"Tomatoes"

10" x 8" oil on stretched canvas.

These tomatoes had that unbelievable fresh aroma that you get when you pluck them right off the vine. I had to resist cutting them for my salad on Tuesday. What is really funny is that the artists I follow on dailypaintworks.com had a Tomato Tuesday. Most of the twelve artists painted tomatoes that day.

Don't you love it when you find fruit or vegetables that are so beautiful, with stems and vines, or leaves? Don't you hate it when the grocery bagger plops them in a bag and the stems break off! :)

"Paint and Pottery"

Oil on 9" x 7" canvas panel.

My sister, Lorie, has begun to follow her own bliss in the past several years. She made the blue bowl in this painting. After I signed the previous painting today ("Copper and Zinnias"), I felt compelled to paint the featured fruit (before it was too late), and I thought the blue bowl would be a refreshing relief from the warm colors in my previous paintings. I am pleased with the outcome. Thank you, Lorie.

"Copper and Zinnias"

Oil on 12" x 9"" stretched canvas.

I guess all still life painters become collectors. I was delighted to find this little copper watering can at Blue Moon Antiques in Pensacola. It is a smaller, slightly different version of the watering can featured in the first painting of my blog. I just love painting copper!