quick studies

                                            during an otherwise busy weekend

Hour flower

                                               one free hour, one beautiful day-lily

eggs from Old Macdonald

playing with the gorgeous colors of these free-range eggs
color study 4" x 6"
collection of Old Macdonald

Les Lilas de Printemps

                                                     a large-ish daily painting 18" x 24"

one bunch of flowers. . .

                                                              two paintings

Oh no!

                                                        not another self-portrait!  well, yes
                                                         who else will pose  for free?

Monday morning alla prima

                                                        three colors + white 6"x 8"

self - - again!

                                                                 18" x 24" oil on linen

fifteen minute study

                                            March snowstorm - fire-escape outside my studio

pears, toulouse lautrec

                                         pears in front of Rosa La Rouge 6" x 8" oil on linen
                                          covered board.
                                                   
                                       

pink day

                                                                    skm + gsm*



                                         *after - way after - Baudry. oil on metrocard

persimmons and npr

                                                    Saturday morning painting
                                                            6" x 6" oil on board
                                                                           sold

poster study

                                                               oil on canvas board

for Judy P. . .

                                             who has a birthday sometime around now -

                                                    happy birthday, mon amie!

                                                         after Picasso - oil on metrocard

thank you!

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after Guido

based on, though not an exact copy of, one of Guido Reni's St. Sebastians - oil on metrocard

color mixing challenge

 

limited palette - cad yellow, cad red, black and white

too much fun

                                           duck decoy - oil on metrocard

single fare

two little paintings on metro-cards. Dare I say it - working on these little canvases is the Downton of painting:  a guilty pleasure!

Leftover clementines

There were a few clementines leftover from Christmas, so before eating them, I painted them! This is a fairly quick study  - 6" x  8" on a linen covered panel.