Red Napkin colorful original oil painting of still life: Botticelli Primavera, pitcher, olives, linen fabric napkin

"The Red Napkin", version 2. SOLD
Oil on canvas, 16 x 20
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It seems that I'm always reworking my paintings. But that's okay - I do enjoy it and I think there's a good reason to do it. This week, as I repainted "The Red Napkin", I realized that the 2nd go-round is really quite different from the first. When I'm painting the original version, I'm the one in charge, telling the paint, composition, colors, objects what I want them to do. Done. Then weeks go by and the painting starts asking me for more. The second version is the painting talking to me, telling me what needs to be done. Corny, but the process does seem to work this way for me.

By changing the border of the calendar on the wall to a dark red, the Botticelli girls celebrating Primavera (original is at the Uffizi, Florence) assumed more importance in the composition. I like the way their softness contrasts to the hardness of the pitcher but imitates its curves. I removed the potato at the far left and intensified the shadow of the pitcher.

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Single Pear on Red

Oil on Canvasboard, 7" x 5"
$80 plus Priority Mail Shipping of $7.95
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At last I'm painting again, although I'm now 3000 miles away from my home studio. But pears, paints and canvas grow everywhere!

Lemon Slices on Napkin: fruit still life, kitchen art, lemons, wedges on linen napkin

Oil on Linen, 6" x 6"
$100 plus $7.95 shipping via Priority Mail
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More fruit slices, this time sitting on a linen napkin I bought long ago because I liked the little holes where threads have been drawn out. This painting pairs nicely with the limes on a book. Just perfect for a kitchen!

Three Limes and Book

Oil on Linen, 6" x 6"
$75 plus $10 shipping via Priority Mail SOLD
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I love the shapes of these lime wedges and the book creates some nice diagonals.

Lime & Fork: small square oil painting still life, daily art on canvas, 6 x 6

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Oil on Linen, 6" x 6"
$130 plus $5.95 shipping via Priority Mail SOLD
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Lime Slices & Saucer

Oil on Linen, 6" x 6" - SOLD
$100 plus $5.95 shipping via Priority Mail
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As always, I love to paint fruit wedges. This time I chose limes for their color and tried to play up their translucent nature by placing them near dark reds.

Sugar Bowl & Spoon: 8 x 10 small oil painting on canvas, sterling silver spoon, kitchen art, pottery bowl daily art

Oil on Canvas, 10" x 8" - SOLD
$190 plus $5.95 shipping via Priority Mail
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Three Radishes

Oil on Linen, 6" x 6" - SOLD
$130 plus $5.95 shipping via Priority Mail to U.S.

Tomato & Silver Pitcher

Oil on Canvas, 8" x 10" - SOLD
$190 plus $5.95 shipping via Priority Mail

Lemon & Slice

Oil on Canvas Board, 6" x 6", framed - SOLD
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I'll always return to lemons as a subject because of their almost spherical shape and the contrast between the shiny textured skin and translucent wet interior.

Three Lemons in a Bowl

Oil on Canvas 3/4" deep, 8" x 10" - SOLD
$190 plus $7.95 shipping via Priority Mail to U.S.
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I do love those lemons - the shape, the scent and the flavor. I'd bought a bag of them and rather than paint them as wedges, I decided to group three in one of my favorite bowls. My artistic challenge to myself was to make the lemons appear as intensely yellow as they are in life. So I tried to dull the other colors and to use complements. This painting took quite a long while and I'm growing to like it.

Tomato & Two Olives

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 6" - SOLD
Price: $120 plus $7.95 shipping within U.S. via Priority Mail
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Tomato & Lemon Wedge

Oil on Canvas Board, 6" x 6", framed - SOLD
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Three Olives

Oil on Canvas Board - 6" x 6", framed - SOLD
I've always been wild about olives. Absolutely love that salty taste. So when I spied a jar of these big ones in the fridge, I knew three would become my models. The hot studio light stirred up their delisious scent. In this little painting I went for unusual colors - for me. Two different greens, and I think I like them.

Egg in a Carton

Oil on Canvas Board, 8" x 8" - SOLD
$7.95 Shipping via Priority Mail within U.S.
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Orange, Persimmon, Pear & Pepper

Oil on Canvas, 14" x 11" - SOLD
$350 plus $9.95 shipping within U.S.
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Peeled Lemon & Small Pitcher

Oil on Canvas Board, 10" x 8" - SOLD
$475 plus $7.95 shipping via Priority Mail with insurance within U.S.
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Poking through museums, I'm always delighted to come upon 18th century still-life paintings of food. My favorites are those by Chardin. I've made a few copies of his table-top still lifes in an attempt to understand how he painted these luscious scenes. A favorite topic of the 18th century masters was the peeled lemon. Often it's pictured at the very edge of a table or on a metal plate like the one I used here.

Apple Slices & Silver Cup

Oil on Canvas Board, 8" x 8" - SOLD
$120 plus $7.95 shipping via Priority Mail within U.S.
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Tomato & Old Creamer

Oil on Canvas Board, 8" x 8", framed SOLD

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Two Mushrooms

Oil on Canvas Board, 6" x 6" - SOLD
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