"Apple Afternoon" fruit floral flowers still life kitchen art daily painting oil on canvas

 

6 x 6"

oil on canvas

click to bid

With October right around the corner, I'm starting to think about the Holidays. Why not? Costco busts out the ornaments and Christmas lights for sale in August! I've got greeting card sets available in my Etsy shop, and my 2013 calendar is in the works! So basically, for all your gifting needs, I've got you covered!

"Apple Season" still life daily painting fruit kitchen art red

 

8 x 8"

oil on canvas

Framed, $300

email me to purchase

There's nothing wrong with some warm Summer sunshine, but Fall is my favorite season. Apple picking (or picking them up really cheap at the store), apple cider, apple pie, and apple paintings....

Pumpkins, too. Halloween, people!

"Zest for Life" Lemon art painting kitchen fruit bowl with knife yellow blue

6 x 6"

oil on canvas

Sold

I'm back! We had a blast on our trip, though we are now all thoroughly jet-lagged - which isn't such a terrible thing if it has you up and at the gym bright and early. Let's see how long it takes my slothfully time-zone appropriate ways to return.

....And here's a painting.

 

P.S. Tomorrow is my birthday. The big 33. Want to give me a present? Check out my FB art page, and 'like' it if you like it!

"Still Life with Cut Lemon and Houseplant" floral fruit food botanical art painting original oil on canvas

 

6 x 6"

oil on canvas

$100

purchase from my Etsy shop

I wanted to call this one "Cut Flowers Hate Houseplants (root envy)," but I restrained myself. What famous artist said it takes two to make a painting - one to paint it and another to kill her before she names it something stupid? I think I've got that quote wrong, anyway...

This little plant, for those who may be curious, is a Peperomia Jayde. It's taking a vacation from its normal abode on my kitchen windowsill to spend some time in the studio. Jayde isn't the only one on vacation - I'm off for a week of visiting family and friends in the Motherland Midwest. See you when I get back!

"Red Lipstick" woman girl portrait painting fine art

 

12 x 12"

oil on canvas

$325

purchase from my Etsy shop

This is the last time you'll be seeing this model for a while - she's heading off traveling for several months. I thought I'd better take a shot at her tattoos, since in the dozen odd times I've painted her, I have yet to include them. Hence, the vague green splotch above her wrist, and squiggly greenish/bluish lines near her shoulder. Apparently, her face isn't the only thing I aged at least a decade in this portrait!

"Lemons and a Crayon Drawing" original art oil painting still life by Sarah Sedwick

 

8 x 8"

oil on canvas

Framed, $300

email me to purchase

No need for any additional credit here: the crayon masterpiece is all mine, 100% Sarah Sedwick. Well, possibly with the drooly assistance of a very young Ellie. It's been tacked to the cork board in my studio for literally years now, I just couldn't bear to part with it after wasting all that wax!

"Sunflower Spotlights" daily painting floral flowers fruit lemons yellow purple

 

6 x 6"

oil on canvas

Sold

Here's the third and final piece in this week's sunflower series. Here are the first and second. I think this one is my favorite. I'm just such a sucker for lemons! Hope you're all having excellent long weekends. I know I'm not alone in saying I can't believe it's already September!

"Sunnies on Purple" floral flower painting of sunflowers and fruit

 

6 x 6"

oil on canvas

Framed, $200

click to buy

I really got into the color variations within the different papers in this set-up. They seemed to move from cool to warm to cool again in the reflected light from the flowers and plums. You can see my still life below. I had a strong halogen spotlight on (which was helping me out with those trippy color undulations), but had to turn it off for the photo.