Turquoise Leaf and Oleanders - day 23 in the Challenge

Turquoise Leaf and Oleanders

6x6in oil on canvas panel   SOLD

Day 23

I have loved this little leaf dish because the
glaze is so drop dead beautiful.
It gives the impression of caribbean water.
Glazes are something my mother excelled at
as a potter, and this is a color
she would have loved to have used.

Sun is out today - hooray!

Mother's Pottery #10

Mother's Pottery #10

8x6in  oil on canvas panel  100.

Mother made this wonderful plant pot and my daughter provided the
Calla Lilly plant.  (I have a very special daughter and she knows how
much I adore callas.)
It is also beautiful with hyacinths.

This is another piece made when mother was 80. When she presented it to me
I said something about the strong pink not being a color she would normally use and she
paused for a moment and then admitted that she had read the glaze container wrong!
It was the start of her loosing her central vision.

Artist Note:

This is painted on oil primed linen.  I use Centurion linen, oil primed sheets which come in a pad.
 I find it is a wonderful surface to paint on. For a start the paint responds
differently than on regular gesso and the colors are more intense. When dry, I will mount it with YES paste to a panel. YES is archival, acid free. I also use Miracle Muck. Another good one.