Gardenia and Reflection

5"x7"
sold

I picked some of my favorite flowers on the way home again, and now the whole house smells like gardenias. Happy!

#1637

Dropper and Brown Glass

6"x8"
sold
I am feeling decidedly out of sorts today.... but I'm happy with my painting, and that's something :) Weird upward shadow with this one, from the sunlight reflecting off the floor.

Carrot

3"x6"
sold
Just experimenting with some complementary colors. Well, almost complementary. And tasty.
#1635

Book and Reflection

5"x7"
sold
#1634

Copper Lighter II

5"x7"
sold
Same lighter as yesterday, turned around and more open. Dudes, do you see the little fragment of my fingerprint on the metal? I'm so tickled by that little detail!
#1633

Copper Lighter I

4"x4"
sold
Copper is so much fun to paint! This lighter belongs to the husband who, I believe, got it from his dad, who used it when he was serving in Vietnam once upon a time. It's got a beautiful worn surface.
In other news, etsy is being stupid and refusing to load this image and make it available for purchase, so I'm going to go deal with that!

I was unable to fix it, so I assume Etsy's servers are overloaded or something right now.... I'll try again after the baby's nap!

MUAH HA HA HA HA! Success! It's up on Etsy now :)
#1632

Rubber Duckie

3"x6"
sold
This one.... well, this one was the dog's idea. Kindof. She brought it into the studio planning to chew on it, and I took it away, and then decided it might make a fun little subject for a daily painting. What do you think? I got to paint it life sized and everything!

Garlic Clove V

4"x4"
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Just because I haven't done any garlic paintings for a while now!

Hyacinths WIP

8"x8"
WIP
I think I'm having a bit of an epiphany here... something about painting the light, not the ostenible subject of the painting. We'll see :)

River Clam Shell

3"x5"
sold
I find shells like this in the rivers around our house all the time... no doubt they have a proper name, but I don't know it. I just found this one so irresistably beautiful I had to try and give it a paint!

Searching

5"x7"
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This is a peculiar little painting, but I have to say I really like the idea... a lot of it depended on the gradation of color in the background, which surprised me! But the overall shape just feels right, you know? Especially with the spiral shell, and me being so terribly fond of spirals :)
#1627

Slice of Bacon

4"x6"
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Bacon is really hard to paint! I guess because it's kind of a weird texture that has to be brought out by making it shiny.... anyways, this was a lot of fun :) And you know you want to hang it in your kitchen, right next to a painting of a cupcake or something!
#1626

Avacado Closeup III

5"x7"
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I'm sure I was about to type something relevant to painting or avacados or something... but then my iheartradio station started playing Johnny Cash, and I started singing along, and it went right out of my head. Hopefully you'll forgive me, and just enjoy the painting :)
#1625

Watermelon Slice

6"x6"
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Watermelon is an awesome thing to paint! I had no idea how many little subtleties I'd find.... sometimes it seems like I've never really 'seen' something until I've painted it :)
Thought I'd share this painting a little ways in- for some reason I really wanted a light colored background, but it just wasn't working for me! I might try that again, but really, fruit glows so wonderfully against a rich dark background....

#1624

Heirloom Tomato on White

6"x8"
sold
This bit of summery gorgeousness is from the farmers' market, but yesterday I noticed that I have one red tomato and one orange one down in the garden- I'll be harvesting tomatoes soon! So excited :)
#1623

Teabag and Van Dyke Brown

4"x4"
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Something peaceful and quiet today... yesterday was fun but completely insane, so this feels good! Hugs to everybody :)
#1622

Sugar Pea

2"x4"
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Had to paint another one before the season is completely over :)
#1621

Floating Key

2"x4"
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Just a tiny little painting this evening....
#1620

Pomegranante Half

4"x4"
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This one might look familiar.... I adore it, and for some reason it hadn't found a home, so I got to repaint a few parts and add details to others. That's always fun, especially with a I-must-be-crazy-for-painting-this fruit like a pomegranate! I love how you can see the shape of the flower still there in the shape of the fruit.
#1619

Avacado and Reflection

5"x7"
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Eggplant yesterday, avacado today- must be summertime! Even if this is the strangest summer ever- I swear it was actually cool today, I don't know if it even broke seventy degrees!
I was thinking about naming this one "Avacado and Van Dyke Brown" instead of "Avacado and Reflection".... thoughts? Like is it just me as someone who obsesses over paints who would even say Van Dyke Brown, or would it be kindof cool?

Reflected Light

5"x7"
sold
Doesn't that just look delicious? I've got an eggplant ravioli recipe I'm wanting to try- usually, for me, eggplants are one of those things that look way better than they taste, but I'm looking forward to trying something new!

Rabbit Skull

6"x8"
sold
I know it's not for everybody.... but there's something so amazing and beautiful about bones, especially skulls.
Also, good news for my friends and collectors in places other than the US- today I discovered that by shipping First Class instead of Priority, I can make international shipping quite affordable! So I'm in the process of trying to figure out individual rates for individual countries.... if you want me to hurry up and figure your country out already, just let me know!

Shadow Line

6"x6"
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I have to admit to being rather proud of this one! Something about the way the sunlight cuts across, and the way it forms the reflections as well as just the pattern of light and dark- I'm going to have to do something like this again!

Red Sharpie

2"x4"
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Sometimes people ask me where I get my inspiration from, and how I think of all these different things to paint. Honestly.... if you're finishing a painting every day, everything is fair game to paint! And you learn something from every single painting, and that's the beauty of it :)

Wine Bottle Sketch

4"x6"
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I found this lovely Moscato at Weaver Street, since they didn't have any of my usual Benjamin's Vineyard scuppernong wine.... nummy :)

Eel and Avacado Roll

4"x6"
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Another sushi painting! Super cool textures and colors.... I don't know that any other prepared food is quite so paintable :)

Crunchy Roll

4"x6"
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Oh my goodness, I'd forgotten how much I love painting sushi! Don't you just love the light on this one, and the little curliques of mysterious goodness?

Crazy Little Owl

6"x6"
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This is one from a little while back that I somehow never got around to posting! It's sitting on my desk right now, making me laugh :)

Looking at Oneself

3"x6"
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This one makes me laugh- the one olive admiring its own reflection in the other one's backside! When I was in Louisville there was one little olive painting that everyone loved, and that sold very quickly- I wanted to try my hand at painting olives again, but with a twist of course :)

Enter

4"x6"
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All caught up, and feeling wonderful today :) I hope everyone is having a safe and wonderful weekend!
#1606

White Truck

6"x8"
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Porch Light

5"x7"
sold

Quiet Night

6"x8"
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Brown, White, and Yellow

6"x6"
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and.... a cow. a very cute one. I love her eyelashes.

Duck in Flight

4"x4"
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And this comes from some pictures I took while Nugget was chasing ducks at one of the campgrounds we stayed at! We were tossing them breadcrumbs so they wouldn't go far, but with a toddler chasing them they had to do something! So they'd waddle really really fast and take off, only to circle back around again. It was so funny! I love how the blurring of the wings gives the impression of movement, but keeps that iconic duck-y silhouette :)

Swinging

6"x8"
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Well, this is a significant departure for me! We found some really wonderful parks on our trip, and this is from one of many shots I took of Nugget on the swingsets....

Chocolate Cupcake and Strawberry

6"x8"
sold
....nom.....

#1597

Lemon Cupcake

5"x7"
sold
#1596

WIP - Strawberry and Rhubard Pie

8"x8"
On the way back home from Louisville to Durham, we stopped in Mount Airy, NC (better known as Mayberry) for food and to stretch our legs. And to let the baby run around, since she had just woken up from a nap. We had lunch at Barneys, which was delicious, and went to Miss Angels Heavenly Pies, which was super cool too- I got some nummies for still life purposes, and they were delicious!
#1595

Magnolia Sketch

5"x7"
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I had no idea that magnolias could grow that much further northwest of us here in central NC, but they were blooming everywhere, and the smell was amazing! Not to mention the visuals- magnolias are so beautiful.
#1594

Hosta Flower

5"x7"

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I'm working on bunches of paintings right now, all inspired by my trip up for Old Louisville Spring Fest- which was marvelous, by the way- and trying hard to get caught up here on the blog! Hugs to all you guys :)
#1593

Apple and Mirror Ball

8"x8"
sold
A definitely-not-a-daily-painting I just finished for the show in Louisville! I had so much fun painting this one- I've really missed using the mirror balls!
#1592

A and B

5"x7"
sold
I'm so glad I get to borrow Naomi's toys for painting!
Also, if I totally vanish- well, I will totally vanish at some point this week- anyways, I'm leaving for Louisville on Thursday for an art show up there on Saturday. Don't worry, I'll get all caught up with paintings and posts when I get back!
#1591

Nosey

9"x12"
sold
Something silly :D
#1590

Front Porch Swing

5"x7"
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Another evening piece. I'm blessed to live in an area with such interesting, beautiful homes....
#1589

With a Slice of Lemon

6"x6"
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Happy Friday, everybody!
#1588

The Garden Path

 5"x7"
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Two pictures of this one, because it was just so darn hard to get a proper image of it.... you know a painting like this is convincing when you go to photograph it and the camera keeps switching to "night scene"! I love it, though. It was supposed to just be a daily, but I think I got a little carried away :)

Yellow Change Purse

5"x7"
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Naomi got this when we went to the dentist, and she graciously allowed me to borrow it long enough to do a painting- I definitely want to try it again, there's something so interesting to me about the shapes, maybe it's the metal next to the gaudy yellow plastic....
#1586