Red

Things in My Pantry That Are Red   watercolor   12 x 20

 has always been a color for others.  Red turns up the spotlight and puts a target on your back.  Although I do admire strong background reds in the work of other artists, that simply would not, could not ever happen in my work.  Objects with the local color red seem to be immune to this personal rule.  (Where did this come from?)

In order to try to reason with this dislike, I pulled a few items from my pantry that were indeed red.  The focus, however, was to be the transparency of the jars.  That way, I could sneak up on the red.

Enough said.  Enough red.

Jeanne's Peaches Plus One

                                                    

Jeanne's Peaches Plus One   watercolor/cold wax/wood   14 x 11 x .75         

Wow...this new blogger is a bit tough to figure out and, quite frankly, I just hate the time that it takes to figure it out!

The challenge with this work was to paint something in a jar....this situation causes the subject to receive light in a more diffused way...shapes merge and separate with less distinction.  It is a terrific lesson in painting what you see, rather than what you know to be true.  In this case, I chose a GIANT jar of peaches given to us last Christmas.  Because it is so very lovely, I cannot bear the thought of actually using it!  

And....this work was fixed with cold wax and fixed permanently to a wood cradle...an exciting frameless option for watercolor paintings.