SUNFLOWER GAZE

                DAY 8 OF THE LESLIE SAETA 30 PAINTINGS IN 30 DAYS CHALLENGE

I know, I do paint a lot of Sunflowers!  However, they are fun to paint and I've recently discovered how much fun it is to paint them with a palette knife.  If you haven't tried using a palette knife yet, I highly recommend it.  You can get such beautiful, clean color and lots of texture.  To get into tiny areas, just load the color on the knife and then wipe away all but the size of the area you are trying to cover...It's really fun to experiment with.  Hope you enjoy!

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ORIGINAL PALETTE KNIFE OIL PAINTING
SIZE:   7 x 5
PRICE:  $75.00 + $5.00 TO SHIP AND TAX IN CA

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SUNFLOWER GIRLS #2

This is a part of a series I plan to do of Sunflowers.  I started with #2 as I haven't yet photographed
#1.  These are only 5 x 7 in size so could make a fun grouping.  I've been collecting photos of sunflowers for a long time and thought it would be fun to paint a series of them.

Original Oil
Size: 5 x 7
Price:  $49.95 + tax and shipping (about $7.00)

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SUNFLOWER EXPLOSION

I've always loved painting sunflowers and they seem particularly conducive to palette knife painting.  This one has lots of nice juicy texture.  As a suggestion to any oil painters out there, palette knife painting helps separate us from photographers even more because of the texture we can create.  Lots of fun!!!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  We had 10 guests so it was a lot of work, but fortunately everything came off very well.  My son deep fries the turkey and it was yummy!  We were supposed to have rain, but we got lucky and it waited until early this morning.

ORIGINAL OIL
SIZE:  22 X 28 ON STRETCHED CANVAS

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SHY ONE (SUNFLOWERS)-SOLD

I took pictures of these sunflowers in my garden a couple of years ago.  I combined the two and liked the idea of one hiding behind the other.  The big guy in the front is the "protector".  I think I'll try for another "crop" this summer since they are really fun to grow.

Original Oil on Board
Size: 6 x 8
Price: SOLD

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Sunflowers

I had posted this a few days ago, but decided I was unhappy with the pears being green. I haven't figured out a way just to delete a picture and then replace it (perhaps there is no way), so I had to delete the entire blog and enter it again. The mat is painted with an iridescent white which makes the painting have a different "sheen" from different angles of viewing.

Size: 20" x 30"
Gallery wrap museum canvas
Price: $1,295