Sunlight On Rose

Sunlight On Rose 

6x6 oil on canvas panel 

Artist Note.

This one is for the 

Daily Paintworks Challenge.

The Rose Challenge was submitted by

 an artist whom I

admire greatly and I have followed

her for quite a while.

Her name?

Drum roll....

Kaethe Bealer

She is brilliant at nailing her values

with beautiful, rich colors.

Here is a link to her

Rose Challenge

Be prepared to have your 

socks knocked off when you 

see the rose she painted 

from the photo.

You will see many other 

beautiful rose paintings

this challenge has inspired. 

 Here is a link to 

her gallery page

Kaethe Bealer

You can see she paints a variety

of subject matter

but all of them, magnificently.

Still putting together my workshop post.

Silver, Red & Turquoise!

Silver, Red & Turquoise!

6"x 6" oil on gesso board $125. SOLD

Artist Note.

I am proud of this one.

Big beam and a happy Julie!

Tomorrow is the last day 

of the 

Fracturing Technique workshop. 

(The cherries were painted before it.)

What a great group of

talented artists, I was lucky

enough to have.

I will ask their permission 

to show some of their work

in my next post.

First, I need to relax.

Mums, Picasso & Cherries

Mums, Picasso & Cherries.

8"x6"  oil on linen panel  SOLD

Artist Note.
 The cherries are still
inspiring me, so I went into a 

different color palette

and am happy I did.
I find the color harmony
in this one very appealing.

This is an extra personal painting
because I used 

an old and much loved
Picasso top
as the background.

The challenge of this was

how to do a "busy" painting

but still manage to

keep a focal area.

It was fun to paint.

Spilled Cherries

Spilled Cherries

6x8inches oil on canvas panel $140. SOLD

Artist Note

This went thru several incarnations,

starting off with a silver bowl.

It became a fight of reflections!

I know when I am beaten 

so I went and got a white bowl

off the shelf.

This is another painting

 from the big box of cherries

we bought at Nichols Ranch

See HERE for directions.

Situated a beautiful 80 min drive 

from Las Cruces,

the orchards are 

at an altitude of 6,800ft

- much cooler than here!

Leaving, we stopped to admire 

this view

of the brilliant streak of light

below the distant mountains 

created by

 White Sands National Monument.

seeHERE

Hot today with more 

heat on the way.

 My new studio in nice and cool.

The Striped Pitcher

The Striped Pitcher

8"x 6" oil on canvas/panel $140. SOLD

Artist Note.

I LOOOOVE my new studio!

 I want to show you my

set-up for painting a still life

 I needed  something that was: 

convenient to get to... 

right by my easel...

      and very versatile...

This fits the bill perfectly.

I screwed two shelving strips 

into the wall

making them long enough 

so I could adjust

the viewpoint from either,

eye level - see below

- or moving it down for 

taller still life set-ups.

 (See last image)

It is so easy to adjust. 

. I used the longer18-inch brackets

to support a good sized surface. 

I used a 20"x20" piece of plywood

on top of the lower brackets

and  placed a piece of

24' foam core over the top

This also prevents my overhead light 

from interrupting a

single light source.

I can have fabric over this 

to drop down behind

And I can also use colored paper

The gooseneck light

 adjusts in any position

from any side.

This shows how 

I can also use the

  sight-size method. 

So there it is. I hope I get a 

lot of use out of it.

Whoo hoo!!