Picking Poppies, 18x24

"Picking Poppies" 18 by24, oil on gallery-wrapped canvas

I enjoyed painting a smaller version of this scene a few weeks back, so I decided to do a larger one over the weekend. The little girl has been placed to help lead the eye up into the European seaside village and finally to the sailboat in the distance. This time I used more brushwork than knife so although it's less painterly, it's more refined. If it doesn't sell, I'll keep it for my family room because it really is a cheery piece!

This painting can be purchased for $500.00 with free shipping and handling. Many people emailed me back in May and June about commissioning a larger poppy painting than the ones I had been doing. Unfortunately, my email folder was accidently deleted last month so I no longer have the email addresses of those who contacted me. My paintings are sold on a first come, first serve basis, so if you are interested in this one, please use the Paypal button below. If you are not interested in this one, but have contacted me before, please email me again so I'll have your name and email address once more.

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Giant sunflower, Thick impasto!

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Giant Sunflower in glass bowl, 12x16, oil on canvas

I returned home from a long, long trip very tired , but determined to paint. The painting above is the result.

This painting of a sunflower is rather abstract, but I loved the mosiac effect that I saw when I photographed it in the sunlight. The paint is extremely thick, so if you like wild impasto, please email me if you are interested in this painting, as I am getting ready for multiple shows and need to pick and choose the ones I sell at this point.

Ripe Mango

SOLD Ripe Mango, 5x7 , oil on gallery -wrapped canvas

I haven't had much time to paint this week, but I managed to fit this one in, since the Daily Painters' Gallery is trying to complete 2000 paintings in 30 days. I didn't have much fun painting the mango, since I had to stand inside a bathtub in order to catch the north light on the side of the fruit, but I sure enjoyed eating the juicy critter once the painting was completed. In my humble opinion, the ripened fruit of a fresh mango is the sexiest fruit you can possibly eat. And if you haven't ever eaten a mango, go get yourself one today at the supermarket! The ones we get here in Florida are from Mexico, and they are delicious. Put your store-bought mango on the window sill until most of the green has disappeared and the skin is reddish gold. That's when it's nice and ripe. Although I just like chomping right down into the flesh of the fruit and eating it plain, mangoes are also fabulous cut up in any salad, on cereal, or just add the fruit to a blender and make a smoothee. One of my favorite tropical drinks is a Mango Bango cocktail. If you want to make one for yourself just cut up a mango and put it in the blender with some crushed ice, add lots of rum, a little tequila, some peach schnappes and a splash of grenadine. Enjoy!

This painting can be purchased for $49.00 framed, and includes free shipping by using the Paypal button below. Or you can go to ebay to bid on the painting,(starting bid $19.99) however, the painting sold through ebay does not include free shipping and is being sold unframed. The ebay link is here:here.

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La Village sur la Mer, (Seaside Village)

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"La Village sur la mer", 12x16, oil on canvas (note-You can click on the picture to see a close up of the detail)

One of my favorite paintings by Monet is Les Coquelicots, which depicts a field of poppies cascading down the hill from his home at Argenteuil. In the foreground is a woman and little boy, engulfed in a sea of poppies, which lead the eye back up the hill to 2 more people which would hardly be noticed if the poppies hadn't controled the viewers'eye. I always loved the way the little boy in the foreground practically melts right into the high grass, and I attempted to do the same in my own version of Les Coquelicots. The 2 little girls picking flowers are incidental to the picture, and are simply there to show that man is part of nature. They are not the featured attraction here. Just as Monet no doubt intended that the dominent force in his painting be the poppies, I hope that I was able to lead the viewers' eyes up and through the scene of the little village by the sea through my use of poppies.

Les Coquelicots, Argenteuil, oil on masonite, 12 by 16.

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Corner of the Garden

"Corner of the Garden", 8x10, oil on canvas panel



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