Happy Thanksgiving

Sorry for not posting a lot lately, but I did want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving with wishes for all a joyful and blessed day for each of you.  Here are a couple recent paintings...a mason jar painting and one from my NYC series..

Quick Seal 36" x 60" oil on  canvas

Shoe Shine 24" x 36"

A couple recent works..

I am very sorry for the lack of posts, but I have been getting ready for the show in the Foundation Gallery at The Mansfield Art Center that opens Jun 30.  I will post more soon, but for now, here are two recent works...

Sealed 48" x 60"

Peanuts 24" x 36" (sold)

New work!

The past couple of weeks I have been working on two paintings that couldn't be more different from one another.  One is glass, with bright colors and hard edges and the other is a flower with soft whites and soft edges.  I have really enjoyed going back and forth between them. 

A Rose By Any Other Name.. 36" x 48"  oil on canvas

While roses are not my favorite flower, I couldn't resist the challenge of the warm shadows and cooler highlights. 

Minding My B's and Q's 48" x 60" oil on canvas

The jars introduce my new flea market find!  The jar is a Quick Seal and I loved painting that big Q for a change!!

Both paintings will probably head south with me in October.

Photos from Mason Murer "Refresh"

We had a great trip to Atlanta and Charleston!  Here are some photos of my work hanging before the show opened!

 

Invite for the "Refresh" show

I am really looking forward to the show and am thrilled to be showing with some amazing artists!  Hope you can join us next Friday if you are in the Atlanta area!!

Commissions and the Canning Series!

I have been painting Mason and Ball canning jars mostly empty, and showing the transparency and distortions of the old glass so I was a little scared when a commission came in to paint one full of something-  I was asked to paint stewed tomatoes...   But that commission has led to me to think more about their original purpose of storing food through the winter.  So I have have been working on a series of the jars full of, or containing the things for which they were created!  It has been great fun to research all the things that people used to can.  I remember my parents putting up pickles and tomatoes every year but it seems that it is possible to can just about any fruit or veggie there is!  And over the next few months I will be working with these as my subject matter!  I will be debuting the series at Mason Murer Fine Art in Atlanta in February!


Stewed Tomatoes
48" x 60"
oil on canvas