Mowed Field

After a busy summer I finally got to go out this morning to paint with friends in the park... yesss! It made my day! The simple composition kept things relaxed and I was able to finish this 11" x 14" canvas in 2 hours.

Apples on Red

This painting is the result of exploring composition and color. I limited the palette to red tones with some green for interest. It seems to create a rather quiet mood. I am still not sure if the arrangement of the apples balances the composition. I tend to think that it holds together and am pleased with the result.

Whole, Half and Quarter

Pears are one of my favorite fruits for still life. The subtle cool blue of the plate hopes to balance all the other warm colors. Does it work?

Plantanos

Plantains are a stable in grocery stores here in South Florida, due to the Latin food culture. Personally, I prefer them fried when they are more ripe, sweet and yellow, however, they are quite popular mashed and cooked at this unripe stage. I was interested in the different shades of greens in this painting and the color reflections - warm green tones against cool pink and blue. The composition is quite crazy, I am still undecided on that. What do you think?

Citrus Reflections

Playing with complimentary colors and adding reflections was totally fun to do. This is one of those pictures that painted itself -

Fuzzy Peaches

Florida grown peaches surprised me the other day at the farmer's market. As far as I know the climate is too hot and humid in the sunshine state for peaches to thrive.But here they are, peach-colored and ripe, ready to eat.

More Apples

Another apple painting as they are easily available and always sitting on my kitchen counter. The multi coloration offered a nice challenge.

Peppers and Onion for Dinner

Here is an arrangement with complimentary colors. The onion was put in place to be the anchor to hold it all together. I keep on wondering if the composition is too split in the middle -?

Making Apple Sauce

It was absolutely fun to play with the reflections seen on the silver pot and then being reflected again on the kitchen  counter.

Painting Horses

Another beautiful morning at the park painting. Can you tell we are having fun?

Bagel Stack

One American tradition is bagels with cream cheese for breakfast. As I am more a cereal for breakfast person, I took the opportunity to paint this rather rare site when a friend came over with a bag full of different flavored ones... look at the delicious brown tones... and they tasted great!