Dawn's Early Light

"Dawn's Early Light"
12" x 12"
Oil on canvas panel 
As a respite from the LaCrosse paintings… I offer a larger sky than I normally paint. I felt passionate about making this one and a six by six just wouldn't cut it. 

I had to handle the yellows and blues very carefully to not make green, and the purples and yellows so as to not make brown where I didn't want it. This one is quite nice in person.

Carol

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Mango Maze

"Mango Maze"
6" x 6"
Oil on canvas panel
Mangoes were two for $5 when I was at Whole Foods at noon on Tuesday.  They were the largest ones I had ever seen. I bought two.  I went home and photographed them both and painted this one from life. Then I ate one.  The next morning I went back to buy as many as I could, since cherries are now out of season. The produce man remembered me, and was astounded that I was already back for more.  That's when I found out that mangoes are now out of season, too.

Carol

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Fractalish Desert

"Fractalish Desert"
24" x 24" 
Acrylic on wrapped canvas 
I've confessed to my passion for swirls and have painted a lot of them with a ball motif in hot colors, so when I stepped back to look at them as a body of work I recognized the opportunity to explore the concept with different colors and motifs.  This is what happened.  


I totally enjoyed making this piece. It satisfied my desires to paint sun, sky and mountains without looking anything like a landscape.

Please come back to see more tomorrow.
Carol

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Wild Yellow

"Wild Yellow"
6" x 6"
Oil on canvas panel
I came across a valley full of wild yellow rose bushes while looking for blueberries that morning. There were bees all around them, and "bee-ing" allergic, I took only one photo and made tracks out of there.  


I enjoyed painting this little rose, despite her lack of a strong whorl pattern. Her center, on the other hand was strong and commanded attention.

Thank you for "bee-ing" here today.
Carol

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Frosted Bananas

"Frosted Bananas"
6" x 6"
Oil on gessoed hardboard
They sat cuddled in this cluster fresh from the produce department; without bruises, blemishes, brown spots or stickers. Every one was a different color, in a different position, yet the same.  I couldn't resist.  


Amazingly, to me at least, this was about a fifteen minute painting.  I managed to get the shadows in, the shapes painted and the background colors down using very few strokes.
Then I took my mop brush and softened the whole thing. My signature is the only hard edged thing on the board.  Right—wrong?  Who knows?  It's an exercise and I enjoyed doing it.

Thanks for bearing with me.
Carol

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Demure

"Demure"
12" x 12"
Oil on wrapped canvas

In the rose garden near my home this little beauty, so demure, cast her countenance toward the dewy blades of morning. Her petals (not my usual whorled favorites) seemed to be reaching for some distant thing in longing.


This is the third in my twelve by twelve inch series of roses. I happen to like the non-traditional arrangement of her petals.