PEAR DUO   8 x 10

 

What's better than fruit on a hot summer day? It's fun to paint forms and shapes and mold them with colors and shadows. Composition can be a bit tricky, but the little grape appears as if he is introducing himself to the big guys. Ha!

 

FAVORITE CAMPSITE   11 x 14

Returning to acrylics after several paintings with the oil medium, reminded me of the qualities of a quick-drying paint. The setting is a favored campsite for many years. The tree might be noted as: "Bent but not broken." Is this not the way it is with our lives sometimes?

TIGER CUB AND MOM   11 x 14

Animals are fun subjects to paint, and this subject was a joy. Varied expressions arise from individual animals and we appreciate the bonding that family members have. This oil painting was done in little over an hour, and it encourages me to select them and other animal subjects again.

CONCH SHELL   8 x 10

 

 

Many years ago I purchased this conch shell along a beach in California, and enjoyed holding it in my hand, feeling its gnarled and pointy surfaces, and the weight of the shell. Its oddity in nature belies its beauty and speaks of the great variety we find in the created world. Painting it in oil was a challenge; I spent more time on the background than on the shell itself.