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11 x 14 original oil painting.  Drove by this abandoned farm house the window trim caught my eye.  On my way back home that day stopped to walk around.  The snow was really deep it was very cold and my boots were at home so not much walking was done.  Would have liked to get up close and peeked in the windows and may do that this summer if my travels take me that way again.

Cracked Eggs

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While making breakfast here it was ...right in front of me.  My little egg beater who roams around the kitchen happened to catch the scene.   What a character...he pops up in my paintings every now and then.

U of M Peony Garden

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This is a beautiful peony garden tucked away on campus. Met up with a local art group to paint the scene.   Many families came for a stroll and loved the kids who walked right up and wanted to see the painting on my easel.  The parents would apologized for the intrusion as the kids dragged them over to have a look.  How wonderful to be an artist and encouraging children.

Rose challenge

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Could not pass up a pretty rose this is a DPW Challenge painting.  After losing my studio for 10 days for some wall work then running out of hard board my first attempt was on a linen panel that was purchased to try ...hmmm, didn't like it so after painting on it for two days it went in the garbage.   Located one 8 x 8 inch gessoed hardboard to start over on.  Originally the background was part of the painting it seemed to busy and distracting from the rose for my liking.

Wrapping up a still life

Lately this still life has demanded my attention.  This is a 20 x 24 oil on hardboard.  It is very wet and the photograph is showing some glare.    Now it needs to sit and dry for a week and then I will know if it is a finished painting.

What happened

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We were pretending that spring is on it's way and had a barbecue with yummy ribs.   My job was to make potato salad only the crime scene caught my eye and delayed the process.

This quote might have influenced me.

“A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.” Leonardo da Vinci.  

Watermelon slices

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Summer just flew by and moving into fall but can't let it all go yet way to many paintings that didn't get on the easel yet. Tomorrow it is going to be 90 degree's at last an Indian Summer we haven't had one of those for awhile.

Daisy shadows

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Was arranging flowers and what caught my eye were the shadows. It's daisy time.

Winter stream

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Better wrap up the winter stuff we could be heading towards spring soon.

Some raspberries

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The last few days were spent working  on a composition for a commissioned piece. It felt great drawing and using watercolors for testing color ideas and having the whole idea evolve forgot about the crappy weather for awhile. Today was spent cleaning and now after painting this the colors have cheered me up, hope they do the same for you.

Pink rose

My favorite rose done as an 8" x  8" not my usual 6" x 6" size.

Bold tomato

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This was a happy accident having this much garlic around to fill a bowl and tomato goes with garlic.

Rose III

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Still painting rose's, they have such subtle color changes that have such a powerful impact.

Rose II

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This rose was beautiful from every angle.