Peaches, a Plate and a Knife 247 SOLD

Been to hot to get outside and paint. We have been on the road a great deal and have yet to get to "play" with some of the ideas I have had floating around in my head. I usually do that during the summers when I am not teaching, it gives me the opportunity to fully submerge myself in the painting without the pressures of other responsibilities outside of the studio... a time for me to be selfish and to re-invent.

Also on my list of things to do this summer: incorporate more objects in my daily paintings besides just the fuit themselves. I do love the close cropped images I have been painting, but I need to stretch it out a bit more and give myself a challenge.

Peach Explosion 107 SOLD

I did this piece after that last post, it is a different peach, I did not glue them back together. I really love the way in blew into a zillion pieces. The abstract quality is always what makes me the most interested in a piece. It is something you see every day, but deconstructed, shattered, broken, but whole. After all, that is our job, to make see things you see every day in a way that you have never seen them before.

Peach Halves, 106 SOLD

Well, after a week off, traveling to Paris and Memphis, TN for the 4th of July and a bout of food poisoning, I was up for a little painting. However, I forget how much you "forget" when you take that much time off. I found myself asking a lot of questions as I worked, it was not as automatic as usual, not to mention uncomfortable. I really feel like I need to go back and brush up on my fundamentals like light and shadow when you mix paint. Everything seems flat and has no natural form. Having not been formally trained to paint, these things come back to haunt you. At least I know what they are!!