The lemons are out in front, and the jug is a pour second.
Oil on canvas board, 12" x 16"
Daily painting exercises in tonal realism since February 2013; adorned with terrible puns since 2014.
A little memento to take away from the recent Victorian Artists' Society paintout: I wanted to bring home the beacon.
Oil on plywood, 9" x 5"
For as long as I remain at a high vantage point, I'm constantly on the lookout.
Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"
To paint this scene, I had to lower the Barham somewhat.
Oil on plywood, 9" x 5"
P.S. It would have been better to have raised the bar as this will be one of my entries in this year's VAS 9 x 5 Exhibition.
This is a quick sketch from the first day of the most recent Victorian Artists' Society paint-out weekend. After a long drive, I was perhaps a wee bit distracted -- I biddled whilst foam churned.
To prepare this scene it was necessary to corral a pair and a half of pears. To paint it, I had to concentrate so as not to lose my bottle.
Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"
I started this painting over a week ago and ran out of time to finish. As such, I had to replace the persimmon because the original one had ripened to the point that it was persimmona non grata. The stand-in was a make-sift solution.
Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"
Quincy Stones was a persimmon of significance in the music industry
Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"
P.S. This started life as a quick demo for one of my recent workshops; I found it yesterday and quite liked it, so recreated the scene in order to complete it.
Painting is one percent quince-spiration and ninety-nine percent persimmon-spiration.
Oil on canvas board, 12" x 16"
To truly paint something you have to get into the mind of the object; therefore, if you think like a stone(ware), it's a piece of pith.
Oil on canvas board, 12" x 16"
I've painted this small copper jug many, many times, which reminds me of the old saying, little and often fills the persimmon.
Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"
Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"
Not much to offer in the way of a pun I'm afraid, just this lane excuse for word play.
Oil on canvas board, 12" x 16"
Bananas contain high levels of tryptophan which can apparently help with a small case of the blues.
Oil on canvas board, 12" x 16"
This natural light painting was a bit of a challenge -- I had to find a compromise somewhere between painting the light falling on the pumpkin and maintaining the bright orange colour. I'm not sure it quite worked, but I wonder if I should have stuck at it until midnight when it might have turned into a pumpkin all by itself.
Oil on canvas board, 16" x 20"
These tomatoes were grown in my vegetable garden and are, by definition, the most organic element in this painting. They appear to be snuggling up to the Peacock bottle, leading me to conclude that nature adores a vacuum.
Oil on canvas board, 16" x 20"