Not Yet Guacamole

Oil on canvas panel, 6x6", NFS

My fiancée and I love the avocados. They are the perfect addition to a sandwich, and nothing tops a tortilla chip better than guacamole! But it's actually a rather funny looking fruit, kind of shiny but all lumpy and bumpy at the same time. Because of this texture I thought it would be interesting to make a painting of an avocado. I started this a couple nights ago, but it was getting late and I was getting frustrated. When I came back to it this morning, I found that I was actually pretty pleased with what I had done thus far so I just darkened some darks and lightened some lights and decided it was time for guacamole.

Backlit Lemon

Acrylic on canvas panel, 4x4", NFS

After a trip to the grocery store to stock up on painting subjects (and, of course, food), I made this little lemon painting. I wanted to capture the yellow glow reflected from the top of the lemon, so I kept the other lights low in my studio, increasing the contrast on my subject. It might have strained my eyes a little, but I'm happy to have caught that yellow glow from the top of the lemon.

Artificial Cherry Flavor

Oil on masonite, 6x6", SOLD

The nice thing about doing a painting of something like a dum-dum is that you get to take a humble piece of candy and admire it two times: once by painting it, and twice by eating it!

Orange Peppertop

Oil on canvas panel, 4x6" SOLD

I'm not much of a fan of peppers, to be quite honest, but I sure was excited when my fiancée brought this orange bell pepper home from the little grocery store on the other side of the Common. So at the first chance I got, I stole it from the fridge, set it up on my drafting table, and went to work.

Pitcher and Grapefruit

Oil on masonite, 6x6", SOLD

The grapefruit had such a squat shape, I thought it would be a good partner for the stout pitcher.