"Christmas Bulbs" Oil on 5x7 board

These are my favorite kind of ornaments.  They've been around for years and years... and years!  My mom always called them "bulbs".   Every so often one breaks, but they are tough little things, even though they are made of glass.
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"Tangerine and Apple" Oil on 5x7 board

I set these two into a box for something different.  I like the shadows it created.  I wanted to add some cranberries, but I decided to go without them this time.. It was hard not to put them in!! lol

"Pears and Cranberries" Oil on 5x7 board

  These two pears looked a bit ordinary, so I made a string of cranberries and added that in for something different.  Now, it has sort of a holiday feel to it,  which matches the weather lately.  We just got a little bit of snow tonight for the first time this year, and it really made it feel like Christmas is just around the corner.   This auction will end on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving.

"Peeled Orange and Grapes" Oil on 5x7 board

I've been painting a lot lately, but just couldn't seem to get interested enough in a subject to come up with an interesting painting.  I'd paint something, and wipe it off... and paint again, and wipe off.   I thought it might help if  I  changed to a different smaller table top easel, and move my lights and set up around, and got a more comfortable chair to sit in, and after a few more tries, I got this painting, which I am finally happy with.  I peeled the orange days ago, but I kept it wrapped tightly in plastic in the fridge until I could get a good painting of it.  It worked out pretty good.

"Lemon, Lime and Cranberries"

Oil on 6x6 Gessobord panel.

"Mango and Strawberries" Oil on 5x7 board

The pile of mangoes in the store looked so colorful, I wondered if painting just one would be just as colorful.  I took my time picking this one out,  I wanted one with all the colors in it.  I think it turned out pretty good! and,  I couldn't help but add some berries too.  I've got a "thing" for cranberries lately, I can't help but put them in the picture, they are so pretty... like little gems, and they last! I've had these same ones out for days!

LIttle Gourds Autumn Still Life, Oil on 6x6 board

These little gourds are so cute, and colorful. I added a few cranberries again, and some autumn leaves.   I'd like to try another painting of them, but I think for now I'm going to move on to something else.  I bought a mango at the store, and I've never painted one of those before so I think I will try that next.

"Three Little Gourds" Oil on 5x7 hardboard

I found these little gourds at a farm market near my home.. there were bins full of them in so many different shapes and colors.  I brought a bunch home, but these were the only ones so far that I could manage to paint... I found it really difficult!   I threw in a few cranberries for scale... these gourds are only about the size of a small apple.  My favorite part is the twisty stem on the center one.