Yellow Teapot - SOLD

"Yellow Teapot", 10 x 10 In, Oil on Museum Board
This little teapot was another item I got the other day at the antique co-op. Other than mugs, a lot of the still life items I have are pretty colorless, and I like to paint items with intense color. But I really struggled to find color harmony with this painting.

Yellow Saucepan

"Yellow Saucepan", 10 x 12 In, Oil on Museum Board
The other day I went down to our local antique co-op and found some really cool stuff. One was a set of two yellow enamel saucepans--the perfect size for still life painting and a wonderful color. This is one of them.

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Pots with Green Apple - SOLD

"Pots with Green Apple", 12 x 12 In, Oil on Panel
I am thinking about the end of January, for me the longest month in the year. It is the only month that the guy who mows my lawn gets to do something else, like mulching, because in the Pacific Northwest it is the only month that the grass doesn't really grow. I'm looking forward to the small indications of spring that February brings.

Still Life with Apple Slices

"Still Life with Apple Slices", 10 x 12 In, Oil on Panel
At my latitude, the sun sets 1-2 minutes later each day at this time of year, so I am happy that I can see a difference now in the length of the day from December. Even though I often use a light box for my still life setup, I like to have my easel in the natural light from the skylights.

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Pots with Spoon

"Pots with Spoon", 10 x 12 In, Oil on Panel
In this painting I went from the palette knife back to the brush. I would like to be able to get some of effects of the palette knife, in particular the distinct modulation of color, with the brush.

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Turquoise Mug

"Turquoise Mug", 10 x 10 In, Oil on Panel
This is another painting that started out one way and finished another. After looking at it for a couple of days, I simplified it by scraping out a third object that didn't work and changing the dimensions of the panel. It turned into an exercise that was mostly about color.

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Cup and Orange

When I did this painting a couple of days ago, I couldn't find my cat and I was really distracted, so it took all day for this painting to get off the ground. I must have scraped it and changed the objects in it three times! So this one is a little rough. I finally just said, "that's it--it's done!" (And I found the cat!)

Someone mentioned in a comment that they couldn't believe I had just started with a palette knife. I am so grateful for everyone's comments but I want to say again what I said originally--that I "rarely paint with palette knife," not that I've never done it before. I went back over saved images and realized that it was about nine years ago that I did a small series of paintings with a palette knife on a trip to France. It may be that painting with a palette knife is like riding a bike--once you get the hang of it, the pathways are still there in the brain even years later. Now I want to learn even more about it.

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Red Dish Red Shaker

"Red Dish Red Shaker", 8 x 10 In, Oil on Museum Board
This painting was an experiment with both brush and palette knife.  It is easier for me to get clear color with a palette knife at least partly because mixing it on the palette is more methodical. Its a lot easier to space out when using a brush.

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