Color Pencils and Building Blocks: Works in Progress

Color Pencils, 2023, Oil on Panel, 6"x6"

Color Pencils in Vase, 2023 Oil on Panel 6x6

Continuing with subjects small and vintage, these 2 of color pencils take on 2 different points of view.  I've painted the little vase on the left in other still lifes.  It is just the perfect little Japanese shape.  The pencils on the right leave the impression with me of Pop Art. I also think they appear personified.  LOL

The surprising thing about the process of these small simple still lifes is how difficult they are to paint.  It's the very straight edges and the perspective that demand a steady hand.  

Blocks of Joy, 2023, Oil on Panel 6"x6"

Blocks of Love, 2023, Oil on Panel 6"x6"

Harvest Time

 

Harvest Time, 2023, Oil on Canvas, 20"x24"

I live in Southeastern Massachusetts where beaches abound and the Cranberry is king.  It's impossible to leave my house without passing a bog.  This bog, I believe is a Makepeace bog.  The Makepeace farms is the largest grower in North America.  They also are a great community partner.  The video is posted to demonstrate the iterations of color changes that occurred throughout the painting process.  I had in mind to have large blocks of flat color.  That, however, is not my style and proved impossible for me.  Also, I was painting on canvas as opposed to my regular panel surface which grabs the paint in a different way.  This painting is off to the Marion Art Center Member show from January 13-February 23.