Fall into the Arts Festival

I set up a booth at the Walkup Heritage Farm Fall Festival on October 21, 2007. It was a very warm day in October and incredibly windy. I don't know how my booth stayed up! The farm has great heritage vegetables and native plants. Click here to get more info. http://www.walkupheritagefarm.com/index.html

Cheesecake and Pie

This painting has several distinctions. It is a large painting with many treats. All of the pastries employ my 3-d impasto technique. The pan colors are more muted than some of my other pastry paintings which gives it a more somber feel. On the impasto pies and cakes, two colors are mixed on the paintings. Glazing adds depth. It is a successful painting. 20"x24", acrylic on board.

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Cheesecake

The berry-topping dripping down the side is what absolutely compelled me to do this painting. A first for me in this painting is the berry-topping -- I laid down two colors in my 3-d impasto technique and worked them together right on the canvas. The effort worked well and I have repeated it since. 12"x 9", acrylic, framed. Sold.

Sylvia

This drawing was started at my figure drawing club and finished later in the studio. It has a wonderful "mood." Charcoal on brown/tan paper. Approx 20"x13". Matted, ready to frame for 24"x18" size. $120.

Sylvia At Rest

This is a sketch of Sylvia at rest, a gesture drawing almost. A gesture drawing captures the action or mood of the scene rather than details. Charcoal on tan/brown paper. Approx 20"x 13". Matted and ready to frame in a 24"x18" size. $120.

Sylvia Reclining

A contour drawing of Sylvia. Yes, there are eraser marks. It is very difficult to get this right the first time. Some collectors like to see the eraser marks because they witness the artist's "struggle." Charcoal on brown paper. Approx 13"x 20". Matted & ready for 18"x24" frame. $120.

Brown Woman

This is done in oil pastel which has a completely different feel than charcoal. It is very loose and abstract. Renderings done with oil pastel are considered paintings rather than drawings. This one has a tropical feel. This figure, as all of them, was started during my figure workshop, Valley Arts Club. This is a group that gets together every couple of weeks and we hire a model. There are no instructions, no teacher -- just several artists working together. When I get them back to the studio, I finish and polish them. I choose the small size because is it suitable for the short drawing time we have at the workshop. 6"x8", oil pastel, framed. $120