"Pitcher This..."

I decided to go light!  This is a painting of a very nicely aged  (love the patina) pitcher staged with a piece of clothe I got at the fabric store and fruit from the market...  I love the texture of the clothe and plan to stage it in  future settings... the ivy is from a clipping of one of my mothers ivy potted plants.

16x20

Oil on Linen

Strawberries in Cordial glass

Hi friends... This post is a bit delayed - I've been a bit distracted lately with a lot activity.  I went to the Greenhouse Gallery last week to pick up the painting "The Delicious Subject".  Before going I did complete another small work - just hadn't posted it yet.  I've also been working on a larger painting - a still life which I will be posting later this week.  Back to topic -

This beautiful Cordial glass is slightly tinted blue - you'll notice the strawberries in the glass have a bit of a frosted blueish purple look to them as a result.   I purchased the cordials at an auction - there are six total and  four various colors.  You'll be seeing the others in the future.  I love the lines of this glass... hope you enjoy what I've done with it...  The painting will be framed floater style in a custom frame.

Strawberry Sundae

5x5 - Oil on Linen panel

Custom Frame -Float style (approx 11 x 11) 

Berries and Cream

I picked up this little creamer at a local antique dealer (although I don't think it's really an antique... I thought it was cute) and decided to stage it with some berries.  Used low lighting for the light effects.

5x5 

Oil on Linen panel

Custom floating frame

Artist's Bio

As an artist, I’ve been living and working in the Central Texas and the Texas Hill Country area for the past thirty years. I work out of my home studio in Round Rock, Texas in my preferred medium – oil.   I'm inspired by nature and color.   I love to paint landscapes, flowers and still life subjects.

I first became exposed to art as a child in  California.  We had a professional artist as a neighbor.  I spent many hours watching with fascination as she worked and was mesmerized by her ability to transform a flat surface into a likeness with depth and  dimension that made the images  life like.  

During the 80's  one of my neighbors challenged me to reproduce a painting she  had completed - that was the beginning of a new love.