Wednesday, June 22, 2011

"ORANGES TO SPARE" 6" X 6" oil on board

This was enjoyable to paint, but I noticed because of our heat here in Arizona (it's 110 degrees today) the oil paint was drying much faster than normal. I had to hurry to work it before it set up. I may need to go back in and soften some edges on the plate rim later on.                                                                                 

10 comments:

  1. These look so sunny, something we haven't seen here for awhile. You can come and paint in the cool and wet if it will keep your paint moist. I do like the textures in this as well as the sunny color.

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  2. Thank you, Jean. I know you need sun, and we need rain! Wish we could work something out. :)

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  3. This is one of my favorite color combos so far. The plate has almost a photographic quality to it. Looks good from my end:)

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  4. Hi Libby,
    Thank you for your nice comments. Orange and turquoise has been one of my favorite color pairings also.

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  5. I love how you have bits of blue on the oranges and bits of orange on the blue plate. Really lovely!

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  6. Thank you, Virginia. My wonderful mentor, Jean Ranstrom, taught me the importance of repeating colors throughout the painting. It always has "stuck" with me. So nice of you to write.

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  7. Beautiful and striking! The oranges have such power and I love the iridescence of the plate . . .

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  8. Lorraine, what nice things to say. I appreciate so much all your encouragement. Your work has greatly inspired me!

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  9. I so love this color complement pairing. Together each color makes the other sing.

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  10. Thank you, Shirley! That's such a wonderful thing about painting - using the incredible colors that are available. It's often hard to decide what color to make a dish or plate or ?

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