"Clouds Building"

"Clouds Building" - All Arizonans look forward to monsoon season during the summer. 

The rains are more than welcome, and the skies are amazing. 

Not so easy to paint, but well worth the effort.

Palette knife oil painting on 6 x 6 inch on

Arches paper for oils. 

"D'Anjou Dance" 

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 This one is a little wild, and was lots of fun to paint.

Palette knife oil painting on  6 x 6 inch Arches 

paper for oils, mounted on Crescent mat board.

30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

"Red Anjou Arriving"

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"Red Anjou Coming" - decided it was about time for a color change.

 It's always fun working with reds - so vibrant. 

I did this using the "destroy & rebuild" technique.

Palette knife oil on Arches paper for oils, mounted

on Crescent mat board

30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

D'Anjou #4

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Day 11 of the 30/30 Challenge - seems like I'm on a roll with pears at the moment. 

This is a "destroy & rebuild" technique. I paint the pear with my trusty 

palette knife, then pull a brush through it in every direction. 

I always have to take a deep breath and hold it when I do this. 

Then I pick up the palette knife again & rebuild it, just somewhat. 

If I'm lucky, it works; if not, I scrape. 

Palette knife oil on 6 x 6 inch gessobord.

30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge!

D'Anjou #3

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Palette knife oil on 6 x 6 inch Arches paper 

for oils.

I just knew there were going to be more pears!

More to come - I'm behind on posting.

30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

"Farmers' Market"

Painted from a photo taken at the farmers' market

at Steam Pump Ranch in Tucson, AZ.

These squashes looked so delicious and colorful,

they just had to be painted.

Day #2 of the 30/30 Challenge

Watercolor and pen on 6 x 6 inch 

Pentalic 130# paper.

30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge!

"Wallflower"

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As I was painting this, it occurred to me that two of 

the pears were quite cozy, while the third was kind of

separate, leaning against the wall in a corner. It

reminded me of dancing class all those decades ago!

Day #1 of the 30 in 30 Challenge: 

6 x 6 inch palette knife oil on Arches paper for oils, 

mounted on Crescent mat board.