Slice : No Ice

I'm very fond of this little painting. It was a fun challenge to try to catch that glow as it was lit from behind and to dull the yellow in the shady areas, without making my perfect lemon slice look grubby. You might need to see it in person to fully appreciate the purple and emerald green background, which shimmers like a heat haze. I can almost hear the cicadas singing when I look at this one

This will be part of “Everyday Illuminations”

Opening Reception : Sunday August 21 3-6pm Show Dates : August 21 – September 30

73 See Gallery 73 Pine Street, Suite C Montclair, NJ 07042

www.73seegallery.com

Lingering over Lemonade

Tart : oil painting | 8x10"  |  SOLD — Tart : oil painting | 8x10" | SOLD

Painting lemons seemed an appropriately fresh summer indulgence to fight the inclination to linger with yet another tall glass of something zesty; off on an adventure to the Plains of Mongolia with Genghis

The added benefit of painting lemons is that, should the afternoon take a more... relaxed turn, there is always a lemon handy in the fridge

A Sprouty Taste of Christmas in July

I am busy cooking up a fresh batch of small paintings to tickle your taste buds at my first gallery show at 73See Gallery, Montclair NJ

yellow onions : oil painting  |  9x12" — yellow onions : oil painting | 9x12"

This is what happens when the painting takes way too long! Mother Nature starts to add her own flourishes.

Thank you to everyone who made it out in the mizzling drizzle yesterday to the Montclair Museum Art Fair. As Sunday is not looking like a beach day either, stop by for half price admission to the museum and get a bit of culture instead.

The Affordable Art Fair will continue all day too, so you can see this fresh new painting in its lovely new frame - it's looking quite posh!

New Work : how many more tangerines?

Winter's Glow : oil painting  : 5x7"  |  SOLD — Winter's Glow : oil painting : 5x7" | SOLD

I wasn't aware just how much citrus fruit got painted this winter - satsumas, tangerines, grapefruits...no wonder I stayed fit and healthy and sniffle free

Stop by Kitchen a la Mode this weekend to sample the fruits of this winter's citrus obsession

Now...what to paint next?... anyone fancy limes?

June 3- 6 Kitchen a la Mode 19 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079-1716 www.kitchenalamode.net/

New Work : satsuma spiral

Satsuma Spiral : oil painting  |  7x5" | SOLD — Satsuma Spiral : oil painting | 7x5" | SOLD

This painting formed part of my winter citrus obsession, so strictly speaking not fresh off the easel.

But it got a lot of admiring comments last weekend at Art on the Avenue in Caldwell, and I realized it hadn't had it's turn in the spotlight.

So you can enjoy it "out of season"

Picnic by the Brook

Summer

It's nearly here....

apparently

In the mean time, here is a lovely memory of a picnic by the brook last summer. Just to remind me that I will soon be complaining that it is way too hot to think straight

Summer Tomatoes Sacrificed

Tomatoes Marching | 6x12" | oil painting | SOLD

Oh Most Caprious God of Weather I have sacrificed the juiciest red tomato in your honor Please bow your head in acceptance of this gift and send us a little sunshine today to illuminate our art fair And remind us all that summer really has arrived

(and if you could possibly send a few art lovers in need of a tomato painting by way of Caldwell, NJ that would be pretty sweet too!)

Saturday May 14, 10 – 5pm Art on the Avenue Bloomfield Avenue Caldwell, NJ

If the weather god rejects my juicy offering ... Rain Date : Sunday May 15

Slurp some Juicy Fruit this Weekend

Grapefruit Spoon - 20" x 16" oil painting

Stop by Caldwell, NJ this Saturday to see the largest of the grapefruit paintings from this Spring's painting frenzy

You can enjoy lots of original art from local New Jersey artists and hopefully a little warming Spring sunshine - fingers crossed! (If it does rain on Saturday, stop by on Sunday instead!)

My new juicy oil paintings, many fresh from the easel this year, will be exhibited in my booth

Stop by for a Slurp!

May 14 10 - 5pm Art on the Avenue Bloomfield Avenue Caldwell, NJ

Pink Grapefruit, Segmented

small oil painting of pink grapefruit segment

I am still loving painting these delicious juicy pink grapefruits. It was good fun to paint the opaque dusty soft flesh, as well as the translucent segment with the light shining through, making it glow in the last of the winter sunshine

Pink Grapefruit, Segmented 6" x 6" oil painting

buy this mini painting on etsy

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