Original Oil Painting Fall Pear Collection

Fall Pear Collection

10" x 10"

Painted on Ampersand Gessobord.

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Original Oil Painting Fall Collection

Fall Collection

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10" x 10"

Painted on gessobord.

Here is a painting of things I collected on a nice autumn day. I threw in the bright red and green apples and orange paper to add geometric shapes to contrast the beautiful organic shape leaves and pine cone. 

The red apple is the star of the show. It just glistens compared to the other objections. I guess I went a little crazy polishing that red apple. 

Original Oil Painting Great Tit

Great Tit

8" x 10"

Painted on Ampersand Gessbord.

Original Oil Painting Autumn Apples

Autumn Apples

12" x 12"

Painted on Ampersand Gessobord.

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Original Oil Painting Duck Duck Goose

Duck Duck Goose

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10" x 10"

Painted on a gessobord.

I painted this from a still life I created in my studio. I love how the duck figurine has a similar shape as the pears. Why I named it Duck Duck Goose I have no idea. It just pop into my head. 

Original Oil Painting Autumn Sparrow

Autumn Sparrow

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8" x 10"

Painted on a gessobord.

There where many challenges in this painting. The background need to recede so that meant overlapping multi-colored leaves that are needed to contrast the sparrow and create the illusion of space. The leaves had to be larger as they got closer to the little bird and smaller and softer as they receded. Choosing the colors for the leaves depended mainly on the sparrow's light and dark body edges. If you look at the beak, tail, back wing and head the leaves are lighter. Even the sky color darken and lighten depending on the sparrow's edge. I kept the lightest sky color for the beak to draw the viewer's eye to the focal point in the painting. That took a lot of creative thought and luck.

The other challenge was the bird. So many layered colors were needed and I found that out by trail and error. I would look at an area on the bird ask myself what was the dominant color. After I mapped all the dominant colors I started to add the little varied colors and feather lines on top. This again require patience and trail/error techniques. I was lucking to have a wonderful photo to work from which helped and I posted it below. Thanks for the super photo, Rodney Campbell!

Original Oil Painting Tipped Apples

Tipped Apples

12" x 12"

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The leaves this year in Wisconsin are gorgeous! So my dog Tuck and I went on a walk gathering all the lovely leaves. I took about 60-70 pics of leaves, apples and Indian corn. I painted this from one of my favorite photos of the day. Can you tell that I photograph them in direct sunlight? 

Original Oil Painting Still Life by Window

Still life by Window

12" x 12"

Painted on gessobord. 

My biggest challenge in this painting was to create a strong light source coming through the lace curtain. The cherries on the branch needed to be back lit  and cast shadows on leaves behind them. To create interest, I also made the leaves let some of the light show through. Once I did the branch in front of the window everything seem to pop. The painting came alive! 

Thanks for viewing! Please feel free to leave comments. 

Original Oil Painting Cosmos Wild Flowers

Cosmos Wild Flowers

9" x 12"

Painted on ampersand gessobord.

  I really like how the cherries have circle around to see the wild flowers. This is a very playful painting with dramatic lighting. The sparkle in the glass also has a very playful quality. Thanks for viewing my painting. 

 

Which parts do you like? Comments are always appreciated.

Original Oil Painting Orange and Egg

Orange and Egg

9" x 12"

Painted on gessobord.

I painted this when I was also painting the portrait Jeff listed below. Here again I worked on reflective colors and glow. I soften the egg and orange to give them a glow look. I painted some reflective color in the egg and orange also. If you look closely you can see the orange half reflected in the whole orange and a hit of the table color in the egg's shadow. I painted this from a still life I created and photo I took. The idea came from my class. I decided to use the same objects given in the class photo assignment but use my own camera. That way I got a different perspective than the class photo.

Original Oil Painting Daffy Daffodils

Daffy Daffodils

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12" x 12"

Painted on gesso panel. 

$50.00

I painted this using a lot more palette knife than I usually do. My goal was to loosen up and try to create interesting brush strokes. Using the palette knife helped with this goal but also created slightly bigger flowers. The gold in this painting is very strong but the red apple is strong enough to create an interesting tension between the two.  Any way I am on the mend after that terrible cold last week and it feels great painting again!!

Original Oil Painting Silver Radishes

Silver Radishes

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12" x 12"

Painted on gesso panel. 

In this painting I tried to keep the background less detailed. The leaves on the radishes are more suggestive and the background radish, too. Doing this the silver goblet takes center stage with the radish in the foreground. The ends of the radishes give the painting a delicate touch with the way they whip around. Anyone for a radish??

Original Oil Painting Cast Iron Tea Pot

Cast Iron Teapot

9" x 12"

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I borrowed this black iron teapot from my brother. He uses this teapot in the winters to heat tea on his cast iron stove. That little stove does a great job heating up his three season room and also makes a great cup of tea. Thanks Gary for letting me borrow the teapot.

Original Oil Painting Autumn Colors

Autumn Colors

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12" x 12"

Painted on gesso board.

Original Oil Painting Autumn Hike

Autumn Hike

9" x 12"

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Original Oil Painting Little Big Rose

Little Big Rose

12" x 12"

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Original Oil Painting Sunlight Creek

Sunlight Creek

9" x 12" 

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Original Oil Painting Pumpkin 2013

Pumpkin 

16x20

Painted on stretch canvas on wooden frame.

Original Oil Painting of a White Lily

Oriental White Lily

16"x20"

Painted on stretch canvas on wooden frame.