Open Link in New Tab.)

Oil on panel, 6" x 6"

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Arc

Here's the last in this series of paint brushes. I enjoyed it...learned more about painting metal, various textures and shadows...always shadows. Here's some of the rockin' music I played. (To continue looking at the art while you listen, right click on the colored word 'music' and go to Open Link in New Tab.)

Oil on panel, 6" x 6", $100 (with free display easel) + shipping

 

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This Way and That

I get a charge from playing with various arrangements of the objects in my compositions.

Oil on panel, 6" x 6", $100 + $10 domestic shipping

Flipped

I'm really enjoying mixing the grays and depicting silver. Crazy fan brushes...they're so unpredictable! Here's the musical inspiration. (To continue looking at the art while you listen, right click on the colored word 'musical' and go to Open Link in New Tab.)

Oil on panel, 6" x 6"

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Stripes

I like the graphic design of this one with the horizontal element of the brushes and shadows.

Oil on panel, 6" x 6"
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Menage a Trois

I'm having FUN with this new series...more of my daily tools. The brushes allow me to work on various textures all in one subject, the bristles, the wooden handles and the metal ferrules. I've not done a lot of shiny metal surfaces before and I'm really enjoying figuring out how to render them with paint. And of course always experimenting with shadows...their color and part in the overall composition. Here's the rocking music that had me paintdancing (Is that a word? It should be.) (To continue looking at the art while you listen, right click on the colored word 'music' and go to Open Link in New Tab.)

Oil on panel, 6" x 6"

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Four Square

Tomorrow starts another little series...but I managed to squeeze some pears in between. Happy happy me. Here's the music I painted to. (To continue looking at the art while you listen, right click on the colored word 'music' and go to Open Link in New Tab.)

Oil on panel, 6" x 6", $100 (with free display easel) + shipping

 

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You Complement Me

This is the last of this particular paint tube series. Who knows...there may be more! I like the way the shadows link the tubes. I got lots of practice mixing a whole range of grays for the reflective surfaces of the silver and gold-ish tubes.

Oil on panel, 6" x 6", $100 (with free display easel) + shipping

 

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Upstanding

I love that a series allows me to stay with a subject long enough to really explore it...shapes, colors, shadows, composition, everything. My daughter introduced me to the music of The Brew...great to paint to. (To continue looking at the art while you listen, right click on the colored word 'music' and go to Open Link in New Tab.)

Oil on panel, 6" x 6", $100 (with free display easel) + shipping

 

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The Line Up

This is the palette of paints I use every day, in addition to Titanium White and occasionally Burnt Umber. It is Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue, Pthalo Blue, Cadmium Red Medium, Cad Yellow Lemon, and Cad Yellow Light. For now...that's all I need. :o)
Oil on panel, 6" x 6", $100 ( with free display easel) + shipping 

 

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Standing on the Corner

These are the 'warms' in my palette. Though I only use Cadmium Orange occasionally, the black and orange paint tube added a nice pop of contrast in this composition. Here's the hot music I painted to. (To continue looking at the art while you listen, right click on the colored word 'music' and go to Open Link in New Tab.)

Oil on panel, 6" x 6", $100 (with free display easel) + shipping

 

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There's One in Every Crowd

This begins another series...my tools, first my paints. When I was done with this one, I felt the whole painting was too cool (as in temperature, not status). So days later, before posting it, I warmed up the background with a very diluted wash of Cadmium yellow and white, wiped most of it off and was left with a warmer background. I've never really done that before but it produced the desired effect. Can't get enough of this music. (To continue looking at the art while you listen, right click on the colored word 'music' and go to Open Link in New Tab.) 

Oil on panel, 6" x 6", $100 (with free display easel) + shipping

 

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Better Half

This is the last of the pear mini series with shadow. I've thoroughly enjoyed it...hope you have, too. Here's the music that inspired the art. (To continue looking at the art while you listen, right click on the colored word 'music' and go to Open Link in New Tab.)

Oil on panel, 6" x 6"

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The Flip Side

I like the color combination in this series and am just having fun with pears again. Here's the music that had me going today. (To continue looking at the art while you listen, right click on the colored word 'music' and go to Open Link in New Tab.)

Oil on panel, 6" x 6"

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In the Flesh

I definitely want to do more with this graphic effect. Here's the music I painted to. (To continue looking at the art while you listen, right click on the colored word 'music' and go to Open Link in New Tab.)

Oil on panel, 6" x 6", $100 ( with free display easel) + shipping

 

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Exposed

This is the first of four paintings where I am focusing on a few specific things. First the graphic background; second, the major role the cast shadows play in the composition and third, the fruit flesh. There is a lot going on there...loads of variations in creamy  yellows, greens and peach. And as always, I love the beautiful shape of pears.

Oil on panel, 6" x 6", $100 (with free display easel) + shipping

 

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Ziggy Zag

This is the last of the marble and stone series. I've really enjoyed painting it. 

Oil on panel, 6" x 6", $100 ( with free display easel) + shipping

 

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Shared Memories

This is the only painting in this series for which I used a Burnt Umber panel instead of black. I wondered if it would be easier to get the marble's transparency. It might have been, but I think I still prefer the contrast of the black ground. One last painting in this series tomorrow.

Oil on panel, 6" x 6"

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She Exclaimed

This is a series I'm truly enjoying. I love all the color and the challenge of contrasting  the opaque solidity of the stones versus the transparent glass marbles. To me...this is bliss in painting! Here's the music I painted to. (To continue looking at the art while you listen, right click on the colored word 'music' and go to Open Link in New Tab.)

Oil on panel, 6" x 6"
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Rock Out

Continuing to study the marbles. I was pleased with how these shadows turned out and again like how they play such an integral part of the composition. Here's some great painting music. (To continue looking at the art while you listen, right click on the colored word 'music' and go to Open Link in New Tab.)

Oil on panel, 6" x 6", $100 (with free display easel) + shipping

 

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Rolling Rock

Oil on panel, 6" x 6", $100 (with free display easel) + shipping

 

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