Oranges with Green Plate. A Work in Process

 

Oil on Panel, 18"x36"

This work is back on the easel after a month.  Each time I start a new session, I see the cloth differently.  I believe that taking the photo from above the table has created a problem with the way the oranges seem to float on the cloth.  They even appear a bit flat to me.  

Meanwhile, Seasonal Changes

 

Left: Cranberry Bog, Spring, Right: Cranberry Bog, Fall
Oil on Panel, 16"x12"

Both paintings will be submitted to the Copley Society's juried member show, Seasonal Changes. In this thematic show, to be held July 29 through August 29, artists are asked to depict various interpretations of seasonal changes and variations. The cranberry bogs immediately came to mind for me as a perfect visual for seasonal change. When spring arrives the brown winter bogs turn a deep alizarin red.  Then, as the berries form and ripen and ready for harvest in the fall, the color becomes more pink and crimson.  

One Month and Several Paintings Later

Sunrise, 2021

These sunsets and one sunrise were all completed for the Marion Art Center's Arts in the Park summer festival to be held. They are all small with four of the 6"x12" and one (the sunrise) 9"x12".  I have been fortunate to see some fantastic sunsets.  Living on the Atlantic Coast offers opportunities to combine the sunset with water.  

Cardinal with Paintbrush, 2021, oil on panel, 10"x10"

Also finished for Arts in the Park was a male cardinal perched on a paintbrush.