Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Hot Diggety!

hot dog painting by sarah sedwick
"Hot Diggety!"
8 x 8 inches, oil on canvas
Available through Tvedten Gallery
 
This may seem like a radical departure from my normal subject matter - and it is - but there's a legacy of hot dog painting going back to Roy Lichtenstein and Wayne Theibaud. So, some quirky art history for you!

Saturday, July 7, 2018

Should I Eat A Peach?

 
 "Should I Eat A Peach?"
12 x 12 inches, oil on canvas
$400, free shipping



Thanks, mom, for supplying this title! I'm not a huge poetry afficionado, but I enjoyed reading "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot, to hunt down this quotation, which popped into her head when I showed her the painting.

Value study! ballpoint pen, sharpie, and white marker on toned tan paper:

 

You can see several more work-in-progress shots of this painting on Instagram.

Thanks for looking!

Friday, July 6, 2018

Peaches with Two Spoons

 
"Peaches with Two Spoons"
10 x 10 inches, oil on canvas
$350
Sold
 
It must be summer, because I picked peaches! I love being able to paint them with the branches and leaves still on.

Thursday, July 5, 2018

Apricots on Blue

 "Apricots on Blue"
10 x 10 inches, oil on canvas
$350 (free shipping)



A summery painting, for certain! There's something about that hot orange/cool blue contrast that makes me feel like basking in the sun.

Here's how it came together: