Another Small One

This was a lot of fun because of the transparency of the yellow bowl and the wonderful color combinations. 6"x 6" oil on Ampersand gesso board.

A Small Still Life

After seeing so many other artists offering small paintings, I thought I would attempt one. Maintaining my brushwork on a small scale is challenging at first, but I quickly got used to it. These smaller still lifes are very charming. 6"x 6" oil on Ampersand gesso board panel.

The Yellow Pitcher

More still lifes exploring the red bowl on turquoise fabric. These are 8"x8", oil on board.  To purchase the top one, click here.  For the bottom one, click here.

Red and Turquoise

I set up a table with a backdrop, having bought fabric like candy. The red cup and turquoise fabric intrigued me. Oil on 8"x 8" board.

Still Lifes

These paintings are 8" x 8" on archival Amerpersand gesso board. The objective of a colorist approach to painting objects in light is simply to see and recreate the color of light. The color of an object is different in light and shadow and you must practice seeing and mixing all the nuances. Lee Boynton taught me to use a larger palette to accomplish this because, although you can mix a color wheel's worth of color with just a few tubes of paint, the purity of the hues is most intense in the many colors straight from the tube in a larger palette. The paint is applied thickly and confidently...well, at least it is supposed to look like I was confident. Some days I am definitely more confident and energetic than other days, and it does show in the finished paintings. 

Ideally, I would paint a still life outside in the sunlight (like the middle one), but that is not always possible, so I have a strong daylight lightbulb light for studio still lifes.