Donna Munsch Fine Art: strawberries

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Friday, December 14, 2018

Original Oil Painting Lemon Rose with Strawberries

Lemon Rose with Strawberries

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14" x 11"

Painted on Ampersand Gessobord.

These are a few of my favorite things....

Saturday, October 20, 2018

Original Oil Painting Summer's Sunflowers

Summer's Sunflowers

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14" x 18"

Painted on stretch Canvas.

Monday, July 2, 2018

Original Oil Painting Strawberry Creamer

Strawberry Creamer

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12" x 12"

Painted on Ampersand Gessobord.

First Strawberries of the season and so good!

Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Original Oil Painting Fruity

Fruity

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Painted on an Ampersand Gessobord.

10" x 10"

I am on a strawberry roll. Here is another painting from my studio still life(s) using my California Yummy Strawberries! They are being protected my the other fruit but as usual one tries to roll away.

Sunday, July 30, 2017

Original Oil Painting Sunflower and Strawberries

Sunflower and Strawberries

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8" x 10"

Painted on Ampersand Gessobord

Final touches added, yeah!

Saturday, July 29, 2017

Original Oil Painting Strawberry Sunflower

Sunflower Strawberries

8" x 10"

Painted on Ampersand Gessobord.

It has been awhile since my last post. I haven't been able to get myself to pick up a brush. That happens from time to time. So I spent my time surfing the net and looking at all the beautiful art work. Usually that gets me going but this time it did not work. Then I started to gather things from the refrigerator and garden arranging some still life(s) and photographing them. I would take maybe 72 pictures to find one or two I liked. I find still life arrangements a lot of work. It is not easy to create compositions that work plus adjusting lighting and strawberries rolling the wrong way.

Well today I started this small one. Tomorrow I hope to added the finishing details: checking the colors and fixing any color that looks muddy and brightening the highlights. It is always easier to do this when the paint is dryer.

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Original Oil Painting Relax Honey Dew

Relax Honey Dew

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12" x 12"

Painted on gessobord.

I painted this from a still life in the studio. I like the blue green honey dew with the red strawberries such a nice compliment. I kept the rest more neutral in color to show off the compliments more. It has a calmness to it that I don't fully understand why but I like it. I thought about adding some seeds and leaves to the table but my gut said no. I would loose the stillness and calmness that I liked about the still life.

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Original Oil Painting Daffodils and Strawberries

Daffodils and Strawberries

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12" x 12"

Painted on gessobord.

My daffodils are getting a little old but I managed to paint one more still life. I added a vintage sugar server I found at Goodwill. I love how the tin top reflects the daffodils. The two glass containers are interesting: one with vertical lines and the other smooth. The star of the show is the center daffodil. It took quite awhile to get it just right. The hardest part was the shadow the objects cast and adding the hint of violet to the background wall to contrast and compliment the yellow. Even thou the wall and table are similar the hint of violet and the red strawberries make everything pop!

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Original Oil Painting Fruit Overflow

Fruit Overflow

11" x 14"

Painted on gessobord.

The strawberries and grapes are the stars of this painting. The red and green complimentary colors really sing with the more neutral background colors. Yes the orange is trying to hide again, but I really needed him on the left to balance the strong red and green combo on the right. Lots of reflective color in this painting. Hope you can find them all.

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Original Oil Painting Just a Couple

Just a Couple

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10" x 10"

Painted on gessobord.

Strawberries were on sale at Festival Foods and I could not resist grabbing them to paint. So after a couple of hours I came up with this still life. It was a nice refresher course on how to paint strawberries. It is so easy to get carried away with all the details. To avoid this I paint them with all the details and then the next day soften the ones in the shadows and brighten the parts in the light. I posted a picture of the still life I was working from below.

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Original Oil Painting Strawberry Boat

Strawberry Boat

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9" x 12"

Painted on gesso panel.

I painted this using a still life photo I took a week ago. I usually like to take many still life photos at once. I chose a set-up I like and proceed to paint. I do not delete the other photos because I can paint them later. I just won't have the objects sitting in front of me.