EPIPHYLLUM

This palette knife painting was done during the summer while I was doing Art A Fair in Laguna Beach, CA.  I really enjoyed doing it and working at getting the warms and cools right.  The flowers of an epiphyllum plant are so pretty, but the plant itself is rather awkward and ungainly (at least mine are).  We only have two left, but my father-in-law had many of them.  They were all out sitting on top of his block wall that lined the property in their backyard.  They were quite a sight to see when they were all blooming.

ORIGINAL PALETTE KNIFE OIL PAINTING

SIZE: 8 X 8

PRICE:  $95.OO
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PURPLES AND WHITES

The bank out in front of our home is covered with these African Daisies.  They bloom their hearts out this time of year and really serve to beautify the entrance to our home.  I'd never painted them before but in my search for subject matter I thought they would make a pretty grouping.  Hope you agree.

I've been working at loosening up my brushstrokes and was pleased with the effort on this one.  For those of you who paint,  don't skip the preliminaries of at least working out a thumb nail value sketch and make sure you join the light middle values with the same and the darker middle values with the same.  Then add a small amount of the lightest light and darkest dark values.  Don't forget to consider the focal area.   I know we are always eager to jump right in and paint, but every time I do I end up having to work out problems that I could have avoided by pre-planning.

Original Oil:  $85.00 + tax and shipping

Size: 8 x 8

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ROSE BOUQUET

This painting started as a "disaster" (maybe it still is?).  My husband said he liked the single rose and loved the detail.  After that it (the rose)became "precious".  I had to go back to the words of my wonderful watercolor teacher of long ago, Robert E. Wood.  "Nothing is ever precious in your painting, you have to be prepared to wipe it out if it doesn't work even though it may be the most beautiful piece of paint in your painting."  So, I didn't wipe it out but did loosen it up a lot and worked the background around it.  --Another no, no, as I should have worked it all together.  Ah well, I'm happy with it now and hope someone else will be too.


ORIGINAL OIL
SIZE:  6 X 6
PRICE:  $59.00 PLUS
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I LOVE ORANGES-SOLD

My favorite little teddy bear.  I painted him once before in "Wanna Color" and was asked to join a "panda website" on Fine Art America.  So, decided to do him again and I have another version coming tomorrow.  I like him!  He seems such a happy little fellow and why shouldn't he be--he gets to do everything he wants!

Original Oil
Size: 6" x 6"
Price $55.00
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Fall Color Anew

I previously posted this and then realized I didn't like it. After some changes so that it better reflects the feeling of late afternoon, I am happier with it. Do any of you painters ever have that problem? Somehow when I see it on my blog or on my site on Fine Art America, I suddenly see all my mistakes. Hopefully I will eventually get so I can see my problems before I've gone to the effort of posting them. Anyway, this was a painting done in the late afternoon at Irvine Park. The water looked like a ribbon--so amazing! It's been so cold here (for us) that we've gotten more fall color than usual.

Palm #2

I really like these squatty little palm trees. They remind me of a palm tree "fireplug". We were in Palm Springs recently and saw a lot of these while there. I think I'll do a series of palm trees--they are fun and forgiving to paint.

Original Oil
Size: 6 x 6
Price: $60
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October Sunset

We had dinner at a restaurant on the beach recently and were rewarded with a beautiful sunset which I've tried to capture the memory of here. The view was remarkable and so was the food. If you would like to purchase this painting ---

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Original Oil Painting
Size: 12 x 16
SOLD