When in Rome Apples

When in Rome Apples, Original Oil Painting, Linen Canvas board, 6 x 6

Yesterday’s painting and ah yes – I’m guilty of painting apples again.  But what else are you going to do on a rainy rainy rainy day in the Bu?  Paint Apples, make enchiladas, and celebrate another day of living!

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Ruby Red Delicious

Crimson Threesome, Original Oil Painting, 6 x 6

It’s whale watching season in Malibu – so today I’ll be hopping from easel to binoculars!  So much to do and experience – life is rich and full of beauty.  Speaking of which, these beauties can be purchased in my ETSY shop.  Get em while they’re hot!

 

Perfume with My Pearls, Please

Perfume & Pearls, Original Oil Painting, Linen Canvas Board, 6 x 6

SOLD

Yesterday’s painting from the boudoir:  Perfume and Pearls.  So much fun painting the pearls;  a challenge in the beginning with a lustrous ending!

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In the Groove

Durga Yantra, Original Painting, Mixed Media: Gouache, Ink, Oil Pastel, 16 x 16 - SOLD

Two things rather essential to me:  

1. The need to be fulfilled – to feel fulfillment in my heart.

2.  The need to create.

Woke up this morning to an early visit from the plumber to snake the kitchen sink.  So I jumped into busy mode rather than my usual morning practice which completely through off the day.  After the 3rd canvas scrub-off, I gave up, sank on the couch, and went inside – ahhhh, much better.  

This work is “vintage” from a couple years ago.  I now and then paint yantras with Lascaux Resonance Gouache filled with “live impulses” (or so it says on the box).  Yantras are completely fun to make  and take hours and hours to complete.  My friend Karen Kelly taught me how to make yantras.  Karen has studied Vastu Geometry and paints the most elegant yantras!  

All that being said, today’s painting will be posted tomorrow, as the shadows grew too long by day’s end for decent photography.

Wednesday Buddha

Golden Buddha, Original Oil Painting, 6 x 6

Back at the easel with another version of the Golden Buddha from Nepal – inspired from my friend’s photo of a Buddha statue.  Purt near took me all day to paint this one.  Lots of layers & lots of fun.

Buddha |ˈboōdə; ˈboŏdə| (often the Buddha)a title given to the founder of Buddhism, Siddartha Gautama( c. 563– c. 460 bc). Born an Indian prince, he renounced wealth and family to become an ascetic, and after achieving enlightenment while meditating, taught all who came to learn from him.• [as n. ] ( a buddha) Buddhism a person who has attained full enlightenment.• ORIGIN Sanskrit, literally ‘enlightened,’ past participle ofbudh ‘know.’

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Quilted Apples

Quilted Apples, Original Watercolor Painting, 9 x 12

One more watercolor painting from my trip to Colorado.  Now I’m back to my oil paints, but have to say I did enjoy painting with the watercolors so perhaps will visit that medium now and then.  CLICK HERE to see the price of painting and how to purchase it.

How Long Do I Have To Hold Still

Quick Study, original watercolor painting, 8 x 8

Traveling with watercolors !  

A quick study of Ms. Tater as the day gets underway.   “Grandma, my hair does not look like that”.

Pick Up Sticks

Pick Up Sticks, Original Oil Painting, 6 x 6       SOLD

This was Saturday’s painting – I’m especially pleased with the color – and yes, it looks even better in real life.  Now I’m off to Colorado and taking my watercolors with me, which I have not used in forever and a day.  We’ll see what comes out of my brush!  I’ll post this painting on Etsy at some point soon.

Poach This

Poach This, Original Oil Painting, 6 x 6 – SOLD

I’m telling you – it’s a real challenge to paint yolks and shells.  Plenty of squinting to get the values right.  

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