Still Lifes
Pears in Turquoise Bowl (2007).
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2008 10.75 x 15 |
Each holiday season, my brother Ted typically sends me a bulb just ready to blossom. It brightens up the room like no other! This is a painting of the Amaryllis he sent me in December 2007. |
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2002 11 x 15 |
I go through periods of wanting to paint flowers. I purchased these hydrangeas to plant, and thought I would paint them before I got wet and dirty with the hose and shovel. |
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These petunias were growing in a friend’s garden in Lost Valley, near Dexter, Oregon. I began the painting as I sat on a brick patio in the family’s flower garden, and completed it later that evening, in her lovely artist studio. | |
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Fruit And Flowers 0000 7.5 x 10.75 |
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The irises shown in this painting were cut from my own flower garden, when I lived along Lost Creek, near Dexter, Oregon. In 1826, David Douglas noted local Kalapuyan people processing wild versions of these plants to make strong ropes. | |
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Sunflowers always remind me of late summer. I always liked the fact that they were taller than me, and loved to cut them down and put them in vases around my house. They are a fun flower to paint. | |
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2009 10.5 x 15 |
Still lifes are fun to paint. I especially liked the way the light hit the objects in this painting. I left white on the paper to provide contrast of light to color. |
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I like pears because of their sensuous shape and color. The turquoise bowl in this painting was purchased at a garage sale in Eugene for twenty-five cents. I loved the color and use the bowl to hold fresh seasonal fruit. The cast shadows of the pears can be seen as a reflection on the bowl. | |
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2005 11 x 15 |
It seems most of my interest around painting flowers occurs in the Spring, when all is blooming. I added Fall pears to suggest this was a house plant, and not growing outdoors. |
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2008 10.5 x 14.5 |
I painted this as part of a series of holiday themed greeting cards. It is a simple composition of complementary colors of reds and greens with the browns of the wicker basket. |
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This flower grew from a gift sent to me by my youngest brother, Ted, from Chicago. The brilliance of the deep reds was a joy to paint. The reflection on the vase was like a mirror, and added to the pleasure of the painting. | |
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2007 14.50 x 22 |
This same turquoise bowl appears in several of my paintings. I purchased the bowl and pitcher at a garage sale for twenty-five cents each. I bought the pitcher because I knew I wanted to include it in a still life, and this painting is the result. |
