"Peeled Tangerine with Cranberries"

Oil on 5"x7"Linen panel
I peeled the tangerine, and painted another picture of it with some cranberries. This one is done on a linen panel that I had made. I had primed the panel with a thin "scumble" of raw sienna oil paint and then let it dry. Painting on this surface was enjoyable. The dark paint in the background is thin and transparent, and the light foreground is also thin, but opaque. The tangerine is painted thicker, which makes a nice contrast. This was my last linen panel, I think I'd like to make some more!

"Tangerine, Nuts and Cranberries"

Oil on 5"x7" Canvas Panel
Around this time of year it seems that I always have these items in the kitchen. They look good together, like they might be ingredients in some sort of holiday recipe. Orange Cranberry bread comes to mind. Anyway, I enjoyed painting this one, I might try another with these subjects sometime. I especially liked putting the highlights on the cranberries, they look like little jewels.
Thanks everyone for your wonderful comments, I appreciate them so much!!

"The Pink Flower that starts with "A"...

Oil on 8"x10" Canvas Panel
These pink flowers came as part of a larger bouquet. I always see these flowers in bouquets and never remember their name, other than - it starts with an "a". So, I made a point of looking it up, and they are called "Alstroemeria" (no wonder I can't ever remember it).
You can read about them here if you like.
This painting was difficult to take a picture of, because as the lighting changed, the reds and pinks seem to appear cooler or warmer. In warm indoor light or sunlight, the pinks seem more of a coral color, and outdoors in cooler light, or cool light from a window, the pinks and reds seem more magenta. After taking many pictures of it, the image I'm posting is the one I feel represents it the best. (at least on my monitor it does, there are always subtle differences on each monitor.)
and btw, Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

"Apple in Shadow with Grapes"

Oil on 6"x6" Hardboard panel
There is a bit of glare in the dark areas in this photo, I'll try to get a better one, but this one is good for now.

"Cut Orange"

Oil on 5"x7" hardboard panel
I started this painting earlier in the week, and never got back to finish it until today. The orange I had cut up was still sitting on display, starting to mold. I'm glad I waited to finish it, because I never was quite happy with the background color, but I didn't know why. Today, seeing it again after a few days had gone by, I could see why. The background color was too warm, too similar to the oranges, I thought mixing up a color with more blue in it might look better. I spread a bit of the new color on with a palette knife, and liked the color and also, it seemed to make the orange look brighter. I found that the texture the knife left in the paint was interesting, too, as it left the color underneath showing through here and there. I brushed it out a touch, and had to struggle to make myself leave it alone! I just have a habit of "petting" the paint with the brush, and sometimes too much of that makes for a boring surface.

Tangerine Painting with Pear and Apple (Finish)

(Above) "Tangerine" Oil on 5"x7" Linen Panel


"Fruit with Tangerine Painting" Oil on 6"x8" Linen Panel

Here is the little tangerine painting I did, and a painting of that painting with a bosc pear and a ginger gold apple with it. The tangerine didn't originally have any leaves on it, I just taped a sprig of leaves to it to paint by. And as that painting sat finished, I brought out the pear and apple to see what I could do next, and noticed how nice they looked sitting in front of the tangerine painting. So, decided to paint it that way. I had fun painting these.

Fruit with a Painting of Fruit (WIP)

I had painted a small painting of a tangerine with leaves the other day, and somehow thought it would look interesting in the background of another painting of fruit. I liked how all the colors went together. I'm finding the apple very hard to paint, it has such a beautiful soft creamy color, with a touch of a pink blush. I'm still working on it.

Bosc Pear

Oil on 5x7 linen panel
I made some linen panels for myself, and did this painting of a bosc pear. The pear had so many colors in it, and the longer I looked at it the more it seemed to have. Yellowish browns and pinks and greens. I used pthalo green with this one, and I think it worked much better than viridian, which is what I've been using. I seem to switch back and forth between those 2 greens. I had stained the panel with a thin layer of terra rosa, and it shows through a bit around the edges.

"Citrus Fruits"

Oil on 5x7 hardboard
A few colorful fruits, and a sprig of leaves. I have been using this same little leafy stem for weeks now, it was originally in a floral arrangement I received on my birthday in July!! I have no idea what it's called, but, I've kept it in a vase and I keep changing the flowers, and it hasn't shown any signs of wilting yet! I wonder how long it will last?