Friday, October 31, 2008

Rollo stack 5x5

I had to paint some Halloween candy tonight. I like the plain gold foil on Rollos.
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Thursday, October 30, 2008

persimmon #4 7x5

Persimmons are another thing about autumn that I really like. My mom makes great persimmon cookies.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

two olives 5x5

I had a lot of fun painting this little piece.
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Monday, October 27, 2008

red pear #3 7x5

I was a little startled at how red these pears were.
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Sunday, October 26, 2008

Saturday, October 25, 2008

lemon wheel 5x7

This is the same lemon as yesterday.
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Friday, October 24, 2008

Thursday, October 23, 2008

red pepper 5x5

This is from the school garden. It might be the last thing I get from out there this year. Winter is coming.
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

spider mum 5x7

Pollyanna brought me this strange and beautiful flower this morning. This is my 800th painting in 800 days.
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Monday, October 20, 2008

Pomegranate #6 7x5

I like this time of year for a lot of reasons and one of them is that pomegranates become available.
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Sunday, October 19, 2008

Saturday, October 18, 2008

chocolate cake #2 5x7

Our son turned 16 today. This is a piece of his cake.

Friday, October 17, 2008

ikura with quail egg 5x7

I like the orange and yellow against the dark background.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

English toffee 5x7

Another trade of confections for painting. I get a lot of toffee for this painting. A friend of mine makes it. It's addictive like meth.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

small pumpkin 5x7

This small pumpkin is from our school garden. There are various squashes laying around out there. I'll probably paint some more in the next week or two, This was pretty fun.
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Monday, October 13, 2008

Bear River #4 8x10

This is the Bear River about half a mile below Dog Bar bridge.

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Saturday, October 11, 2008

moon #2 6x8

This time of year I don't have to stay up too late to do a night painting. Nocturnes are a lot of fun to paint. They force you to simplify. I usually mix my colors before going out.
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Friday, October 10, 2008

grapes #3 5x7

The translucent nature of grapes makes them interesting to paint. There is not as great a difference in value between their lit side and their shadowed side as there would be if they were more opaque. I ate these when I was done painting them.
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Thursday, October 09, 2008

suburban tree 6x8

I had to go to Sacramento right after school to help a friend paint a room. I arrived about an hour before he did and had time to do this quick sketch. At one point the wind blew my pochade over but the painting ended up facing up. lucky.

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Rattlesnake Bar #10

This is one of my favorite places to paint. I love the low red clay bluff.

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Monday, October 06, 2008

Sunday, October 05, 2008

cake 5x7

I did this painting for a friend of mine. I traded her the painting for the cake.
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Saturday, October 04, 2008

cantaloupe #3 7x5

This cantaloupe is from the school garden. I didn't even know we had them.
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Friday, October 03, 2008

kiwi #3 5x5

I eat kiwis with my breakfast every morning when they're in season. This year they seem to be larger than usual.
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Thursday, October 02, 2008

pasilla pepper 7x5

There's lots of interesting reflected light happening in these dark green peppers.
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Wednesday, October 01, 2008

habanero 5x5

These little guys are a great color, sort of translucent too. I think they're pretty fun to paint but too hot for me to eat.