Trio of Bell Peppers

11" x 14" Acrylic on Canvas

I love the colors in this painting. The composition could be better. This was a bit larger than my scanner, so I had to photograph it. I took it outside and laid it in the shade to minimize reflections. I think it turned out ok. My favorite is the orange pepper.

Cherry Red

8" x 8" acrylic on canvas panel

I wanted to paint these cherries one last time before they were too shriveled. I love the bright yellow background. The two touching cherries are supposed to draw your eye. It is a composition trick I read about in the book, "The Simple Secret to Better Painting ". It is a great book, and I recommend it to anyone trying to make more interesting paintings.

Hot Banana

8" x 10" Acrylic on Canvas Panel

I love the active colors in this one. Mostly warms with just a little touch of blue and green. Again, my goal was to complete it in under one hour. I love painting bananas, I think because they are an easy fruit to get the shape correct. So much easier than a round fruit.

Three Bananas

I really had fun with the colors on this one.  Purple is my favorite, and I think I really got the essence of the bananas this time.  It is much more simplified than my last banana painting.  I am going to continue to play with the colors a bit more.  What do you think? Acrylic on 10" x 10" canvas

Candy hearts 2/12/2009

These were done per request for my daughter. Watercolor on 140lb. paper, 4.25" x 5.5"