Not From Concentrate

This big juicy reflective collection on my counter was too lovely not to commemorate. You can't see it, but there is actually a persimmon in the way back holding the green apple up.

I love apples so much, you guys.

10"x12" Oil on Canvas

Gifts and Green (they love each other and they love our team)

Lilies from my birthday present and some lovely apples that I inhaled shortly after immortalising them in paint.

10"x12" Oil on canvas

Take a Deep Breath

Took a break today and painted a landscape. It's been a rather arduous few days and I needed to make myself a little retreat. Who wants to set up a picnic here with me?

12"x10" Oil on Canvas

A Bowl of Cherries (and what you make of it)

I know, I cheated; it's in a frame, so of COURSE it looks better.. But hey, it's my birthday and I do what I want.

Today I turned 29, and I feel like I've not gotten older so much as levelled up. Life is a bowl of cherries, friends. And I'm so lucky to have you all in mine.

12x16 Oil on Canvas

Pre-Pesto

Yes, my very first basil! I'm starting to see each of these paintings as more of lessons than necessarily triumphs or failures. I hadn't painted basil before, but now I understand it far better than I ever did. I'll have to paint it again to know for sure.

Also, if you were curious, that tomato actually *was* that round. It was almost off-puttingly perfectly round.

12x16" oil on canvas

What did I do this week, anyway?

What did I do this week, you ask?


Oh, a little of this...

Blue Lemonade

Little Palette Cleanser Demo (it looks much more green and orange in real life)

... A little of that...

Flow Drawing at the Aberdeen Wellbeing Centre

And even a little bit of this!

Oil Painting Fundamentals at the Rosemount Community Centre

So I may have been absent, but I've been just as busy as ever. New paintings will be coming soon! I hope to get 4 paintings done this week. Wish me luck!

Oops-a-doodle!

Taking a week off; classes are starting this week and I need to prepare.

More paintings are coming, though. They are!