Vertical Avocado - 6x12

I found this painting hiding on one of my studio shelves, I had forgotten all about it! 

Oil on stretched linen, sides painted

6x12 inches

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Two Pears - 6x6

An old favorite, pears have such personality!

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Last of the Tomatoes - 6x6

Starting a series of still lifes, just to change things up a bit.  Here's the last of the tomatoes from my plants this year. 

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Honeycrisp - 5x5

I love when honeycrisp apples are in season! I never seem to get tired of them. 

Oil on panel, 5x5 inches 

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The Lineup - 8x10

I painted this one just because it made me happy.  And I have to say, it looks way cuter in person.  I love avocado green and this turquoise-y blue together, I almost want to keep it but I don't know where I would hang it. 

Oil on cradled panel, 8x10 inches

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Avocado Spots - 6x6

It's beautiful and sunny this morning, and I had a great Easter weekend :) My family came over to our place for Easter dinner, it was my first time hosting and I finally got to use all the great serving dishes we got as wedding gifts!

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

SOLD

Leafy Buddies - 6x6

I love orange and blue together :) 

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Lemon Blue II - Still life oil painting - 6x6

More lemons for today :) I had the perfect "girly" day yesterday, got my haircut, spend forever walking around Michaels, went to Target, then crafted the night away while watching Desperate Housewives (my guilty pleasure:) 

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Backlit Pears - Still life oil painting - 6x12

Some more of those pears from Blum Ranch, I'm having fun with these!

Oil on panel, 6x12 inches

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I laughed when I saw this today, thanks for having my back facebook, hopefully I would remember my own anniversary.

Cascading Avocados - Still life oil painting - 6x12

I like how playful this painting is, I really should just keep it and hang it in my own kitchen :)

Oil on cradled panel, 6x12 inches

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Clean - Lemon Still Life Oil Painting - 5x5

It's going to be a busy and long weekend, I'm very excited! Zach named this little painting, because it "made him feel clean".

Oil on ampersand gessobord, 5x5 inches - SOLD

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Yellow on Blue - Lemon Still Life Oil Painting - 6x6

Another little still life for today, using the same technique as yesterday. I love how the brushstrokes on the plate turned out, they are exactly what I wanted. I don't usually use these panels for still lifes, I feel like they're a little to smooth for such open shapes, but I really enjoyed working on them for these last two paintings.

Oil on Ampersand Gessobord, 6x6 inches

SOLD

Plate for Two - Still life oil painting - 6x6

A very happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there :)

A little still life for today. I was trying out a slightly different process while I painted this one. I usually lay down a sort of brownish ground and then pencil in my composition on top, well I ran out of lead in my pencil, and since we're still in temp housing there were no other pencils around. So this one was marked in with paint...that always made me nervous before, like I would ruin the painting before I even started. This time it worked very well, I don't think I'll ever go back.

Oil on Ampersand Gessobord, 6x6 inches

SOLD

Ok I'll Share - Avocado Still Life Oil Painting - 8x8

I was hoping that this weekend would be sunny and beautiful so I could get more shots of the town to paint. That was not the case, so I was stuck painting still lifes... ok I'm not really complaining... but I did want to hang out at the beach more :)

Oil on canvas panel, 8x8 inches - SOLD

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Three's A Crowd - Still life oil painting - 6x12

I can't think of a whole lot to write about this one.... I wanted it to be simple and I wanted it to be colorful. And I love orange and blue together, so tangerines were an obvious choice :)

Oil on a 6x12 inch canvas panel

SOLD

Lemons on Blue - Still life oil painting - 6x12

Well my whole body aches, so I know I've had a productive day. And I'm very much looking forward to this weekend, which will consist of date night, casino night, and most importantly beach day!

While I was packing up my studio I also found these 6x12 canvas panels, so I'll be trying those out for the next few days.

Oil on canvas panel, 6x12 inches - SOLD

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Avocado with Red - Still life oil painting - 8x8

Santa Barbara makes me want to paint avocados... it also makes me want to eat avocados, so I guess it all works out. I found these 8x8 canvas boards when I was packing up my studio, totally forgot I had them :)

Oil on canvas panel, 8x8 inches - SOLD

Green and Blue- Pear still life oil painting - 5x5

This weekend my sweetheart of a husband planned an overnight trip for us to go skiing at Beaver Creek. What a nice weekend of rest before we had to come back to repairs and packing....well it would have been if I hadn't taken a nasty fall the first day, my head still hurts, my neck hurts even more. I do not like lots powder and heavy falling snow... not a good combination. At least it was at the end of the season and not the beginning, and it meant Zach got to go ski the blacks for a change :)

Oil on gessobord panel, 5x5 inches

SOLD

Avocado Summer - Still life oil painting - 6x6

I am pleased to announce that in about two weeks we will be moving to beautiful Carpinteria, California (right next to Santa Barbara). If my postings are a little sporadic for the next month or so it is because we just found out and therefore have only 2 weeks to pack everything, find a new place to live, and sell our house :( But it will be so worth it!

Oil on canvas panel, 6x6 inches - SOLD

Orange and Blue - Still life oil painting - 6x6

This last week has been anything but normal, and I don't think this week will be any better, more details later....


In other news, clementines make me happy, so here's a whole bowl of them :)

Oil on Ampersand gessobord, 6x6 inches - SOLD