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Updated 9/16/08
Still Life Paintings
Most of these paintings have inantimate objects or fruit as the major subject. If you are interested in florals, please click here to go to a page of floral subjects.
Still life paintings that have sold are on a separate page.
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"Carosel Horse" This painting is one of the Fabricritter series I did several years ago, along with Lila-cat and Shelf Life, another of the four. This was the last one, and I really pulled out the stops on it. Almost 90% of the canvas is made up of applied fabric swatches, over which I glazed acrylic color and medium to seal the swatches down. This is especially evident in the background.
The painting is a stretched canvas, and the flexibility of the fabric matches the canvas, plus the medium and paint are also flexible. Painting details such as the eye was just so much "eye candy!" 36x24 US $ 1200 Contact Elin or
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On to something simple, yet truly representative of the artist's life--what better to do than the design and color of a tube of paint? I realy like the way the tail of the tube curls up, and gets that blue flash of color. These Shiva paints have been with me for over two decades. I used to like several of their colors, especially ice blue. I used to buy them from the old Standard Brands--the only art supply store around at the time! 5 x 5 Oil for $100
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Every day when I go out our gate, I pass a couple of huge sycamore trees with their characteristic mottled trunks and large leaves. They have been asking me to paint them, and although I did paint the trees up the canyon a few days ago, I knew I wanted to do a study of one of their beautiful leaves. So today's 6 x 8 acrylic is capturing the unique beauty of these hand-sized leaves that have fallen and rustle on the edge of the road. The sycamores are the first to lose their leaves and the first to re-leaf in the spring. $120.
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"To the Light (Lilies)" After thinking for many hours what I could possibly do that would convey my feelings, my thoughts, and share my heart with all of you, the following painting came into my head, and I could see it finished even before I chose the 12" round, beveled edge canvas. I found the material I needed, but wanted to place the lilies above the horizon, as if lifted themselves to the light. I turned the one to face that direction to make the connection. I have an inner feeling of great peace with the completion of this work, and am just humbled by the gift of art that I can share on a daily basis with you.
May you each have a peace-filled, loving celebration in the comfort of your places, based upon your own religious beliefs. The song "Nearer My God to Thee" came to mind as I put the final strokes on the lily. It's one I play on the piano almost every session. US $260 Contact Elin or
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"Changing Light (Red Apple Exercise)" This is about 6 x 7 inches, and is an acrylic example of how to do layers with acrylics, painting this complex, yet simple apple. Note the beautiful change of coloration from the yellow orange on the lightest side to the red-violet in the shadows. I learned this from observing Dahlart Windberg's work, although I didn't understand what he was doing back then. I love the veils of color in this quick study. $100
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You ever get one of those days where everything seems to be chuggin' along just fine, and then someone or something comes along and mucks that all up for you? The world's smiling, and all of a sudden there's a rain cloud? I've had one of those days. OK, you know I'm packing to take my parent's ashes tomorrow, and was hip hopping along with no worries, and then I get a phone call. Unexpected and out of the blue, some bad news. Nothing I can't handle, but it always is a wake up call that things aren't always what you think they are when dealing with organizations and individuals. More may come later. Enough for now to say that my faith in human behavior has been shaken a bit.
Might make a difference in my painting tonight. We'll see. Well, well. Yessir, a little bottle of the blues came off the brushes (in oil) tonight. This painting is not about the nifty variations of the little glass bottle, but about the shadow shape that defines the composition. Simple though it may be, the "L" shape of the shadow and bottle defines the image, and almost look like a blue hand coming up to pick up the bottle. Hallow'een anyone? Oh, too soon. Sorry! Freaky day, though. You really find out who your friends are.
Y'all be safe, now, tuck your loved ones in and have a safe night.
Original oil, 4 x 6 inches, $100
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"Conservatism" Where do titles come from? I was looking at the position of this subject after I painted it, and the title just came out. Perhaps it is because the apple leans to the right and is on the right side. However, when I positioned it, I wanted to include the shadow shape. These Gala apples are so scrumptious, before and AFTER being painted! I hope everyone has a safe and quiet weekend. The party animals are out in force, with no mind for the reason for the holiday--to remember those who have died for freedom. May yours be peaceful. Original oil, 5 x 7 inches. $100
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"Today, Tomorrow and Always" Interesting how we are sandwiched in between that which is our future, and that which was our past. Today I picked up my Mom's ashes, and together we went and looked at property. Mom always loved real estate. Now before you think I've gone off the deep end, know that there was a lot of humor in the day's ride. She (in her box) on the passenger seat, and I even put one of her floppy-brimmed hats on her box. Now she is in the cedar chest with my dad's ashes, awaiting October and the trip for our final farewell.
In talking about always, I need to share with you the subject of today's painting--when I came back to the house after feeding the goats, there was this bouquet of salmon mini roses, a card, and a dinner set out on the table, all done by my husband. He knew I'd had a rough day, so he "rose" to the challenge with this gesture. Tomorrow is our anniversary, and the first line on the card so poignantly said "Today, Tomorrow and Always". Today, my Mom, Tomorrow, our anniversary, and Always our future together.
Our dinner was toasted with Wilson Creek's Almond Champagne. Yes, almond. Wonderful stuff. Makes the brushes do strange and wonderful things. Original 6 x 4 oil $100
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"ONIONS!!" How fun to have a plate of red and yellow onions... the plate was trasluscent green glass, on a redish cloth. This was a setup that my students used on Tuesday, and I painted it (different cloth color) for today's painting. This is an oil, also only 5 x 7 inches. I like the fact that the plate tips a bit, giving some subtle tension to the image. And of course the oils make such a rich feel to the surfaces.
Do you recognize that yellow Spanish onion? Yes, I still haven't used it in a winter stew yet. I painted it in acrylics on February 10! $100
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"Masking" In homage to the watercolorists of the world, I paint this little jar of Misket masking fluid, one of the many things about watercolor I've never been able to master. I think I'll stick with oils! Original oil, 5 x 7 inches. $100
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"Apricots" I went to the grocery store yesterday, and eyed the imported fruits and vegetables, so far out of season, and saw some really nice looking apricots. I bought only two, as the price of $4.99 per pound was way over my budget. I long for summer apricots! A 6 x 4 oil on gallery-wrap canvas, $100.
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"An Apple a Day" - Well, not really. This Gala has been getting sliced and given to the studio canary as a treat over the last several days. I did a bit more slicing on it tonight and it whispered, "Paint me." After a dunk in some lemon juice (to keep it from darkening in the setup), off it went to the studio and now is preserved in oils forever on this five by seven canvas. A rather simple subject, after yesterday's profound one. Simple still life setups such as today's painting are a good way for you (and me) to relax, and still paint. One doesn't have to do the equivalent of Raphael's "Madonna of the Meadows" every time we lift our brushes. Sometimes something simple flexes the mental and hand muscles just enough to provide the links between bigger works. There is still enough design thought going on, the placement of the slices, the lighting with consideration for the shadow shapes. There's the real exercise! $100
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"Equilateral" This is done from life, again with the joy of the sweetness that is now in my throat. I think that the process to paint these is not finished until the object is consumed. Consumed by my brush and then literally. Watermelons are wonderful fruits, and this one is different in that it is an organic melon. I was surprised and delighted at the burst of flavor from this usually watery treat. I'm sold on organic produce for the intense flavors found there. And now I will look for these in the store! I think what we mean when we say "home grown flavor" is more truly the organic method of growing something. At least it is true for me. This is a 5 x 7 oil $100
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"Nectarine" Ah, the joys of summer and the multitude of fresh fruit! Is there anything so luscious as a aromatic nectarine with its succulent flesh? Perhaps a peach? Or a dark plum? As the weather warms, so come these wondrous flavors and colors to our palates. Yes, dessert! Chiaroscuro in value, vibrant in reds and oranges, the first fruit of the summer is here forever. $100 Gadfry, I LOVE to paint!!!
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"White on White" The challenge of how to paint a seemingly simple subject of white onion on my grandmother's platter resulted in this 6 x 6 original oil for today's effort.
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"A Slice of Life" These organic apples are wonderful. They stay fresh looking all through the painting process, making it difficult to concentrate on painting! Oil, 4x6 gallery wrap canvas.
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"Hard Boiled" Free-range chickens and a hard boiled egg on the taboret tonight. Original oil, 5 x 7 inches. Available for $100
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"Young Pothos" It was late when we returned from a date together, my husband and I, so I picked a simple subject--the Pothos house plant that sits on my kitchen sink. With care and feeding, it will grow to envelop the pot hanger above the sink! Original oil, 6 x 4 inches, available for $100.
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"Color Study, 1996" I was riffling through a box of photographs and show catalogues this afternoon and came across this piece of canvas, which has an interesting history. The notes on the margin say it was painted in 1996. It was done as a quick color rough prior to a demonstration at the San Pedro Art Association (near Long Beach, California). Turns out I didn't do the demonstration because os a conflict with two people being scheduled, so this one became a larger painting down the road, which has now sold. If you look at this critically, you will see I didn't know enough about color to make good choices that are effective in conveying the time of day. For example, notice the use of blue and the oranges. A nice decade's space between this one and the ones in this month.I know a lot more now, yet this small work has a charm of its own. This 5,75 x 7 inch acrylic is available for $95.
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"Golden Globe" Oh the weather outside is frightful, but inside the fire's delightful...or something like that! Here's another of the vintage ornaments, this one being part of a set that my mother modified with the year, my name and where we were living. I have a handful of these 2" round ones left, this is the gold one. Interesting in doing it, I managed to paint my reflection, too. I like the old fashioned hangers on these as well--fun to paint those shadows! $100
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"What, Me Warhol?" Moving means emptying out the kitchen, and what is more common than a can of corn? Everybody has a couple of these on the kitchen shelf, and this one didn't get packed today. So it was a late dinner. I enjoyed painting it before digging in, because of the turn of the can from light into shadow meant that I worked through the warms to the cool palette as it slipped into shadow. Ellipses are also a bit fun to do, as the roundness of the can needs to fall back in space. Since I've moved my antique parlor mirror over to the other studio, my "silent critic" is truly silent! Original oil, 7 x 5 inches. $100
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Every once in a while I find myself painting something totally silly. Silly sock subjects. As I was folding laundry this afternoon, I started to see these ordinary socks in a new way. The character of the socks became more important than their utilitarian purpose. Arranging them to reveal that character took almost as much time as the creation of the painting itself. No master piece this, yet I found the painting of socks to be sublimely rewarding and funny. I'm chuckling as I look at the painting attached, and almost feel as though the Aflack duck is looking back at me. Who would have thought "Silly Socks" would have such character? What makes a good painting? Is it is the subject, or how it is painted, or the story it reveals?
There's a question for the ages. 5 x 7 Original oil, $100 for a silly painting of silly socks! Good for a laugh anytime.
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"You Say Tomato" Today's image contains more of the tomatoes that ended up in the salad du jour, but paused for a while on the taboret. I enjoyed painting these fellows because of the need to make them step back in space. You see, I knew that was my focus before I even lifted a brush. We have tools at our hand to make distance appear on the flat planes of our canvas--saturation, focus, value. I'm really pleased at how the edges change from tomato to tomato, and how the colors decrease in both value and saturation as the illusion is made to "fall back" in space. As I sat and looked at their luscious form and color in the studio, that distance and space was not apparent. As artists, we make reality more beautiful. 7 x 5 oil for $100.
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"Afternoon Pear" One of the handiest tools for teaching is to have an example/sample visual for students to handle when grasping new ideas. Last year I did a series of red pears in all types of light, and since that time, have sold a few of them. Now I'm replacing those missing ones with some new ones. This is the example I'll use to explain the shadow behavior on afternoon light. I've enhanced the shadow a bit for clarity. $100
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"Blueberries and Blue Glass" Here's another painting of things I'm uncovering in packing the move. This small hand-blown glass creamer was my mother's, and she kept it on a window sill where the sun would shine through it. I used to see it along with the the other glass pieces in the window when I came to visit. I thought the natural colors of the blueberries would enhance the composition, and placing it all on an orange background makes for a very cheerful image! Original oil, 7 x 5 inches $100
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"Tools of the Trade" Moving has surfaced some interesting tools from the studio depths--these two old tubes of oil paint ended up on the taboret for immortalizaiton before being boxed up and sent to the back of the pickup truck for the move. Still good, these oils have probably been with me since the 70s. That Cadmium Red Medium had a price tag of $1.75! On another note, my first daily painting almost a year ago was the same subject matter--different tube, though. Original Oil, 5x7 $100
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"Shallots" Today's bigger commission painting isn't falling off the brushes with the ease I'm used to, so I detoured into another nicely colored image of those boiling onions, or shallots, or cream onions--regaional names for the one-inch-sized onions you can buy at the store for a myriad of recipes. this is an original acrylic, on gallery wrap, and is 4 x 6 inches. I like the positioning of the three onions. Nothing casual about the story there. $100
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November 28
"Butterscotch" Oh, how I do love these hard candies! And after yesterday's complex painting, this was pure joy to paint...and eat! Contact Elin about this painting. $100
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November 23
"Sweet Tooth #4, Jelly Beans" OK, enough with the sweet stuff for a few days. Just painting them has been fun, however the temptation is growing! Original oil on canvas 4 x 6 inches. Contact Elin about this painting. $100
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November 22
"Sweet Tooth #3, For Love or Money" Since many people love chocolate, this seems an appropriate title for this Sweet Tooth #3 painting. Original oil, 4 x 6 inches. Contact Elin about this painting. $100
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November 21
"Sweet Tooth #2, Gummy Bears" How fun it is to see the way the light goes through these translucent treats. So beautiful, it is hard to eat them... but I digress! Original oil, 4 x 6 inches. Contact Elin about this painting. $100
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November 20
"Sweet Tooth #1, Candy Corn" Uh oh. Holiday candy appear again in the studio. I'm being good though, and only painting these favorites. Original oil, 4 x 6 inches. Contact Elin about this painting.
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November 18
"Macaroons" My all-time favorite cookie, and a wonderful dessert after painting these two coconut confections! Original acrylic on canvas 4 x 6 inches. Contact Elin about this painting. $100
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November 11
"Apple Dessert" Sometimes the best part of painting is when I get to eat the set up. I waited until almost eleven p.m. before enjoying my dessert apple--now forever captured in acrylic paint. Original 4 x 6 inches. Contact Elin about this painting.
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"Persimmons" From life, a gift from the student living in our guest house, these delicious persimmons first found their way to this still life, before being sliced and consumed! Original oil, 6 x 12 inches $250
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"Lattice Top Apple Pie" I brought home an apple pie today, because when I'm tired, I make shopping decisions with my sweet tooth instead of common sense. After a discussion with my beloved husband, this dietary madness is now just a model for the daily painting for today. So instead of wasting it or giving it away, here is the pie in a calorie-free format, and the expense of buying it is no longer a burden. It will be recycled. This 8 x 10 acrylic is available for $175 .
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"Vertical Pear" Working on still life subjects always presents problems of seeing and accurately depicting what's there, while still enhancing what you see to make a creditable two-dimensional image. You see, painting from life is all about processing three dimensions down to two, and if you depict it exactly the way you see it, you'll just have a flat painting. Painting from life is the ONLY way to train your eyes to see nuance of color, reflections and translate the reality of depth of field to the illusion of it on a flat surface. So keep painting, but remember that from life is the best way to sharpen your knives! This 7 x 5 inch oil is available for $100.
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"Cloisonne" This tiny (less than 2 inches in any direction) vase made out of cloisonne I've had since I was a kid. I think my aunt may have brought it back from her Asian travels in the forties and fifties--she was a dietician for the U.S. Army, a career Sargeant. My first memory of this little vase was when I stuck a couple flowers in it and entered it in the Ventura County Fair in the Floral Arrangement category. I was probably 13. No, I didn't win any ribbons for it. Today it is a 6 x 4 acrylic. $100
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Time to clean out the pill boxes! This action generated a painting today that is more what I'd like to do with the texture of the paint adding a distinct lusciousness I crave to see. There's a lot of palette knife instead of brushwork in this one. Hmmm, may have to get into the mindset of cleaning out pill boxes more often! This 5 x 7 inch oil is called "Close Friends" and joins the ranks of breakout paintings. I love it when creativity burps and these little gems appear.
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Taking a break from the commission (need to clear the cobwebs!), I rummaged around and found this red onion, and one of the specialty canvas sizees for smaller paintings. The canvas is 5 x 5 inches, and this is an acrylic, applied thickly. Nice to take a break from the oils for a day or so. In ohter news, I finished the Plein Air DVD, and will be sending it off for duplication this week. Next is to see the acrylic one on a DVD master as well!
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"New Year's Resolution...Not" This impudent jelly donut sticks its tongue of jelly out at you and me, almost teasing us to break those News Year's resolutions. Jelly donuts with their gooey raspberry centers cannot hold a candle to the holiday goodies just past, but it still makes a wonderful model to the second painting of 2007. I don't buy these things, but bring them home to feed the coyotes instead of having them go to waste (waist!?) in the trash bin. Original acrylic, 4 x 6 inches. $100
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Today's painting is all about what's NOT there--painting objects that have no local color, like some water, and a lot of glass!
This little hand-blown corked bottle came to me in the boxes of still life objects that are now in the studio, exposed to light for the first time in a long time. I see them with new eyes, and find many of them that intrigue. I placed this one on my taboret (oh, wonderful-now-put-together taboret!) and you can see flecks of paint from old painting projects behind it. Finding an object that had no interest before is also intriguing, because it measures our growth as artists to find something to paint in objects that might not hold much inherent interest. Bringing a love of painting to the task is just an added benefit!
What do you have around you that you've never painted? Funny how a lot of it needs just a bit of "new" viewing! I spent many a morning doing drawings of ordinary objects to decorate a daily report I had to do as a clerk many years ago. Even a coffee cup can be an art form! $100
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"Another Fat Pill" Oh Dear! This is just awful! That box of donuts is still in the studio, and another one slipped out to show up near my easel. I just had to paint it, because I CANNOT eat it! Goal setting for 2007 includes making better food choices, and you and I both know donuts are nowhere near the list! Yet I have to tell you about glazed donuts. When I was a kid back in Falls Church, Virginia, and went to church, and sang in the junior choir, after the service there was always a time for conversation and socializing. Always there were these oh-so-fresh glazed donuts in boxes for the parish to eat, coffee for the grownups and punch for the children. And they always had a lot of sugary glaze, and droplets on the wax paper. I remember those still-warm donuts to this day, and when I eat one (not this one!), I try to recapture that sense of community and those memories. Original acrylic on gallery wrap canvas, 5 x 7 inches. Available for $105
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"Vintage Ornament #3, Flocked" The weather has been dry, cold and windy, the only warm spots in sheltered corners of sunshine and the house cats are seeking indoor quadrants of warmth in the morning. The dry air is hard on my sinuses, but I was out with the machete cutting more cactus as I continue to clear out an area for a rock garden with succulents.
And as I think about these ornaments coming to light, I am finally ready to paint this one--It has a special meaning. This one's a tree-shaped flocked glass with those colored bands again, this time they are red and blue. My earliest memory of this one was back in the late 50's when we lived near Washington, D.C. My dad worked in the Pentagon, and I was about six years old. I can remember lying under the natural spruce tree looking up at the lights and this ornament, and pretending I was out west somewhere. Although none of these ornaments are expensive, they are fun to paint and are precious to me. I heard from another list member who suggested that they be put on display on a spring rod in a window, high enough to be out of the range of the cats. It's a good idea! 5 x 7 Oil for $100
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I sure wish these donuts would get out of my studio, but I've had such fun without even delayed gratification after the painting session. Oh, you see that there's a bite out of this one? No, I didn't do that. It happened before it was placed on the taboret. And you see the model, a chocolate cake donut with peanut sprinkles! This 4 x 6 oil is propped up behind that tasty little model, so you can see the source material, and the finished painting. It is fun to paint from life, even if the wafting odor of warm chocolate permeates the air as I paint, caused by the heat of the lamp. Oh, such will power!! Available for $100 on the Daily Paintings web site, and I'll include the real thing, too!
I'm still waiting for input for the next commission--until I hear, I cannot begin that one. It will be a lesson painting, if it comes to fruition. If not, perhaps I'll do a horse painting to fill the time and give more pointers about painting.
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Remember that I did the acrylic version of this still life for the Del Mar Fair a couple months ago? They took it and presented it on a wall with other artists who had approached this same subject using distinct media, including oils, watercolor, pastel, and drawing. The idea was to educate and entertain. I saw the final framed works, and it makes an impressive presentation! I ran across the reference photo while "de-piling" the studio, and thought you'd enjoy seeing my take on it in oils, at least half as much as I enjoyed painting this little 8 x 6 canvas. Real quick, real small, but still enjoyable in the terseness of it all!
So although the larger 16 x 20 is gone for education, now I have a smaller version replete with all that color. Available for $175
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Today's painting is of a Limoges sugar bowl and creamer that has been in the family since my grandmother was married--before 1900. This dark blue and silver inlaid set has always been visible somewhere in our house as I grew up. Today was also my mother's memorial service, and my brother put together a fifty minute video of images spanning over seventy years of my mother's life and marriage to my dad. Their three kids, and extended grandkids and great grandkids gathered today to celebrate and remember. I'm drained from the emotional content--brought to tears by so many things I'd never seen and achingly missing the past. Poignantly sad at the finality of the images I've seen, I'm still filled with the wonderfulness of the legacy my parents created.
Happy Mother's Day tomorrow.
Original oil, 9 x 12 inches on canvas, available for $175
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"Fruit Medley" I received a nice email from an artist I admire, asking if I would do a 9 x 12 still life. This one stretches my abilities which I enjoy, Bob! Original oil, 9 x 12 inches. $225
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"Stoneware" My Mom has owned this little stoneware jug, and then gave it to me some years ago. It has been tucked up on a high shelf, and when I was going through some things, found it. I enjoy painting simple objects with complex brushwork. Original oil, 6 x 6 inches.
 to new collector Roy Renfro of Pottsboro, Texas
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"Mom's Demitasse" My mother had this set of vintage laquerware cups and saucers, lined with gorgeous gold paint, and I love to paint them, sitting on various surfaces. Original oil on canvas, 9 x 12 inches, US $ 185 from Elin.
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"It Ain't Easy Being Green" (Kiwi #1) Daily Painting, and delicious, too! Original oil on board, 5 x 7 inches. $100
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"Cramp" (Paint tube #2) Fifth in the Daily Painting series. This tube of burnt sienna looked a tad bent out of shape... good for painting. Still good enough for using, too. But I'm not eating this one after painting it, unlike yesterday's. Available for $100.
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"Crescent Wrench #1" October 13, 2005. The second in the year-long "paint one painting a day" goal. I'm still working on other canvases, though. This 5 x 7 original oil is available for $100.Contact Elin or
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"Outdoors Still Life" This 12 x 9 inch oil painting was done as part of the demonstration for the "how to" portion of Elin's on-location instructional video, "Plein Air Painting with an ATTITUDE" which came out in July. This painting is the result of teaching students how to set up a still life just outside the door of your studio to practice painting "on location". US $ 185 Email to purchase from the artist
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"Study in Black" Elin brought out her mother's black laquerware demitasse cups for her students in the college painting class. Demonstrating black reflections was the exercise, and the finished 9 x 12 study shows the message well. Original acrylic on board, available for US $ 175 from the artist.
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"Lying Down on the Job" From life, this green bell pepper and the Lakota squash are forever captured in brilliant color. Original oil on canvas, painted on location in Idyllwild for the "Just Desserts" art walk. Original oil on linen canvas, 12 x 16 inches, US $ 330 Contact Elin
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"Symphony in Indigo" A still life setup, from life, Elin paints that white teapot yet again, but this painting is suffused with lilac and violets, complemented with oranges and yellow. Original oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches US $450 Contact Elin.
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"Fuji, CHOMP!" This was my breakfast and daily painting on Wednesday morning, October 19, but before I finished it, I had to enjoy it another way. Original oil on stretched canvas, 4 x 6 inches. Available for $100.
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"Peppers and Lakota Squash" Doing a free demonstration in oils for the art walk in Idyllwild, Elin painted these sumptuous vegetables on her great grandmother's blue and white platter. Original Oil on canvas, 9 x 12 inches, available for $220 from the artist.
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"White Pitcher and Tangerines" Setting up a still life in the studio is a great way to keep one's eye fresh and the paint flowing! I never lack for subjects with bookshelves full of still life objects. This painting resulted when another artist came to visit and paint. The weather was too windy to go outdoors, so we stayed in and ended up with a couple of nice pieces of art! Original oil on canvas, 14 x 18 inches. Price $375 Contact Elin or
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"Homage to Margaret" Exploring the origins of the laquerware cups, Elin paints this still life of ginger jar, apple blossoms and the cups to pay honor to her world-traveling now-deceased aunt. Original oil on canvas, 12 x 9 inches US $ 350 Email or purchase with the button below:
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"Still Life with Limes (Video Lesson Painting)" Elin completed her second video and did the entire editing using Final Cut Pro and her iMac. The result is a professional one-hour tape of her acrylic methods and this painting. The video is now available from the artist, and her still life includes the limes that look like lemons from their tree! Original acrylic on canvas, 16 x 20 inches, US $ 440 Email to purchase or
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