"Oranges 4" --- SOLD

6"x8" - oil on canvas

This is the fourth in a series of oranges.

"Oranges 3" --- SOLD

6"x6" - oil on canvas

This is day 3 in my series of oranges.

"Orange 2" --- SOLD

6"x8" - oil on canvas

I have become obsessed with these oranges and this fabric, so I've decided to do a series. This is number 2.

"Orange Party" --- SOLD

6"x8" - oil on linen

"Tomato Stack" --- SOLD

6"x8" - oil on canvas

"Milk & Cement" --- SOLD

6"x8" - oil on canvas

Here are a couple of relics from my husband's childhood. We gave them to Jacob, our 19 mo. old son, but he just smashed them against my husband's computer, so we took them away. They have been sitting on the banister at the top of the stairs for weeks now, just begging to be painted, so here they are: a milk truck next to a cement truck.

"Apple Stack" --- SOLD

6"x8" - oil on canvas

"Tomato Baby" --- SOLD

6"x6" - oil on canvas

"Garlic & Vase" --- SOLD

6"x6" - oil on canvas

"Stranded" --- n/a

6"x8" - oil on canvas

"Tomato Daisies" --- SOLD

6"x8" - oil on canvas

I found this daisy material a few weeks ago at the thrift store. I thought it fit well with this nice tomato.

"Mini Wild Melons" --- SOLD

6"x8" - oil on canvas

I found these tiny "melons" on a hike the other day and have had them in the fridge ready to paint. They're each about 2 inches long at their longest point, and one had this lovely bit of curly vine still attached.

"Spooked" --- SOLD

6"x8" - oil on canvas

Small, plastic donkey, confronting its shadow.

"Oh Wise Bear" --- SOLD

6"x8" - oil on canvas

I found these little wooden toys in with some of my husband's childhood things. The bear is actually from a McDonald's happy meal...does that ruin the effect?

"Quiet Conversation" --- n/a

6"x8" - oil on canvas

I found these leaves at the greenbelt here in Austin.

"Leaving" --- SOLD

6"x8" - oil on canvas

We have a bradford pear tree in our backyard and it is dropping these wonderful fall leaves. I love leaves almost as much as I love rocks. The only downside to leaves is that they don't last for long.

"Rock Group" --- n/a

6"x8" - oil on canvas

I collect rocks. My favorites have been rounded by moving water, but I love all rocks. Each one is so unique. My favorite subject in college was geology. I love to hear about how rocks form...and yet I couldn't tell you the name of any of these. My mother has forever loved the word "ferocryptomungite." This is the word geologists use when someone asks "what's this?" and they don't know. "Oh yes," they say "this is the rare ferocryptomungite." Everyone is impressed.

"Pear Talk" --- SOLD

6"x8" - oil on canvas

"Merry Fishmas" --- n/a

6"x8" - oil on linen

Here's a second version of this little, glass, fish, xmas ornament.

I'm taking a little time off...

to go camping with my husband and son. Back on Thursday. Thanks for tuning in.

Carol

"Beanie Bird" --- SOLD

6"x8" - oil on canvas

I was in the hospital a few years ago with a clot and my stepdaughters brought me this beanie baby bird as a get well gift. It is such a silly creature, I just had to paint it.

"Mini Apples' --- SOLD

6"x8" - oil on canvas

Mini apples in a sea of blue.

"Twix" --- n/a

6"x6" - oil on canvas

All the other painting a dayers have been painting candy around Halloween, so here is my contribution. I couldn't resist.

"Bottle Dots" --- SOLD

6"x6" - oil on canvas

I've been waiting for the perfect situation in which to use this green/purple polka-dot material.

"Candles" --- SOLD

6"x8" - oil on canvas

Fancy candles in a pile.