Workshop Nook

This montage of items required no staging at all. My husband's basement workshop and garage present hundreds of opportunities for interesting paintings. He doesn't try to make interesting compositions of things, they just happen.

It's actually one of the wonderful things about doing daily paintings, looking at my surroundings and considering subjects I never would have before. Elevating the mundane by utilizing unusual viewpoints, manipulating color and  lighting and working alla prima is a great way to continue to learn and grow as an artist. I think it also results in images that  resonate with a wide audience.

Pop Caps and Pop Art IX

The foundation for this piece is a James Rosenquist work that always reminds me of the Fourth of July and the innocence of childhood in a simpler age.

Moment of Reflection XII

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Here's a small scale take on a series I have pursued in much larger paintings. I am always intrigued by the reflections of objects in gently moving water. By only including a small portion of the actual object that is reflected, a very interesting abstract results that I believe really intrigues and draws the viewer in.

Only the fine  vertical white lines were reserved with masking fluid.

Salt & Pepper Bake-off

I'm pre-posting tonight for tomorrow because I will be up and off early.

Here's another funny little set of salt and pepper shakers. The container parts themselves are very small, they are the beaters on the mixer! I put my ancient rolling pin in there for scale. Anyone seriously using them for mealtimes with a family must have had to fill them up daily!

Pop Caps of Childhood II

I first masked out my bottle caps, washed the background color on and was then free to fling some paint around. My intent was to imply spilled soda without being literal. Not sure that came off so well, but it did add interest to the background.

The little Eskimo on the ginger ale cap is so cute. I wonder what company used him as a logo?

Glowing Scent II

A grey, foggy morning here, and another good day to post a warm and cheery little painting.

Actually, we went out for breakfast this a.m. and the coloring and atmospherics were off the charts amazing. At one point, coming back, we were on the road by Orchard Beach with the sun still low and trying to break through the fog with a warm golden/peachy light. No one else on the wet roads and the bare winter trees layered in lavender grays receding into the fog. Wow!

Piggy Bank

Here he is again. He has a wistful expression and looks a bit lonesome. Maybe that's because his belly is empty. But it's a New Year and he has hopes that soon he will be full.

That is my wish to all of you...a New Year of health, happiness, success and dreams fulfilled! If we so believe, so shall it be!