I Get Romantic

 

"Springtime Romance" 

9 x 12 inches, oil on canvas

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We've all heard of spring fever - and it's not just for Turkeys! I see this still life as a simple bouquet picked on a walk to the beloved's house - the pink paper a love note scrawled on an index card, read avidly by its intended, pressed quickly to their lips and put face down on the table, to be picked up and read again and again, while gazing abstractedly at the yellow flowers....

Are you feeling spring-like today?

"Broken Brown Egg" colorful kitchen art still life oil painting and new years resolutions

 

8 x 8"

oil on canvas

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Well, it must be a new year, because I just made a folder for my highly specialized desktop archive entitled "Paintings '13." Geez. This is usually the time of year when my motivation dips. The last year sweeps to a close with so much momentum - shopping, parties, champagne, more shopping, drinking champagne and online shopping...and then January comes. Well, this year I'm going to try and keep my engine running, and step number one is get back to the easel! Step two is to stay on the treadmill, so, no shortcuts combining steps one and two, I guess.

I painted this last night in front of a lovely little group at Oregon Art Supply. My work will be hanging there through the end of January, so stop by and see it - and replenish your stock of paint, rubber stamps, wooden manikins, whatever, they've got it. I just bought myself a shiny new French easel, bringing me one step closer to my yearly plein-air painting resolution. Will '13 be the year?

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

 

6 x 6"

oil on canvas

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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!

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

 

8 x 8"

oil on canvas

Framed, $300

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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

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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

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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.

 

"A Sunny Mix" flower floral sunflower art original oil painting still life

 

6 x 6"

oil on canvas

$100

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I love all the different varieties of sunflowers! Since she doesn't have the heart to murder any 'volunteers,' my mom gets a gorgeous mix in her garden every summer.

Have you bought a painting on Daily Paintworks recently? (From any member artist, not just me). If so, you can enter to win a free painting every week - and this week, the painting is one of mine! Click here to read my spotlight interview, see the piece I'm giving away, and hopefully be my lucky winner. Because I'd much rather give it to someone who loves this blog than one of my many enemies a complete stranger. Thanks!

"Plums on a Branch" fruit food kitchen wall art daily painting original oil

 

6 x 6"

oil on canvas

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I was chugging along with the end of my six mile run in sight, when something suddenly bonked me on the head. Hard! The leafy tree branch I thought I could just duck my head under turned out to be laden with these gorgeous (and heavy) plums! Jogging strollers are great for many things: exercising with kids, carrying your bags in the airport, and smuggling plums. And yes, BOB stroller company, I am available to be your new spokesmodel.

"Black Grapes and Lemons" fruit still life kitchen decor daily painting original oil on canvas

 

6 x 6"

oil on canvas

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Late summer is wedding season - especially in the Pacific Northwest, where if you don't want rain on your wedding day, you'd better do it in August or September! My lovely next-door neighbors (who keep me supplied with brown eggs to paint) just tied the knot a few days ago, and I gave them one of my paintings for a wedding gift. Next time you need to find a special - and unique - gift for a couple just starting out, think original art! They'll think of you every time they look at the painting!

"Lemon Snack" fruit food kitchen art still life original oil painting

 

6 x 6"

oil on canvas

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Here it is, the third lemon painting in the series. Here's a picture of the three of them together!