"Sunlit Slice" 6 x 6 inch oil on gessoboard

 

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I am really enjoying playing with backlit subjects lately.  I was slicing lemons for iced tea as the afternoon sunlight was coming through my kitchen windows, creating this dramatic lighting.  

"Hollyhocks" (6 x 6 inch oil on gessoboard)

 

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Wow!  It's been over a week since I've posted!  We had a wonderful 4th of July and also took a trip to see family in Ferndale, WA.  Our family loves to take walks so I had many opportunities to take reference photos.  These were growing in front of a beautiful little beach house.

Forest Stream (6 x 6 inch oil on gessoboard)

 

 

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The Pacific Northwest has a way of covering everything in one shade of green or another.  Luckily, green is one of my favorite colors and I got to use so many shades in this little painting!  I couldn't quite get the brightest shade of green to photograph properly.  It is very vibrant in person.





Pre-guacamole (6 x 6 oil on gessoboard)

 

 

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I was about to make the first bowl of guacamole for the season and when I cut into the avocado, it was so perfect that I just had to paint it!  My oldest son took one look at the finished painting and exclaimed, "Oh, mom!  The avocado looks so creamy!".  Yay!  That's what I was going for!



Orchard with Dandelions (6 x 6 in oil on gessoboard)

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It was mid-August and about 90 degrees when I took the photo that would become this painting. I was standing in the shade, watering the trees and admiring all of the dandelion fluffs glowing in the sun.

Country Car Wash (6 x 6 in oil on gessoboard) - $100

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While my husband and I were doing chores in the backyard, the lovely dappled sunlight and brightly lit bucket begged to be painted.  I grabbed my camera and snapped a quick photo between feeding the chickens and watering the plants.