Orchids to Scale

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Please remind me NOT to put a round object dead center in the middle of a still life set up ever again. It is absolute self-sabotage.

Kelly's Carnations and Fruit

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I was lucky enough to "win" the centerpiece at my friend Kelly's baby shower. The bouquet of pink carnations came wrapped with pink and blue ribbons. For this still life, I removed the blue ribbon. Yes, it could be that the blue ribbon just didn't work in the composition, or....  it could be that I think she's having a little girl!!  ;)

Pink Carnations and Fruit

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I was so happy with my still life setup from yesterday, that I decided to add to it, and go a bit larger. Usually I work pretty small, on 6 x6 inch panels. It was nice to have a little extra "elbow room" today. This is an 8 x 10 inch !

Apple Weighing In

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I am in love with this little kitchen scale. For some reason, when I was painting it,  I keep thinking that if it was human it would be very friendly. Funny what runs through your head when you are painting. Anyway, that's a bottle of Dom Perignon from the day I got engaged to my husband... almost 25 years ago. I think that makes it an antique!

Apple n Bottle on Scale

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 When I set up this still life, I was drawn to the interesting shadows cast by the light through the bottles. When I got painting, it was challenging to keep clear the subtle distinction between the bottles and their cast shadows. I'm  happy with the results .

Still Life to Scale

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This is an entirely new style in still life for me... the cluttered-piled-seemingly-mismatched-items-all-in-one-small-space kind of still life. My daughter, Edwina, set it up for us to paint the other day. She just got back from a semester abroad in Florence, Italy where she studied painting among other things. It is pretty cool when your child teaches you a trick or two... not to mention the thrill it is to share a similar passion.