Barbara Pence Painting Blog

The Pink Shoes

2011-04-25T18:09:00.000-07:00

This was one of the most recent projects at the Hein Acadmy. The purpose was to show depth via two factors: higher chroma in the object in the foreground than in the background; and cooler color temperture in the object(s) in the background than in the foreground.

Optipcal Mixing Project - Shoe and Cardboard Box

2011-03-20T12:36:00.000-07:00

This most recent project at the Academy was an exercise to demonstrate how to "mix" colors by painting dots of the underlying colors next to one another in the painting, allowing the viewer's eyes to mix them to create another color, rather than mixing the colors on the palette before applying them to the painting. I learned a lot from this project. The end result is a more colorful painting than if done by mixing on the palette first. I doubt that I will ever do another "pointelist" application of the process, such as in the project, again. However, I'm sure I will find a way to optically mix colors on the canvas to create a more vibrant result.

The process starts with a monochromatic underpainting in which the relative values are correctThe first painting above is painted only in sap green mixed with white.

Initial application of dots of color. Red and orange dots mixed with the green in the background, applied in the same value as the background green color, creates a muted brown. The blue and orange and red dots in the shoe, in different proportions than in the background, create the grayed-down blue of the shoe.

Finished Painting

If the colors don't completely mix on your screen, squint! You'll see it.

Detail of the Box

Recent Value Paintings at the Academy

2010-12-24T10:36:00.000-08:00

Plush Bear Toy

Donald Duck Toy

The above are the most recent painting projects I've done in black and white value for the academy.

Jeff is letting me move on to actual color! My next project is to paint the exact same image (in this case, a ceramic cup and ubber ball) three times in three different color combinations but with exactly the same value so that when they are photographed in black and white they will look the same. I have a feeling that, as with all of my other assignments, this is going to be much harder than it sounds. Additionally, I am not allowed to photograph the paintings in black and white to check my progress along the way, but instead must wait until I'm ready for Jeff to check it himself. This is the kind of torture I'm subjecting myself to at this academy.
Jeff has been kind enough to let me move on to color without actually certifying that I'm ready to leave black and white because he knows that I must leave the academy at the end of April to allow me to accompany my husband on an extended trip. By leaving on my schedule and not Jeff's, I am acknowledging that I will most likely not have achieved the degree of perfection or professionalim, technically, that Jeff requires of his graduates, but I know that my skills will be dramatically increased from where they were before.

Recent Painting

2010-10-31T15:39:00.000-07:00

Along the Avalanche Trail, Glacier NP

Despite the fact that I'm only painting in black and white at the academy, I nevertheless did this small painting (9" X 12"), started on site at Glacier National Park in Aug. and finished up using photos at home. Next spring my husband and I are taking off on a 5-month odyssey in our motorhome with a plan to visit several national parks around the country. I plan to leave the academy by then, finished or not with the full curriculum, and to use my new skills doing small plein air landscapes at each park. Still lifes, which I consider my primary interest, will be impossible to pursue while we're travelling. So, I'm dipping into landscapes. I do enjoy them very much, but there are so many great landscape artists, particularly in Utah, that I've always felt it was just too competitive a field for me. Regardless, I will do them and see how good I can get at them in those five months. I'm looking forward to it!

Value Exercise

2010-08-18T07:06:00.000-07:00

This is the first value exercise Jeff allowed me to do in paint. Moving along.

Recent Value Drawings at the Academy

2010-05-28T18:46:00.000-07:00

Tennis Shoes - Value Drawing, Feb. 2010

"Art News" - Value Drawing, Nov. 2009

Above are two recent value drawings done at the Jeff Hein Academy. These were done with vine charcoal on Arches 90-lb. cold press watercolor paper.

I feel I'm learning a lot in my days at the academy. I spend five days a week there, 5-6 hours per day, and each piece takes many weeks to complete, mainly due to Jeff being very demanding. His standards: perfection. That's not tongue-in-cheek. It can be frustrating, but also what I (and most of us) need. The biggest weakness for most of us, working on our own, is not to demand enough of ourselves and to settle for less than we're actually capable of. Maybe that's the whole purpose of formal training, to have someone telling us - and demanding of us - that we can do better than we think we can. I'm regretting that I didn't do something like this academy earlier in my life.

I am giving myself about one more year at the academy. With the shortness of my time in mind, Jeff has given me permission to complete my value studies portion of the training in paint. I must complete five value studies to his standard with virtually no help from him. After that, I can move into color. I am getting very eager to move on to color. Still working on my first value piece in paint. Unfortunately, I picked a tough subject which is taking me a long time, but, as always I'm learning a lot. I hope to complete it in the next three weeks.

Here's a recommended book for painters who may read this blog: Harold Speed's "Oil Painting Techniques and Materials". As Speed says in his book - to paraphrase - all that can be taught is craft, not art. But that's big.... Most artists nowadays have not mastered craft, but we wade quickly into concept, some with greater success than others. However, craft alone can carry all of us a long ways. What's more, I think that, for many of us, it's really the craft that we've fallen in love with, as artists. Maybe that's why I'm having such a good time being an art student.

Value Drawing, Cone, Ball and Hexagon

2010-02-16T19:01:00.001-08:00

Here is a recently completed value study done at the Hein Academy, where I've been attending since Oct. 2008. I'm getting virtually no painting done these days, spending 4-6 hours per day, five days a week at the academy.

Mount Timpanogos Painting Update

2009-09-13T17:38:00.000-07:00

Mount Timpangogosm as seen from Heber

8" X 18", oil on board

For the past 11 months, I have been enrolled in an art Academy in Salt Lake City, the Jeff Hein Academy. During this whole period I have only done drawing and, more recently, value, at the academy. There has been little time to paint. Still, I have had the opportunity to sit in on one of Jeff's painting workshops, and also listened to critiques and conversations he had with other artists, who are farther ahead in the curriculum than I, about painting. Just from these conversations and observations (as well as my own value studies in black and white) I have already learned a lot that seems to have helped me with my painting. This weekend I went back into the painting above to apply some of what I feel I've learned, albeit somewhat as an aside to my daily studies at the academy. I think it is much improved.

Below is the original version of the painting right after coming home from a plein air painting session with a friend. It is not refined and the photograph isn't a good one. Still, I think one can see the increased sensitivity to color and value that I've already developed. It is exciting to see that the hours I've already put in at the academy (approximately 20-24 hours per week) are having an impact.

Hand Drawings

2009-03-03T09:16:00.000-08:00

It's been a long time since I've posted new work. I've been spending 4-6 hours per day at the art academy (Jeff Hein Academy) where I've been enrolled since Oct. 2008. During that time, I've been drawing, mainly from plaster casts. I will post some of those drawings soon, as an illustration of the kind of work I'm doing there. These drawings, however, are of hands (my own), small exercises I've been doing at home to prepare for a new painting which will involve not only normal still life but also some images of hands.

Sieve

2008-11-17T17:33:00.001-08:00

This is the last of a tryptich (see last two entries for the other two).

Can Opener

2008-10-31T11:17:00.001-07:00

Corkscrew

2008-10-28T20:01:00.001-07:00

Finally back to painting. Oct. 1st I became a student at the Hein Academy of Art, where I will finally get some formal art training, something I've always wanted to do. It looks like it's going to be a great experience. Jeff Hein (you can look him up on the internet) is a very fine young Utah artist whose work is contemporary realism. I expect to become better at drawing and to refine my painting skills, without fundamentally changing my style. In the meantime, I am painting three or four mornings a week to keep my hand fresh, while my afternoons at the academy focus primarily on drawing at the moment.

Even the Little Brown Bird......Final

2008-10-02T17:27:00.000-07:00

Here is my solution as to how to display this multi-panel painting. It was accepted into the Utah Arts Council tri-annual show, "Utah '08: Painting & Sculpture". The panels are mounted on a wood grid, made by me. When you use a non-conventional format like a multi-panel painting, you have to be creative as to how to display it. It's asking a lot of the organizers of a show to place nails in the wall in just the right configuration to satisfy your design! Best to do it for them.

Even the Little Brown Bird......

2008-09-25T16:53:00.001-07:00

Finally, this is the multi-panel painting I've been working on for so long. Submitted it for a Utah-wide show. We'll see whether it gets in the show.

Total dimensions: 36"H X 42"W

Shoulders and Necklace

2008-09-17T18:32:00.001-07:00

8" X 8"

Another installment for my nine-panel painting. Within a few days I'll be able to publish the whole thing.

Black Cropped Pants

2008-09-11T14:48:00.001-07:00

Another panel for my multi-panel painting almost done. I'm feeling obliged to post paintings to my blog, even though I'm no longer on a schedule to produce daily paintings. This one reflects a second day of work on the painting. It, again, may undergo some adjustments later. I found it very hard to work with black (or, dark darks). It wasn't so much finding the variations on black that worked, but the application of the paint itself. It was very hard to paint the darkest darks into the painting without accidentally lightening them too much with the surrounding lighter shades. Every painting is another lesson learned.

Sandalled Feet

2008-09-10T16:11:00.000-07:00

Doing "more serious" paintings, i.e. paintings that I spend more than a single day on, as with my daily paintings, is reminding me of how much I enjoy finishing off a painting. This one may not be quite done, but I've spent two days on it, now. I like the much greater control I have putting down a second layer of paint over the first one. This is one of the paintings for my larger grouping of paintings (including the flowered dress and the green sweater).

8" X 8"

Flowered Dress - Third Day

2008-09-05T13:37:00.001-07:00

I wasn't happy enough to post the "second day" version of this painting. For once I was smart enough to hold off on publishing my latest effort until I had a chance to evaluate it with the benefit of time having passed. This is close to, if not, the final version. Of course, I need to see it with the other six more or less finished panels of this work to feel confident it's where I finally want it. I have until Sept. 25th to finish the whole work.

Green Sweater - Third Day

2008-09-01T15:55:00.001-07:00

I'm happier with today's effort. There are still a couple of details that need to be worked on, but this is better. Back to the dress tomorrow, or on to another of the panels.

Green Sweater - Second Day

2008-08-30T09:07:00.001-07:00

I had a tough time yesterday with this painting. I covered the surface with Liquin, and then wiped it down before painting, a practice I've not had trouble with before, but this time made the second pass at the painting very difficult. The paintbrushes just seemed to drag across the surface and I couldn't put down a nice flow of paint. i felt like I had very little control over the brushes' application of the paint. I'll post it anyway, but I don't think there is much noticeable difference between the first day and this one. I'll go into it again without the Liquin and see how it works for me.

Green Sweater - First Day

2008-08-28T16:58:00.000-07:00

First pass at a second panel for the new multi-panel painting. 13 1/2" X 10".

Flowered Dress - First Day

2008-08-26T18:26:00.001-07:00

First day's effort. This is the first panel of a multi-panel painting.

30" X 10"

LBB #3

2008-08-25T15:59:00.001-07:00

For now, this is the last of my series of Little Brown Birds.
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Another LBB

2008-08-22T14:40:00.001-07:00

I never thought I would be painting birds, but yesterday's experience was so satisfying, I've done another one. These little brown birds (LBBs) do of course have formal names, but I'm ignorant of them, and I like it that they are rather anonymous to most of us and therefore still have a freshness that other, better known, birds don't have.

Little Brown Bird

2008-08-21T16:33:00.001-07:00

My bird-watching friends call these little no-name birds, "LBBs". I think they deserve a proper name. I've never painted a bird before, but am planning to include one in a future painting, so this was practice. I liked doing it. Maybe I'll do more.

Her Shoes, Her Life

2008-08-14T16:37:00.000-07:00

This is my composite shoe painting - so far. No doubt, I'll modify it slightly as it sits on my wall a few days, including perhaps going back into individual paintings as well as organizing them somewhat differently.

Revising the Image

2008-08-13T16:57:00.000-07:00

These are revisions of prior daily paintings. Sometimes I can't resist, when a painting sticks around for a while, going back into it. Today I went back into all three of these paintings, muting the background, changing the colors of shadows. It is all part of a plan to modify several of my shoe paintings to become part of a larger, multi-image painting. I like them better with the revisions. But you can be the judge, if you like, by comparing them to the original images on these dates, from top to bottom: "Arm Candy" on May 1st, 2008; "No Shoes" on May 20th, 2008; and "Serious Shoes" on May 9th, 2008. In a couple of days, I'll display the completed work.

Pink Sandals

2008-08-11T14:51:00.000-07:00

If you saw this painting yesterday (Aug. 11th), it probably didn't seem as pink or bright as it looks now. When I looked at the photo compared to the actual piece, I realized the photo hadn't properly captured the brightness of it. So I re-photographed it. Amazing how the light or surroundings of a painting impact the colors recorded by the camera.

Green Fantasy Slippers

2008-08-06T20:10:00.001-07:00

I'm finally back, following a long trip to Bolivia and Colombia and another one to do the RAGBRAI (Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa). It's been too long and it was great to be back in the studio again, though it took a while to get back in a groove with the paint, the brushes, etc.

Another Hiatus!

2008-07-14T09:09:00.000-07:00

I'm sorry to report that I won't be back at the easel until early August, when I hope to begin posting daily (5 days a week) again. My husband and I are doing the RAGBRAI ( DesMoines Register Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa) at the end of July and I have lost control of my days due to the need to train for this strenuous trip (477 miles in 7 days). For those who check this blog regularly, please don't give up on me. I'll be back with new paintings in August.

With my friend Esther Cardenas in Colombia

2008-06-23T13:46:00.000-07:00

I'm visiting my good friend and artist, Esther Cardenas, in Cali, Colombia. This is an example of the small daily paintings that she has been doing. It is about 4" x 6 " and is an image of a farm in Holland where she recently went to paint with a former student.

Pictures from Bolivia

2008-06-18T12:12:00.000-07:00

Here is an image of the great Salar de Uyuni, a salt flat near the town of Uyuni in Bolivia. The photo is taken from an "island" that comes up off the flats, loaded with a type of cactus I've never seen before. The salt flats themselves stretch off into the horizon, an endless flat white gleaming surface. It is supposed to be the largest salt flats in the world, a source of a bare subsistence livelihood for the few people who live nearby in Uyuni.

This a charming photo of a desperately poor family making their living from the salt desert. The husband refines the salt he has scraped off the surface of the desert and his wife, here with her two children, put the iodized salt in one kilo bags which sell for about 14 cents apiece.

From Bolivia

2008-06-15T07:51:00.000-07:00

My husband and I have been in Bolivia for almost 10 days now and it has been both exciting and a heartwarming experience. We have found new board members for our scholarship program in Bolivia, identified other universities with which we can collaborate, and have met all of our scholarship recipients and their families personally. Tomorrow we go to Colombia and from there I plan to post some photos from our time in Bolivia.

Painting Interrupted

2008-05-30T18:13:00.000-07:00

I've been distracted from painting the last several days because my husband and I are preparing to leave next week for a 3-week trip to Santa Cruz, Bolivia and Cali, Colombia. It has been requiring a lot of preparation. We used to live in both places and have many friends there. We also run a small charitable organization, called B.E.C.A., which pays for college educations for low-income Bolivian students in Santa Cruz. We have 11 students in college now, thanks to donations for many friends and family. A full-year's tuition at a very good university in Bolivia costs only about $750, obviously a huge bargain compared with tuition costs at U.S. universities. In case anyone reading this message has an interest, you might want to check out our web site, http://www.beca-bolivia.org/ We, and the Bolivian students, can use all the help we can get!
I may not be able to do any more paintings before our departure. While we're gone, however, I'll try to post some photos from time to time to let you see what Bolivia and Colombia are like.

Cowboy Boots

2008-05-26T14:36:00.001-07:00

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Kickin' Shoes

2008-05-22T17:47:00.001-07:00

I revised this one again, brightened it up, and warmed it up.

Cool shoes, aren't they? Not that I'd ever wear them, personally. Too pointy, too high. But fun.

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Pink Tennies

2008-05-21T13:26:00.001-07:00

No Shoes

2008-05-20T13:31:00.000-07:00

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Retro Disco Shoes

2008-05-19T16:52:00.001-07:00

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Overcast Sanpete County Day

2008-05-16T15:09:00.001-07:00

11" x 14"

Another painting from the plein air painting days in Sanpete County. Next week I'll return to my shoe series.

Sanpete County, Utah in Spring

2008-05-14T18:00:00.000-07:00

10" x 14"

My Kentucky friend and I had a great time painting two days in Sanpete County south of Salt Lake City. The people were very friendly, down-to-earth people and the landscapes were beautiful in every direction.

Plein Air Outing

2008-05-12T02:44:00.000-07:00

No posting until Wednesday, May 14th. Another painter, from Louisville, Ky., is joining me here in Utah to do a couple of days of plein air painting of the desert in spring. I will post the results of our outing on Wednesday.

Serious Shoes

2008-05-09T18:14:00.001-07:00

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Oo la la! French chic

2008-05-07T17:24:00.000-07:00

This painting has been revised (as of Aug. 2008) from the original posting. I saw the original as just too dark.

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Snuggle In Shoes

2008-05-06T15:39:00.000-07:00

Bridesmaid Shoes

2008-05-05T17:43:00.000-07:00

This humble - and much maligned - species of the genus "shoes" also deserves its place at the table.

Arm Candy Shoes

2008-05-01T19:04:00.001-07:00

Mary Janes

2008-04-30T15:25:00.001-07:00

Ooo! Date Shoes!

2008-04-29T15:27:00.000-07:00

I don't really own all these shoes, but they are fun to paint. And it's fun to fantasize!

Tired Shoes

2008-04-28T16:42:00.000-07:00

Love those red shoes!

2008-04-25T17:41:00.001-07:00

SOLD

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It's shoes that interest me now. They seem to embody something important about the people who wear them: their energy, their vanity, their lack of vanity, their work-a-day-ness, their hopes, their discouragement, their sense of aliveness. They're more than something to just keep our feet dry and warm.

Desert life 2 in progress

2008-04-24T17:05:00.001-07:00

Decided it was time to get back into some of my larger paintings. This is one in progress, 12" X 24". I'll post updated versions from time to time.

Party Shoes

2008-04-23T14:46:00.001-07:00

Tennis Shoes - "Old Friends"

2008-04-22T16:40:00.001-07:00

SOLD

In the Show

2008-04-21T13:04:00.000-07:00

This grouping of daily paintings, called "Not by Bread Alone", which was posted a few days ago, was accepted into the annual Springville Museum Spring Salon. Those of us who live in Utah take being accepted in the show as an important recognition because it is the premier show in Utah for living artists.

Another Colombian Pot (Revised)

2008-04-21T10:59:00.000-07:00

Here's the revised version of Friday's posting (April 18th). As you can see, the pot got a handle, a little bit smaller and more refined.

SOLD

Another Colombian Pot

2008-04-18T18:43:00.001-07:00

This painting, and the other South American pots I've posted this week are part of a commission. This one is a little more complicated than the others and I don't consider it finished. I'll post the final version sometime over the weekend.

Colombian Pot, Too

2008-04-17T17:04:00.000-07:00

Two days ago, I painted this pot from another angle. I thought this might be more interesting. I have also modified the background on the painting two days ago. I don't know which one works the best. I've posted the new version next to the old one back on the April 15th posting.

SOLD

Peruvian Pot

2008-04-16T14:45:00.001-07:00

SOLD

Colombian Pot

2008-04-15T17:04:00.000-07:00

Okay, it's two days later and here are some changes I made to this painting. I like the changes. I don't know whether I like this painting, now, better than the new version I did on April 17th.

I'm not convinced this painting is done yet. There's always tomorrow.

Chicken Pot Pie

2008-04-14T19:34:00.000-07:00

SOLD

No new posts today.

2008-04-11T15:44:00.000-07:00

I've been framing/mounting the grouping I posted yesterday and wasn't able to complete a new painting. However, I started one, which I'll be able to post on Monday. Please come back then!

Not by Bread Alone

2008-04-10T12:52:00.001-07:00

This is the big project I've been working toward. Finished, at last. It is difficult to photograph on the wall where it is currently located, so please forgive a little unevenness in the quality of the images. It measures about 33" X 26". Some of the images have been revised a bit since I first posted them on the blog. The revised versions have been re-posted on their original days.

Yellow Pears

2008-04-09T15:47:00.001-07:00

Just a reminder that for recent paintings which, like this one, are not for sale because they form part of a larger work, they are available by commission, if desired.

Turnip

2008-04-08T18:39:00.001-07:00

Orange Juice

2008-04-07T15:34:00.001-07:00

This is the close to the last painting of my special project. By the end of this week, I'll post an image of the whole thing.

Breaking Bread

2008-04-04T15:43:00.001-07:00

Yellow Pepper

2008-04-03T16:45:00.000-07:00

Is there a vegetable more intensely beautiful than a yellow pepper?

Green Apples

2008-04-02T21:14:00.000-07:00

Piece of Cake

2008-04-01T12:49:00.001-07:00

Sometimes a person can't resist taking a bite of her daily subject!

This painting available by commission through the artist.

Strawberries

2008-03-31T17:00:00.000-07:00

Asparagus 2

2008-03-28T15:01:00.000-07:00

Another asparagus painting! The one I painted a few days ago sold, and I had planned to use it for my larger grouping. So, I was forced to paint another one. Not my favorite thing to do, repeat a subject. Still, I find every painting has its special challenges and interests, even if it's a repeat. To see how Asparagus 2 relates to Asparagus from a few days ago, page down five or six posts to see the earlier version. They are a little different from one another. First of all, they were two different plates of asparagus! I always paint from life.

This painting, like the other recent ones, is not for sale.

Orange Jello

2008-03-27T19:30:00.001-07:00

This is another painting for my larger project.

If interested in a commission, contact me via e-mail.

Three Tomatoes

2008-03-26T14:08:00.001-07:00

This painting only available as a commission.

Honey Dew

2008-03-25T15:39:00.000-07:00

For the next two weeks, I will not be posting any of the paintings I do for sale. I am focussing on creating a grouping of these paintings for an upcoming competitive show.

However, if anyone particularly likes and wants to buy one of the paintings, I will be glad to accept a commission to re-paint it sometime in late April. Just write to me with your request.

Peaches on a Plate (revised)

2008-03-24T14:32:00.001-07:00

Today I got caught without a prepared canvas to do a new painting on. So, I went back into one that I published on March 13th. I brightened it, made the shadows a more distinct color (violet) and refined the peach slices somewhat. I'm planning to put this and some of the others together in a more complete grouping, where, taken together, the paintings are further enhanced. To do that, I may have to go back into paintings after the first day they're published, to polish them up a little.

Mint Ice Cream with Chocolate Chips

2008-03-17T11:32:00.001-07:00

This will be my last post until March 24th.

Break Time

2008-03-14T17:44:00.001-07:00

Peaches on a Plate

2008-03-13T16:38:00.000-07:00

Asparagus

2008-03-12T13:49:00.000-07:00

So now it's food, and in this case, asparagus, perhaps the most sensual of the vegetables.

SOLD

Red Grapes

2008-03-11T14:45:00.000-07:00

Water Glass

2008-03-10T14:29:00.000-07:00

Ceramic Duck and Green Bottle

2008-03-07T12:11:00.000-08:00

I love these kitschy little sit-arounds that seem to come from another era. They seem so simple and honest.

Offering (dark pot and vial)

2008-03-06T17:03:00.000-08:00

This was a tough one to do in one afternoon, because of the juxtaposition of such dark darks and such light lights - all in very wet paint. This a beautiful dark little ceramic pot. Even in person, it's hard to tell if it's black, or red-black, or brownish-black. Very soulful.

Red Pear in White Bowl

2008-03-05T17:08:00.001-08:00

Cup of Wine and small glass

2008-03-04T17:42:00.000-08:00

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Green Leaves and Jar (red)

2008-03-03T14:00:00.000-08:00

Baby Carrots

2008-02-21T07:50:00.000-08:00

NFS

A different take on the carrots.

Also, please note that I am on vacation and no new images will be posted to my blog until Feb. 28th.

Clementines and Antique Bowl

2008-02-20T10:04:00.001-08:00

Vinegar cruet

2008-02-19T13:19:00.000-08:00

White Vase and Yellow Tulip

2008-02-18T10:30:00.000-08:00

Three Little Pigs

2008-02-16T15:38:00.000-08:00

Remember those little ceramic objects that you could buy at the souvenir stores on Route 66?

2008-02-15T21:31:00.000-08:00

Doing a painting a day is a small tyranny, and I didn't make it today! Tomorrow, even though it's the weekend, I will post a new one to meet my vow of at least five new paintings a week.

Small Altar

2008-02-14T20:03:00.000-08:00

Carrots

2008-02-13T18:23:00.001-08:00

White Pitcher and Beads

2008-02-12T15:13:00.001-08:00

SOLD

I think the background color on my other paintings in the blog is beautiful, but I decided to go for dark this time, for a change. I like it! The colors in the beads really sparkle against it. Expect to see more of it.

Turquoise Condiment Jar

2008-02-11T14:15:00.001-08:00

I don't know why I keep going for such challenging images in my daily painting. They invariably take more time than I intended. Still, I continue to be attracted to glass, here in an unusual color. I used an incredible variety of greens and blues here, some warmer some cooler, to suggest the transparency and reflectiveness of the glass.

Glass Redbird and marbles

2008-02-08T11:44:00.000-08:00

Spilled Plant

2008-02-07T16:04:00.000-08:00

Mexican Pot

2008-02-06T12:27:00.000-08:00

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