Tomato and banana

Acrylics on Masonite, 15 x 20 cm:

I have been rather busy with bankers and bureaucrats, as well as some non-fine art projects (watch this space!). But finally had time for a quick painting again. This sort of small still life done from the result of a raid on the kitchen remains an old favorite genre of mine.

This item may be for sale on my Bid-or-Buy store. 

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...

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):

Tomato and mushrooms

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

Tomato, egg, pepper shaker

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

As usual the camera did not reproduce the colors quite accurately. I boldly claim that the original looks better.

This work will appear on my Bid-or-Buy store as soon as it is dry enough to transport! 

Cloves, tomato, apricot jam

I remain torn between oils and acrylics for this sort of painting. Both have their own advantages and disadvantages. In practice, I work with one for a while, then get sick of it and switch to the other. Perhaps I'll eventually figure out which one I really prefer.

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

Red things

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

Tomato, Marmite, herbs

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

Salt shaker and cherry tomatoes

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

As I worked on this one, I took a series of WIP photos, which I planned on working into a YouTube video. I'll see if I get around to it. Unfortunately some of the photos came out thoroughly out of focus, so it might not be too spectacular. I can say this: there are few things that break one's concentration and "flow" quite as much as stopping all the time to take a photo!

Mustard and tomato

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

After a long battle with lack of sun and tough clay soil, I finally managed to get a tomato plant to grow and produce a few fruit. Makes for a nice edible model!

Tomato, egg, oil

Oil on board, 25 x 20 cm (= about 10 x 8 inches):

Cherry Tomatoes and Miniature Bottle

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

My cherry tomato bush is beginning to bear more fruit than I know what to do with. Still life is one possible function of cherry tomatoes, but they're so small it is usually preferable to combine them with other small items. Luckily I have a small collection of such trinkets...