blue egg shells

5 1/2" by 6" daily pastel painting, unframed

I went digging through my egg photos again. What is it about eggs that makes them just an ideal subject for painting?!

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cut apple daily painting

5" by 7" daily pastel painting, unframed

A simple green apple pastel painting. I've had a big craving for apples lately.

$100 with free shipping and handling in the US. Please email me for International shipping rates or other inquiries.

rower

5" by 7" daily pastel painting, unframed

Different Strokes from Different Folks" art challenge for the week.
The last post was minus the woman rowing. Figure work with pastels on a small scale is painstaking for me. I always need to remind myself to look only at the shapes and it works out.

$100 with free shipping and handling in the US. Please email me for International shipping rates or other inquiries.

abandoned row boat

5" by 7" daily pastel painting, unframed

Originally painted for Karin Jurick's art challenge. The original photo has a rower but I botched the rower and abandoned her although her shadow remains. I'll be posting another version soon with the rower included.
I guess you can say this is slightly surreal ;-)

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yolk landscape pastel

7" by 7" daily pastel painting, unframed

I shot almost 20 photos of eggs for a larger painting. This is painted from a crop of one of them. That's the most eggs I ever ate in one sitting!

$100 with free shipping and handling in the US. Please email me for International shipping rates or other inquiries.

Skyline Blvd, San Francisco

6" by 9" daily oil painting, unframed

Driving on Skyline Blvd heading south on Route 1 (the coast road) was by far my favorite road trip when I lived in Berkeley. There are so many spectacular views along the road.

I frequently get excited with the idea of a new theme for a series of paintings although I don't always follow through because I find another theme that excites me to replace it. For the time being I plan to work on landscapes.
I had to photograph this and I miss using my scanner. With pastels I can place the painting directly on the scanner bed and my colors usually match up perfectly. I needed to make adjustments in Photoshop to have the image match the painting. It matches very well, even though you can't see the creaminess and texture of the paint. Then there's always the monitor differences.
Once the painting is dry enough it will be shipped. It should take less than a week.

$120 with free shipping and handling in the US. Please email me for International shipping rates or other inquiries.

New England country road acrylic painting

5" by 5" daily acrylic painting
stretched canvas, ready to hang

The reference I used for this painting is a country road down the street but it's a familiar scene throughout New England.

$100 with free shipping and handling in the US. Please email me for International shipping rates or other inquiries.

copy of Georgia O'Keeffe's Blue River painting

4" by 7" daily pastel painting, unframed

A copy of Georgia O'Keeffe's Blue River painting for Following the Masters art challenge. I'm mostly a contemporary realist but I absolutely love O'Keeffe's work.
I believe this a view of the Chama River in Abiquiu, New Mexico. I stayed there for a week last summer and this looks very familiar. I spoke to one of the rangers at the reservoir and he told that when he was a young boy he ran into O'Keeffe while she was working on a painting of the river. This may be the painting he saw that day. Many of the locals in Abiquiu have stories about her. Most said that she didn't have much time for chit chat, and that's putting it nicely. One described her as a crabby old woman.

I have tried and keep trying different styles of painting and I always come back to realism even though at times it may contain a touch of the surreal. It comes more naturally to me than any other style of painting.

$75 with free shipping and handling in the US. Please email me for International shipping rates or other inquiries.

Summer Vegetables

7" by 7" daily pastel painting, unframed

Week #37 and 38 art challenge at Different Strokes from Different Folks. I haven't participated in the art challenge for a while. Fun!

$100 with free shipping and handling in the US. Please email me for International shipping rates or other inquiries.

Florence, Italy

8" by 6" daily pastel painting, unframed

I found Bill Guffey's Virtual Paintout site yesterday. Bill chooses a location, then the artist goes to Google maps and find a spot within that location to paint. I found so many scenes I wanted to paint in Florence. This house won me over for it's quaintness and colors.
Not your favorite spot in the world? Go to GoogleMaps, type in your favorite place and drag the little yellow man to it. Send me the address or the image you grabbed with "print screen" and I'll paint a 5 x 7 for you for $100. Email me if you are interested.

$100 with free shipping and handling in the US. Please email me for International shipping rates or other inquiries.

Ranchos de Taos

10 1/2" by 7 1/2" daily pastel painting, unframed

San Francisco de Asis Church in Taos, New Mexico. Also known as Ranchos de Taos. I just love these structures. The more scenes I paint of New Mexico, the more I want to go back to visit.

Part of my collection at the Preservation Framer in North Attleboro, MA.