Daisies and Pottery

This is a WIP I'm working on.   I love the warm colors of the jug and it's color harmony with the indian motif clothe.  I still have a bit of  finishing work to do but thought I'd share the WIP (work in progress).

16x20

Oil on Linen

WIP

"Texas Blue"

"Texas Blue"  will be  on display beginning this coming Saturday - November 3rd for the  Gallery Off The Square contest for works representing "Texas Traditions"   Visitors will be voting on the works submitted by some of our 32 Texas artist.

The inaugural event "Gallery Georgetown" is a free event promoting art in Georgetown,  7 galleries will be  participating in the event.   Participants who visit all galleries will be eligible to participate in a drawing to win several wonderful prizes.  I'll be at Gallery Off The Square (in Framers Gallery)  and Casa 'Ole will be catering fajita nachos and Pilot Knob Vineyards will be providing a wine tasting for our visitors   Food samplings and refreshments will be offered at all locations... an opportunity to try out some of Georgetown's best.  

Please come by.  Would love to see you!

Oil  on Linen

20x24

Milk and Grapes

Another great find!  i recently bid on a box of vintage milk glass at a local auction and won!  This compote caught my eye immediately and I just had to paint it.  The globe grapes were plucked off the vine before all were ripe (notice the variation of colors) and the leaf was a vibrant spring green.  I just love the color combination.   The contrast of the milk glass under low lighting was the finishing touch!  Hope you like it too.

Milk and Grapes

Oil on Linen Panel

11 x 14

Water to Wine

One of my granddaughters friends has a farm and recently invited us to come over and see his wonderful garden.  In the back there were some grapes growing on a vine and he picked a bunch for me to bring home so I could use them in a painting.  The leaf had been ripped and some of the edges had turned brown - more character as a subject.   The pottery is  a piece I picked up a while back.  It seemed the perfect choice for  the grapes to "pose" against.   The base is the antique oak library file cabinet I picked up in Round Top this year - proving to be one of my favorite wood bases to "pose" my subjects on.

    Water to Wine is painted on a 9x12 oil primed linen covered baltic birch 

     panel and I plan to float frame it to add still another touch of drama.  

Pottery w/Orange

This is a small piece of pottery I picked up at an auction.  I really liked the speckled finish and the shape of it.  I staged it the same time I did the Turquoise Fiesta piece with the orange except this time I dangled it off the edge of the slab...  I used a low light setting with the light set up just above the piece and to the left of center (to create the shadows).  The low light helped to create a bit more of a dramatic effect.

5x5 

Oil on linen panel

Watermelon and Plums

I was recently introduced to an online art instructor who has a very painterly style.  His command of color and composition drew me to look into his lessons.  Dan has a straight forward approach to his technique.   The following painting "Watermelon and Plums" is one of his  workshop paintings I completed last week.  Dan Edmondson Oil Painting.