Peonies, Fruit and Fabric by Kay Wyne

Peonies, Fruit and Fabric

24" x 30" Oil on Canvas Panel

Contemporary Still Life Painting

This colorful still life is framed in a beautiful gold frame.  When I painted this, I was focusing on the light source and wanted to get the dramatic shadows painted in.  My favorite part of the painting is the fruit and the edges of the petals on the peonies.  I was letting my brush dance around, giving the petals a playful, loose look.  The apples were painted in simple strokes, with a wide bright brush.  This painting is available...contact Kay for more info.  Have a great day...I am glad to start 2018 working in the studio.  KMW

Sun Filled Day

Sun Filled Day

24" x 20" Oil on Canvas

This pic is for Beth, who is up in Colorado tackling this still life at Don Sahli's Art Studio. I can honestly say that it was a challenge, and because the still life is sitting in a window, I had to paint fast with the light changing constantly.  There were many stages that this painting went through, and here are a few:

 Drawing it out...getting the road map on the canvas.  Something that I need to spend more time doing...drawing.

As you can see my set-up, the light is coming through the window, hitting the still life....but it all changed so fast.  I had to paint it in at the same time everyday.

Here I am starting to fill in, drawing more and making more changes.

Starting to put some color on.  Getting the darkest darks in first.  I probably could of painted this on a larger canvas, but did not realize it until I was at this stage.  I wish that I had more fabric in my painting.    Looking back on this, I learned alot on this canvas. I enjoyed seeing others paint the same still life.

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An Apple A Day

This painting was an exercise on color at the Carol Marine Workshop, and I loved painting it. Each brushstroke had to have a different color loaded on it before it hit the canvas. And of course, it was a fast painting. Virginia Robertson bought this painting also. It is probably hanging with the peppers somewhere in Virginia's home.