Pomme Poms

Pomme Poms  
(10"x10", acrylic/canvas)
SOLD

This week's challenge on the Daily Paintworks website involved painting values and apples. I found two apples in the back of my refrigerator and painted them yesterday. As I often listen to Espace Musique on CBC Radio (the French music station from Montreal) my mind turned to the word for apple in French - pomme. As I was painting two of them - Pomme Pomme seemed like a possible title - and that  sounded like pom pom (as in cheerleader), so I combined the two for the title. 

As I painted I thought about how symbolic the apple has been in art and how often it appears in still life settings......here are some of my favourites.....enjoy!

Magritte: The Son of Man, 1964

Cezanne:Still Life with Apples and Pot of Primroses, 1890

Durer: Adam and Eve, 1507

A Labrador Named 'Hobbes'

Hobbes  (14"x18") sold

This is the predecessor of the yellow lab McGwire whose canine portrait appeared a few days ago. His name was Hobbes and he was quite a handsome fellow, based on the photos I have seen. He has a perfect  lab head and was a delight to paint. I am sure that he chased a few balls in his time - hence the background balls. I think my black lab Molly needs a portrait - coming soon.

Dog Friends

I needed to do some small paintings so worked on these in the last few days. Both are based on photos I took recently of the canine pets of some friends here in Florida.

McGwire
acrylic on canvas (16" x 10")  sold

Roxy
acrylic on canvas  (10"x10")  

Still need to paint 'Otis the Cat'. Maybe next week. I also need to revisit the painting of my daughter (New Hat) - lots to do, as usual.

Triptych Completion

It's done. Here are the individual paintings....

Left panel (24"x24")

Center panel (24"x24")

Right Panel (24"x24")

And here they are together......

I haven't got a name for it yet beyond Still Life Triptych, but I am sure it will come. It was an interesting challenge working on several canvases and of course my ideas changed the more I worked. I started out thinking that I would 'lose and find' edges, but I got caught up with the individual objects and controlling the composition. Anyway, I am quite happy with the results - but would love to hear what you think.