" My Mate " 8' X 8" Acrylic on wrapped canvas

8 inch x 8 inch

This started out as the study for a large 20" x 20'' painting. I actually decide i really liked it and gave it a full make over. Its odd sometimes I can stare at things for ever deciding what color they really are.I first this jar looked black then eventually I realised it was actually nearly purple!

Any way its rare I say it but I really like this painting!

"Cala Lilly "

SOLD
1212

12 inch x 6 inch

Back to painting flowers from trader joes - Actually painting something that has little color is a real challenge. It a pretty simple painting but i quite like it

So Solo

10 inch x 10 inch

Yes I have been at Trader Joe's again.. Every time I pick up a bunch of these i realise that they are so very different. Sometimes the petals are variegated some times quite solid. These were just a lovely deep pink.

LinearLandscapes - Studio View

I have been asked to post a view of my quirky landscapes. This is a photograph of the corner of my studio. Note the large pencil sitting on the right.

" Best Mom"

6 inch x 6 inch

Its actually mothers day in the UK in march and being unable to actually buy a card in the US due to the date differences I decided to paint something. It then made me think why we only say thanks once a year so I painted this for any one who may just want to say thank you for no other reason than to just say thank you.

Loves me,loves me not

SO

8 inch x 6 inch

Well I was supposed to be painting the last of my lollipop trio's yesterday. However all good plans of mice and men as they say, I happened to pop in Trader Joes yesterday and they had a blaze of gerbera's on sale. They reminded me of sitting on a school field pulling daisies looking back I think the answer was usually no. I put it down to tall gangly teenager syndrome.

So big pink daisies and a Happy Valentines Day

In The Bag

6 inch x 6 inch

Only one more lollipop to paint and I can't decide if its going to be orange or blue!

But its in a bag....

Little Lemon Lolly, 5 in x 7 in Acrylic on wrapped camvas

 SOLD on Ebay

For some reason I have become fixated on trio's so two more to follow. This little yellow lollipop is sitting in  its  wrapper. I love how the plastic wrapper pick up and intensifies the color beneath. The side lighting bounces some vibrant highlights on  right. 

On the weather front for you Brits, well its jolly marvelous at the moment!

Rock and Roll, 6 in x 6 in Acrylic on wrapped canvas

SOLD

Something about the background of this painting niggled me so it had some rework over the weekend it just didn't seem mat enough - Happy at last.

Pastel Pales, 6 in x 6 in Acrylic on wrapped canvas

SOLD on Ebay

I don't quite know why I have become so fixated on pencils. So I  decided I would allow myself to paint a series of three and get it out of my system. Next week I think I will focus on do-nuts there is a local shop that sells the most vibrant icing I have seen. Surely no artificial dyes or e - numbers....

Thumb Nail 2

Mock up two for "jug and bowl"

Thumb Nails

As promised a few of my mock ups for my  larger more traditional still life paintings

Little Pink Lollipop 5 in x 7 in Acrylic on wrapped canvas

SOLD

These small lollipops just made me laugh, big pink shiny hearts in a  little plastic bag. They were so loud that I decided it would be an insult to paint them on a pale background so pretty in pink it is

I have had a couple of requests to see my thumb nails for my more " classic " work I will post these tomorrow

" Bliss' Chocolate Candy bar 6 in x 8 in Acrylic

Mrs woods if you read this, this ones for you... After your comments about HDL to LDL ratios,

I decided all was well with the world and ate a whole bar of Nestle's crunch and after week's without chocolate it was heaven. I will also be following your expert recommendations and protecting my cardiovascular system with a good glass of red wine.

On the painting front this was interesting with regard to the shadows it took me a while to really grasp how the shadows transitioned from brown to blue grey under the chocolate bar

love You - (2) 6 in x 6 in Acrylic

Not For Sale

I sold the original of this painting last week. My other half was pretty disappointed he's a keen scrabble player and had grown attached to it. So I painted a copy for home, the colors are stronger but the sentiment remains the same.

On a lighter note the weather in Sunny CA has been hideous, wetter than Wigan, I trooped out this morning clad in long green
wellington boots armed with a four foot golfing umbrella. Nothing better than a bit of puddle jumping even at my age!

Little Red Lollipop ( 2) 6 in x 6 in Acrylic

I have become rather attached to these little lollipops so I thought I would I would paint it one last time before I ate it!

Temptation 6 in x 6 in Acrylic

I painted this today simply because I was grumpy. I had my blood results back on Friday and my cholesterol is sky high.
Consequently I have put on a low fat low sugar diet. What do I do with a whole draw of sweets!.

Its temptation enough top drive a women insane...

Bearing my Heart . 8 in x 8 in Acrylic

He's finished !. This is a real change in painting style for me which i must say i really enjoyed.

This little bear same from a trip to Maui a few years ago, I saw him in a shop and just had to bring him home.
Sad at my age but we all have our little quirks.

Rock and Roll 6 in x 6 in Acrylic

I just love these old dice I think their from the 30's or 40's the colours are just wonderful.
I even love the way the white of the dots has gently yellowed.

Not sure what I fancy painting tomorrow - Any inspirations ?

Sweets for my Sweet 5 in x 5 in Acrylic

SOLD 

Well it finally stopped raining and I'll put my wellingtons away for another year....

On the painting front well, it is nearly Valentines day! . These are british love hearts they are about the size of a quarter they have been making these in the north of England since the thirties. I am pretty sure they still use the same machine.