Original Oil Painting Pepper Corn

Pepper Corn

14" x 18

Painted on linen board. 

I painted this from a still life I created. I posted a photo of the still life below. I really like the contrast textures the items have and I hope others do too! It was so much fun painting the kernels and hair of the corn cob and the bold colors of the peppers. 

Original Oil Painting Corn and Onions

Sunflowers Feast 

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16" x 20"

Painted on Raphael Premium Linen Panel

Here is a nice autumn painting! This is another painting I made for my weekly paint class. I just finished a commission portrait that I can not post because it is going to be a gift. The portrait was such a challenge that it made this one a blast. The object of the lesson was to use as many brush and palette techniques as possible. See if you can count all the different paint applications.  

Original Oil Painting Autumn Harvest

Autumn Harvest

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12" x 12"

Painted on gessobord.

Went to the grocery store yesterday and saw this colorful squash. I knew immediately this was going to be my next painting. So I looked around for vegetable compliments and found some roma tomatoes, pea pods and scallions. Now to get home and put a display together before someone eats it! My husband is very considerate and usually asks: "Donna can I eat this or are you going to paint it?" What a nice guy!

 Below is the photo I took of my still life. 

 

Original Oil Painting Radishes and Onion

Radishes and Onion

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12" x 12"

This is an oil painting I made using one of my still life set-ups. I love all the skinny thin radish tails swarming around. They do not bother the onion at all. Thanks for viewing! 

Original Oil Painting Onion Friends

Onion Friends


12" x 12"
Painted on gessobord.

Some paintings almost paint themselves. This is one that did not. I really struggled with it. I had to force the warm harmony on the daisies and that was a battle. Everything in the still life had a warm tone to them except the yellow daisies, wierd. But I was not going to give up even if the tomatoes started to look a little tried. I must of painted the daisies three times before I could get the right values. I ended up using a reference photo I took to help finish up and then just turn to the painting and asked what do you need. Forget the still life, forget the reference photo I took, just focus on the painting.  Because in the end it is only the painting that matters!

Original Oil Painting Sunflowers and Tomatoes

Sunflowers and Tomatoes

16" x 20"

Painted on stretched canvas.

This is one of my larger paintings. I like this still life because of the variations of textures: glass, clay and copper. I added the tomatoes because I wanted a strong color on the left to balance the large golden sunflowers. There are a lot of strong items in this painting but they all play so well with each other. I really enjoyed painting this still life.

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 Salad

Salad

10"x10"

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