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Thursday, 31 May 2018

Onion and bottle

Oil on board, 20 x 15 cm (= about 8 x 6 in):


Back to still life, but I decided to try something other than my usual dark backgrounds.

Wednesday, 30 May 2018

Pretty flowers

Oil on board, 20 x 15 cm:


For a change, an outdoor scene. For this sort of thing I often prefer a far looser, impressionist sort of style. I based it on a reference photo I took in the garden of a local school; I noticed the girl intently staring at the flowers, haloed in rich light, and knew I wanted to try painting it.

Thursday, 24 May 2018

Onion and herbs

Oil on board, 20 x 15 cm:



Tuesday, 22 May 2018

Eggs, bottle, pear.

Oil on board, 20 x 25 cm:


Egg cartons are surprisingly difficult to paint - I should do some more!

Wednesday, 16 May 2018

Pear and bottles

Oil on board, 15 x 20 cm (= about 6 x 8 inches):


Monday, 14 May 2018

Candy and Delftware

Oil on board, 15 x 20 cm (= about 6 x 8 inches):


Cloudy and drizzly weather today, so the light is no good for photography. And hence, the camera didn't really reproduce the picture all that accurately.

Thursday, 10 May 2018

Mustard and apricot jam

Oil on board, 15 x 10 cm:


Next week, perhaps some larger ones again...

Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Egg, mushroom, tomato

Oil on board, 10 x 15 cm (= 4 x 6 inches):


One of the last cherry tomatoes sill on the last surviving plant before winter hits us here...

Monday, 7 May 2018

Grapes, mushrooms

And another small one. I really should do a whole series of them, but we'll see...
Oil on board, 10 x 15 cm (= 4 x 6 inches):


Friday, 4 May 2018

Mini bottle, mini tomatoes

Been a while since I have made one of these mini paintings. Oil on board, 15 x 10 cm (= 6 x 4 inches):


Wednesday, 2 May 2018

Sweet things

Nowadays, I try hard not to eat these things. But they are fun to paint.
Oil on board, 15 x 20 cm (= about 6 x 8 inches):