This is an unusual red swirl glass vase from the 60's that I bought at an antique shop several years ago. It's so unique, and I like how the light and reflections from the candle flame play into it's surface. I wanted to do a high contrast background and foreground....and use the vase. With the addition of a plant in my studio I came up with this composition.
Okay....so I couldn't really come up with anything interesting this particular day for a composition so I tried just setting up a group of things with something in common....spouts. I think the background texture helps to round out the painting. I used a combination of kosher and table salt sprinkled onto the wet paint; then scraped it off with a palette knife when completely dry.
Here's the Red Metlox again...This time it's the coffee pot and cup with a piece of carnival glass in the background. I love the rich reds....thanks Winsor & Newton!
This landscape is the view I have from my studio space. The light was nice, but too early to paint; I hadn't had my coffee yet. So I took a couple of photos and worked on it later.
I have a large set of dishes in the Metlox Red Rooster pattern. The pattern came out in 1955, and I have the entire set that my mom bought in the 70's! The accent pieces are one of my favorite subjects. That's where the 2 bright red-orange cups came from. Everything else, was something oval or round and in the warm color family. I added the turquoise background as a compliment to all the warm red-orange & yellow tones.
Got inspired in the kitchen one day to paint these before I chopped them up for a pizza. The still life was a little bland at first, but then I remembered I had an orange dish towel! It added just the right amount of color to liven up the composition.
Another small piece inspired by a photo from a landscape reference book. The warm colors were fun to work with.
Finding time to paint....it's always in my thought process. I've recently decided to start painting smaller pieces so that I can actually have a real chance of completing a project!
This little piece was done one recent evening when I had the whole house to myself! It felt good to complete it without a single interruption...not to mention the threat of little boys eating my still life when I'm not looking!
Okay....so I couldn't really come up with anything interesting this particular day for a composition so I tried just setting up a group of things with something in common....spouts. I think the background texture helps to round out the painting. I used a combination of kosher and table salt sprinkled onto the wet paint; then scraped it off with a palette knife when completely dry.
