Santa Fe Chocolates

"Santa Fe Chocolates"  12" x  24"  Oil on museum wrapped canvas   $500

When I was in Santa Fe in February I bought chocolates at Señor Murphy's Confectionary. They were beautifully decorated and fresh, because they made them on site.  Five months later, I am ready to paint them. They are still beautiful and surprisingly quite delicious. Yes, I ate one of them after it was completely to my liking on the canvas. This piece will be in my show in September.  

I haven't posted in a couple of weeks. I've been working on commission pieces and house portraits for real estate agents to give as closing gifts to their clients.  I've also been traveling.  Last week we were in Michigan, and this weekend I will be in attendance at the Door County, Wisconsin Plein Air Festival. I am not one of the invited artists, but will participate in the Quick Paint event on Saturday.  I know several of the invited artists, and will enjoy watching them paint for a few days.  

I want to thank all of you who have decided to, or are continuing to follow me since I switched from Blogger to my new site.  My husband is doing the techie work to keep my art in front of you, and I appreciate your ongoing interest.  

Carol  

Mary's Hollyhocks

"Mary's Hollyhocks"   5"x 5"    Oil on paper panel    $50 

I visited my friend over the weekend.  Her hollyhocks were in bloom by the pine trees.  The blue spruce to the left, and some other pine to the right.  Her flowers, however, were white.  I needed to paint color, so I gave my friend the gift of pink hollyhocks in that part of her garden. the foreground posies were almost this color, but not quite this shape.  Oh, well, I'm sure she'll forgive me.  

It's another Art Bites paper panel, but I'm ready to move on to canvas again.  I have a show coming up, for which I want to have several new paintings of chocolates ready to frame and hang.  I have the goodies, just need to arrange them and prep a big canvas. I wonder how large "too large" is for a piece of chocolate?   

Carol  

Sunlit Woods

"Sunlit Woods"   4"x 8"  Oil on paper panel   $50 

The woods, that evening, was striped with shadows and light as I walked toward the field where my friend agreed to meet me.  I had been looking for morel mushrooms, avoiding the poison ivy, as I swept the forest floor with my eyes and a long stick. The light was no longer conducive to mushrooming, so I made my way toward the radiant star shape and exited my favorite stand of trees in time to see a doe and a fawn leaping through the corn.  

This is another little study done on the Art Bites. It's nice for thick paint like I applied here. The texture of the printed canvas doesn't show. 

Carol  

July Sky

"July Sky"    5"x 5"   Oil on paper panel    $50 

It's been a while since I've painted for a post. I've been traveling and working on house portraits and commission paintings.  And truth be told, I've been terrified of posting in my new blog space.  I confess. I'm resistant to change. Okay, I hate it!  I might look confident and worldly and wise, but I'm a coward when it comes to new computer-isms.  I've been dragging my cute Bernie Mev covered feet... like crazy. 

I'm also trying a new ground on which to paint. Oh, my gosh, more new stuff!  The panel is a lightweight paper-like substance called "Art Bites."  I'm using it as warmup/sketching panels.  My prices, now displayed on my blog, will reflect the non-canvas ground.  I will always refer to this as a "paper panel."  The oil paint is, as always, my beloved water-miscible oil. And it's still me, Carol Keene, painting them... here for my new blog site.  

Whew, no dragons have threatened to toast me.  No boogie men have jumped out in front of me, nor have I been sucked into cyberspace, never to be heard from again. This new site may just work out...   

Carol