Three Pears With a White Dish

This is 11 x 14 on a gallery wrapped canvas

Two Pears and a Plum

This is 8 x 10 on a gallery wrapped canvas.

Two Green Bottles and Two Pears

    I finished this last week.  It's 16 x 20 and the largest still life that I've done so far.  I was thinking a lot about the complimentary colors red and green while I was setting it up. I also liked that the two green bottles are almost the same color but not quite.

Some Views of the studio

Here are a few views of my studio set up for visitors on the Ithaca Art Trail.  Its open again this Saturday and Sunday from 1-5 each day.

Jonquils

     I painted this a few months ago while the Jonquils were still in bloom.  Jonquils and daffodils are two of my early Spring favorites.  I started several larger daffodil paintings in the Spring also, which I hope to resume in the Fall.  These Jonquils are in a glass that was intended to be a shot glass.  I really like the shape and thought it would work well as a vase for small flowers.

     

Old Maple on Scofield Rd

     I've passed by this old Maple many times and it's always caught my interest but I hadn't seen it as a drawing subject until one day this past Spring when I saw it as an embrace.  I love this tree!  This drawing is dedicated to my Dad who passed away in March at 89 years of age.

Magnolia

This is a Magnolia that I saw at Buttermilk Falls State Park a month or so ago.  I really liked the soft light that was falling on it.  It's painted in sumi ink washes and  I didn't use any quill pen hatching on it as I usually do because I wanted to keep it very soft.