Really Ripe

Painting fruit can be so stressful!  Don't get me wrong.  I love painting pears.  However, I'm not used to painting something that has a short shelf life!  I'm used to painting from photographs (bad habit, I know) so I usually have no time limit for finishing a painting.  As you've probably noticed, sometimes my paintings don't get finished for years.  I don't know of any fruit that's going to patiently stay fresh for that long.

I started this painting one day last week.  Then I got busy.  Every day, I stressed about getting the painting finished before my fruit became a mushy, ugly inedible mess.  Finally, today I finished it and the pears seem to be the perfect ripeness so... guess what we're having along with our dinner.

Really Ripe

Image Size 8" x 16"

Oil

Green Figs

I started this painting last summer with acrylics and finished it this week with oils.  The acrylics were making it look too bright and flat.  I'm happy to have finished one of my unfinished projects.  I'm one step closer to getting that studio clean..... Of course, this is only 6" x 6" so it really hasn't freed up much space.  : )

Green Figs
Image Size 6" x 6"
Oil