"Metals Abstract 1" - SOLD

I decided to experiment with mixing metals with acrylics. I used some copper leaf on the canvas and followed with acrylics. This is another one of my tiny pieces - 4x4.

"Big Brother Watching" - SOLD

Here are 2 varieties of apples. I forgot the name of the one on the left but it tasted better than the 2 on the right. Yes, I ate my set up again when I finished painting it.

"Sunkiss Melon" - SOLD

This is a new type of melon I found in the store the other day. It's kind of late in the season for melon, so it must be shipped in from some exotic place. Decided to paint and eat it. I will let you know if it's any good.

"Blueberry Surprise" - SOLD

Still thinking about food, but got carried away with this one. It's still part of my mini-series, but reflects a different mood swing. Thank you Tom in Massachusetts - Hope you enjoy this little painting.

"Bosc-a-nova" - SOLD

I think I've been watching too much "Dancing with the Stars". For some reason these two pears looked like they were ready to start a dance together.

"Triple Peppers" - SOLD

I think I'm through with the peppers for awhile. These will be cooked soon and will be gone. Think I'll start another abstract series. I have one of my friends in town from the Italy trip and we have been in my studio for the past 2 days painting. Needless to say we are having a wonderful time.

"Triple Gold" - SOLD

This Saturday my traveling buddies will be gathering at the lake to have a Italy reunion. We will all bring a favorite Italian dish, great wines, deserts, share our photos and just reminisce about great times. These peppers are going to be part of the dish I'll bring. One of my favorites; Italian Sausage & Peppers over penne pasta.

"Kissing Pears" - SOLD

I've been doing a lot of grocery shopping lately and have decided to start painting some of my purchases. With the current prices, they may now be considered valuable items. I had to paint the red pears first because they are extremely ripe and need to be eaten immediately.

"Mountain River" 9 - SOLD

Ok - this is it - the whole enchilada!! This is the total 9 piece puzzle that about drove me crazy to paint. I attempted to post the 9th piece by itself along with the entire piece. Don't know if it worked or not. If not, the 9th piece is the upper right hand corner.

"Mountain River" 8

One more after this and the entire piece is DONE!! This is the center piece in the top row. Maybe we've all been concentrating on water (or lack of it) lately and we were finally blessed by some desperately needed rain today.

"Mountain River" 6

This is the far right side of the center row. I finished the final pieces on this today. Whew, it took a lot longer than I though it would to do this project. When I get to the 9th piece, I'll show the entire project photographed as one.

"Mountain River" 5

This will be the very middle canvas out of the total 9 pieces. Hopefully if all goes well, I will complete the final 2 pieces tomorrow. I want to send out a big THANK YOU to Rebecca at The Home Spa who sold my "Lone Drifter" painting today. You have been a tireless supporter and I appreciate all that you've done.

"Mountain River" 4

I got more pieces painted today but didn't get them photographed. It's just too hot to go outside and set up the tripod. Another 105 degree day - when oh when will this be over? You can see by what I'm painting that I'm trying to trick my mind into being cool.

"Mountain River" 3

This completes the bottom 3 for the series. I ran out of paint yesterday - 3 main colors and had to go purchase more today. They ended up being a different brand of paint. This will prove to be a challenge in getting accurate color matches for the rest of the series. Every brand of paint has just a little different color mix. Guess I'll find out about all that tomorrow.

"Mountain River" 2

Here's #2 - I'm photographing these from the lower left (yesterday's post) to lower right. The total piece will be 3 across and 3 high for a total of 9 pieces. It's amazing how long it takes to paint these. They may be small but are each one's a full painting.

"Mountain River" 1

I'm trying another experiment - what's new? This is another polyptych consisting of 9 pieces. Each piece is on a 4"x4"x1" canvas and will fit together like a puzzle. I'm hanging out here because I haven't finished painting the entire work, so I have no idea if it will "turn out" and if I'll like it. So here's piece #1 - and you're along for the ride with me. The photo shows more canvas texture than you see when looking at the original piece. I had to use the zoom lens because the canvas is so small.

"Trip 3"

Above is the entire triptych - below is the 3rd piece in the series. The post looks awkward because of the vertical format.

The mood was mist, trees and spirit all at once. This is what came through. It's late and I'm out of words tonight. Hope you enjoyed it.

"Trip 2"

Here's 2 of 3. The feeling I had while painting these was - (I'm not going to tell yet). Just see what you want to see in them! I'll tell you when I post #3.

"Trip 1"

I had so much fun with my last puzzle I did another small series consisting of 3 little 4 x 4's(triptych). I nicknamed them Trip 1 thru 3. I've found it's much harder to photograph the little ones than bigger paintings. Just a little shake on my part and my paintings look blurry. They are soft paintings, but my photos look a little softer than life. Hope you enjoy this series.

"Series 6"

At long last, the final piece. Below is how the puzzle goes together.




I tried to get a decent photo of all 6 together, but they came out a little crooked. They are not actually mounted at this time, I just tossed them on a dark board to get a photo. Now I have to decide how to actually mount them and get 'em straight!! This may prove to be more of a challenge than the original design concept.