Jilted

I love painting the Gerbera daisy. I wish they came in variety packs with regard to color. The last a long time too. The title "Jilted" came to mind because the smaller more decayed flower reminded me of a jilted lover. The surface is an 8 by 8 inch piece of Wallis paper. I started out with a watercolor under painting and used a variety of pastels including Sennelier's iridescent colors. I added some purple highlights to the flowers to give it a bit of a bounce.

Daisy Waning

I enjoy painting from life and I also like to make the most out of my money. I have been known to keep flowers for three weeks to paint. Each stage of the life of a flower or piece of fruit is interesting to me. As to background colors I am experimenting a bit with color and color theory. I guess all art is experimentation with color and color theory.

Counter Top Portrait 1

I'm focusing a little bit on color play also. I try not to limit my color choices to the local color and I want the background to have a statement too.

Family Heirloom With Tomatoes

Another painting to add to my "counter top" series. I was given this set of dishes when I graduated from high school. Mrs. Mabel gave them to me and I still have them to this day. I don't know why I keep these things, but I do. Holly from work gave me the tomatoes which were from her garden. I worked on this one on multiple occasions so many perspectives are reflected.

Whenever I have to attend a seminar I sketch. This young man accused me of stalking him because I drew him. I guess his accusation is true because I did evaluate and judge him when I rendered his likeness. I liked his glasses most as I considered them stylish. He was a pretty man to me in that he had great features.