Two Pears

Oil on 8x6 linen panel
This is painted on a piece of linen that I mounted onto a hardboard panel. I love the reds in the pear, and the soft folds of the cloth add some nice movement.

"Pear and Orange Slices"

Oil on 6x6 hardboard panel


I bought this pear because of it's color, I loved the reddish orange blush color on the one side.

"Christmas Ornaments"

Oil on 6x6 hardboard panel

These shiny ornaments are quite a challenge to paint! But, they are so pretty it's hard to resist giving it a try.

McIntosh Apple

Oil on 5"x7" hardboard panel

I'm always attracted to the striking green and red pattern of colors on these apples. I think it's funny sometimes, the extra time I take to pick out fruit at the store because I'm more interested in the colors, shape, and stem than it's ripeness.
I can imagine other artists doing this, maybe taking twice as long to pick out a bouquet of flowers, or a piece of cheescake, fruit, or a certain vase because they are wondering how the light will fall on it, what color would they mix for the shadow area, what color could the background be??? .. and on and on...

"Orange Spice Tea"

Oil on 6"x8" hardboard panel

I really liked painting this one, especially the little gold hightlights trimming the cup.

"Pear, Apple, Grapes"

Oil on 5x7 hardboard panel

Boy, have I been having trouble getting a painting done lately. But, finally, I am happy with this one. I really liked painting the cloth, I love the shapes that can be created with it.

"Lemon Water"

Oil on 5x7 hardboard panel.

I've been wanting to try a painting with a glass of water. It was an interesting thing to paint. It's more a painting of reflections than of a glass. Since the lemon slice and reflections seemed to change every time I looked at them, I took pictures of the set up, (in b & w) and printed one out to use as a guide. I referred to the real life lemon and glass for the color.
...Thank you so much for all the wonderful comments!