CIGARETTE KEEPER

This little red cup came from China in the early 1920's.  We inherited it from my husband's parents who were stationed in China with the Navy at that time.  It was designed to hold cigarettes and worked well for them until they came out with filtered cigarettes which no longer fit.  Fortunately by that time they had quit smoking anyway.  I just plopped a pear on top and was good to go....

Enjoy (now I get to eat the pear)!

Lori


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JUST THE TWO OF US

            DAY 26 OF THE LESLIE SAETA 30 PAINTINGS IN 30 DAYS CHALLENGE

For me, composition seems always to be a challenge (along with all the other challenges of painting!).  I remember one of my first teachers (in watercolor), Robert E. Wood, saying "Big, Middle and tiny (or tiny, tiny, tiny).  He was talking about values and shapes.  It's so difficult to follow that concept as I tend to place too many lights in the darks or darks in the middle values and then the whole concept is blown!  Hopefully I did OK here.  

These two Gerbara Daisies seemed to make such a sweet couple thus the name "Just the Two of Us"

Have a great day and thanks for looking..

Lori
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COMING OR GOING? - SOLD

This is a fun intersection off Laguna Canyon Road in Laguna Beach.  I've often looked at it and thought it would be fun, also challenging, to paint so I finally took it on.  It really was fun to see it take shape and I'm pleased with the atmospheric perspective.  It's always good to challenge yourself once in a while!

Thanks for dropping by to look,  Lori

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ORANGES AND CREAM

                           

                               DAY 13 OF THE LESLIE SAETA 30 IN 30 CHALLENGE

I had so much fun painting yesterday's still life that I wanted to do another one today.  I want to loosen up but am having trouble finding a happy medium.  A good critique group right now would be helpful.
Anybody??  The pitcher is an antique I inherited from my parents.  It has the year 1827 on the bottom.

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ORANGES AND COPPER

I tried to set this image so it would automatically post at 5 am this morning, but must have done something wrong as it didn't happen.  When I just now checked in at 8 am it was still yesterday's post showing?  Ah, this technology stuff is driving me crazy!  I will persevere however...

The copper pot came back with me from France many long years ago and the bottle was found by my son, Dale, up in the hills behind our house.  It actually has a rotted cork inside of it and appears to be quite old.  I like painting still lifes, but what seems to take the most time for me is figuring out just what to paint and how I want it put together?  I've heard it is the same for other painters, too.  Seems it should be simple--just gather a few things you love together and start to paint, but it seems to be a lot more time-consuming.

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JUICY PEARS-SOLD

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Two pears I selected to paint from our local Farmer's Market.  They are on a pale teal green plate.
The painting was blocked in with a brush and finished with a palette knife.  It has lots of texture to
match the juice "delectableness" of the pears.  They were good to eat, too, when the painting was
done!
Available at Art-A-Fair in Laguna Beach, CA or email me at:
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SOLD

DOS MANZANOS

I'll be teaching a palette knife painting class this summer at Art-A-Fair in Laguna Beach, CA so I'm going to be working on a series of images that will suit all levels of painters.  Palette knife painting is so fun since it is somewhat "plastic" in its maneuverability.  With so much paint on the canvas it is easier to move edges and change things by scraping off.  Come down and give it a try.

Original Oil
Size:  8 x 10

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MR. WONDERFUL-SOLD

I called him Mr. Wonderful because is a very proud rooster.  I loved painting him with all his finery and beautiful colors.  He is one of the neighbor's chickens that comes under the fence into our yard.  I enjoy watching them root around and it's a good thing for us as they eat the snails and bugs.  I have a lot of iris plants and the snails used to be a huge problem, but not any more.  Long live the chickens!

Original Oil
Size 6" x 6"

SOLD

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SINGER-SOLD

www.loriquarton.comA friend of mine owned an old Singer sewing machine which had belonged to her Grandmother and then her Mother.  She decided she didn't have room for it anymore and it was not in good condition so she was just going to put it out on the curb for the trash people or whomever came along.  I told her I'd try to sell it for her on ebay, but only got a couple of calls.  In the meantime I really wanted it, but didn't see a place for it to fit in our home.  However, when one of the interested parties came over they wanted to cut a hole in the top of it to make a different "working" sewing machine fit.  I couldn't stand the idea so virtually talked them out of it and decided to keep it and refinish it myself.  It was a huge job, but came out beautifully--maybe I should go into that business?  We found a perfect spot for it in the corner of our bedroom so I enjoy it every day.  Now all the other pieces of furniture in our home that could stand refinishing are "staring" at me.  Uh oh!!!  Not right away!

SOLD

I'll Be Right With You

This painting was done from a photo challenge created by Lee Brown of the website www.adaynotwasted. He is a professional photographer and took the photo of this waitress at a restaurant in France and then posted it for his followers to paint. The subject matter is out of my normal genre, but I certainly enjoyed the challenge.

Oil on Canvas Board
Size: 9 x 12
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Poppies of Italy

I've just returned from a painting trip to Italy in the Chianti area of Tuscany. I was in a painting workshop with Greg LaRock who is a fantastic instructor. We stayed in an old monastery that has been totally updated in San Fedele. The painting above was done the last day of the workshop at a poppy field near a small town named Pianini (sp?) There were only 5 of us including Greg and we all painted the poppy field from various locations. My view included the Italian home at the top of the hill. We had seen other poppy fields, but this one was spectacular. Such a treat! Hope you enjoy. I'll be showing my artwork at Art Affair again this summer and will have this piece there.