Geranium Table

I love geraniums because of the beautiful red or pink color and the sturdy leaves. This painting is for a commission for the client’s kitchen. Repetition is involved here; it is kept from being boring by varying the color and size of the leaves and shadows. Since the red is so bright the gray neutral color serves as a relief for the eyes and allows the flowers to be the star.

Solstice

I love the metal lid on this mason jar used for a vase. I have a tube of paint named Pewter. I used  it as a pure color on the lid but I also use it as a color to mix with other colors to make them more neutral. I added the pewter to the green in the leaves of this bouquet. The grayed green makes a good cool color against the bright pinks and reds of the flowers.

Tipping Point

I fell in love with the colors of this bouquet. It reminded me of opening a new school watercolor paint set with the oval color pans set out in a row. I always couldn’t wait to use the brush to get those colors wet and start painting. I now know the paints in the tube are better to paint with but for a 10 year old the colors were heaven. I love the orange , red and purple together.

Here To Stay

This is another of my acrylic paintings done with my new Golden brand paints. It is true that you get what you pay for. The more expensive paints have more pigment so the colors are just more vivid and brilliant. I am enjoying working with these paints. Years ago when I first started painting I never thought I would be painting glass. Now I look forward to it because I love all of the shapes and colors I see in the glass.

Day in the Sun

I have been painting mostly with oils for quite a while. I recently signed up for an acrylic workshop in May so I bought some new acrylic paints to use in the workshop. This painting is the first painting using the new paints.One thing that helped is using the addition of a retarder to stop the paints from drying too quickly.That was the main problem I had experienced with acrylics in the past. I still love using oils but it is nice to have a painting ready to hang in a matter of hours.

Heavenly Whites

I love color and most of my paintings have a lot of it. But sometimes I try to keep them as neutral as possible while still having a lot of color barely visible. This painting is an example of that. There are a lot of blues, greens, reds and purples if you really look carefully.

World Music

I have painted many meadow scenes, allowing me to paint a landscape while still doing flowers. The title came to me because the meadow seems to be filled with music and movement. It is alive !

Coral Beauty

A good way to start off January is with a painting and only a few resolutions. I got too busy at the end of last year  and did not post on the blog as often as I had been. I was still painting a lot though. I have a small show at Playhouse on the Square starting next week that will be up through January and most of February. This painting is bright and cheerful and perfect to chase away the winter blues.