"Egghead"

6" x 6" oil on Ampersand Gessoboard
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My farmer friend at our local Open Air Market told me when he picked this eggplant he thought of me.  Hmmm...  I painted an eggplant I bought from him last week so when he saw this one he thought I might want to paint it too.  It has a "nose" on both sides of it but I picked this side to paint.  Silly, I know.  Now, I'm finished with eggplants for a while. :)  Really.

Still having a hard time photographing these wet oil paintings.  I noticed Carol Marine has a new Daily Paintworks Tutorial about how she does it.  I think I better take a look at it and see if I can get some desperately needed tips.

By the way, when I posted "I am the Eggplant" last week I thought no one would be interested in purchasing it.  Ha!  It got well above average views, several people following the auction and got a bid on the first day.  Go figure!

"I am the Eggplant"

6" x 6" oil on Ampersand Gessoboard
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Picked this up at our local farmer's market from a grower who's family has been farming here for many generations.  He probably thought I was a little nuts being so picky about which eggplant to buy. Then I explained that I planned to take it home and paint it, that confirmed it.

If you're a Beatles fan you've heard the song... "I am a Walrus" from their Magical Mystery Tour.  Well, turns out they weren't saying "I am the eggplant" as I and many of us thought, the real lyric is:  "I am the eggman, They are the eggmen, I am the walrus, Goo goo g'joob."  I'm sticking with my "eggplant" version.  Really, it still makes just as much sense, or nonsense. :)  I'm not painting a walrus.

"Tea with Lemon"

6" x 6" oil on Ampersand Gessobord
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This interesting old English teapot is on loan to me from my friend, Susan.  The teacup was sent to me by my sister, Karen, who is kind enough to occasionally contribute to my collection of painting props.  It was fun to capture the copper color and I'm pretty happy with the finished painting.

* Ugh!  I struggled to get this photo and I'm still not very happy with it.  I had problems with reflections, with accurate color, dead batteries... then it got too dark last night to try anymore.  I took this one this morning and replaced the one I originally posted... it's better but on my monitor the yellows should be a little yellower and the blues a little richer and the background maybe a touch darker.  It's my best attempt so here we go...

Late breaking news... "Apple with Green Stripes" just sold at auction and, get this.... there was a huge bidding war and the price went sky-high.  Okay, well not really... there were only two people bidding and it only went to $46.  Still, it makes me feel good that there was a little bit of auction action. :)

*Note:  After this painting dried enough I scanned it and got a better image so I replaced the picture on July 1.  It is now a much better representation of the actual painting. :)

"Water Tower Town" #2

6" x 6" acrylic on gessobaord
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Scotty McCreery just won best new artist of the year at the ACM Awards where he performed his brand new single, "Water Tower Town".  Here's the oldest water tower in my little home town. Scotty's lyrics describe us pretty accurately and, although it's small, my home town is also pretty wonderful.  Hope you enjoy seeing snippets in some of my upcoming posts.

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