A Pair

5" x 7" oil on canvas
A pair of pears, with energy! I put the two on a shiney plate with the light behind them for a little drama. The colour took me a little time to work out how I wanted to do it. I was looking for a way for the pears to 'hold' the light.

A bite size pear

3" x 4" oil on canvas
This is a teeny painting I just completed for the upcoming "Little Picture Show" at the Raven Gallery in Tatamagouche, NS. It opens April 2, 2010. I was in pear mode and want to do a few pieces for this show. I like the simplicity of it. I think it would be interesting as a larger painting. Maybe I should try it--and use really big brushes to keep myself from getting too detailed!

One Pear

Oil on Canvas 6" x 6"
One pear, only one, not a pair. Standing alone! Okay it is too early to be witty. I had an earlier version of this composition, and really like it. However the earlier painting got damaged, so I decided to redo it. It is different, new pear and less red on it. But still an unusal composition I like. I also quite restricted the number of colours I put on my palette.

Turnip!

Oil 6" x 6"
Another for my boiled dinner series...I decided to play with complementary opposites and just make the chunks of turnip into an abstract kind of painting. I mean what can you do with turnip pieces? It was fun painting and figuring out the light effects and colour changes. By the way, I arranged the pieces on a piece of reflective silver board with a purple matboard behind it so it is all purple around it.

Onion Line Dancing

Oil on canvas 6" x 6"
I am working at keeping loose with this series, well, loose for me. It adds a lively motion...suggesting dancing maybe!

Dancing Onions

Dancing Onions 6" x 6" oil on canvas
Sometimes I wonder if I should title them, it takes away from the viewer coming to their own conclusions. But, well in this case, they looked like they were dancing! I love the stems on the home grown onions especially when I pull them off the braid. I take my basket into the basement through the winter and 'pick' onions.

Winter Cabbage

Oil 6" x 6"
Ah, winter cabbage. How else would we localvores (those who eat locally) survive? I was thinking of a boiled dinner series-at least the veggies. A way to celebrate those humble vegetables. We had one the other night with friends after a sauna. Yum. A funny thing to paint actually, but I loved the lines of the curly leaves.