Properly Propped Pepper

"Properly Propped Pepper"
9" x 12"
Oil on canvas panel 

Peppy's pretty pebble properly propped the perfect pepper by a paisley-patterned, printed paper.  Please palliate this pitiful post.  

Shame, shame on me for subjecting you to such nonsensical silliness.

Carol

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Peel Me

"Peel Me"
8" x 8"
Oil on canvas panel

I saw the light and shadows on the loose outer peel of this Bermuda onion and decided if I could get her home without the cashier mishandling her, I'd paint her on one of the backgrounds I had prepared for exactly this purpose.  It worked.  

I could grow to like painting from life ... more regularly.  

Carol

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Squashed

"Squashed"
9" x 12"
Oil on canvas panel

I painted with friends today; heard their sorrows, their joys and knew that I had been missed. There's something right about painting with people, every now and then. I'm a studio painter and paint alone 95% of the time, but being with this group makes my heart sing. 

I painted this squash from life while I was in Woodstock today. I also made a couple of new skies that I'll post over the next couple of days. It was a productive and cathartic day away.

Love to all of you,
Carol

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Oyster Pearl

"Oyster Pearl"
12" x 12"
Oil on wrapped canvas

When first I saw her, she glistened, held captive by the morning light. Luscious, like the pearl in an oyster, she wore simultaneously, the colours of the sun and the moon.  

I loved painting this rose, but her colours did startle me as I examined her closely, so closely. Then her fragrance distracted me... too.

Carol

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Snow on the Peak

"Snow on the Peak"
16" x 20"
Oil on hardboard

I was in Colorado in September a year ago when we wakened to snow on the Peak.  Pikes Peak acts as an indicator, a harbinger of sorts, to announce the arrival of autumn. 

I was also there in October when I took the photo that inspired this painting. I love the colors of Colorado in the fall. Green is kept to a minimum and I get to squeeze colors from tubes I seldom use in Illinois landscapes, or roses.

Carol

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Sandy

"Sandy"
6" x 6"
Oil on hardboard

I heard that a storm was walloping  the east coast of my country, so I decided to turn on the TV to see what was going on. I do not watch television, yet, I began to list all the people I know on that coast, and thought I should be cognizant of their peril. I offer my prayers for your safety in Connecticut, Maryland, New York, Massachusetts, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. You know who you are.

Love to you,
Carol

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Serenity

"Serenity"
6" x 6"
Oil on hardboard

There are days when peace envelops me, despite what's brewing, or stewing around me and it shows in my work.  I had wonderful conversations with my online friends today that made me joyful as I began to paint.  I got to the bottom of this painting and decided to opt for a minimalist approach, instead of mucking it up with clouds or birds or trees. The horizon of still water and a signature completed this little piece of peace. 

Love to you,
Carol

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