Sunny Day

Sunny Day

16" x 12" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

Contemporary Still Life

I started with a photograph that I took last year in Greece of a food market, and zoomed in on a crate of lemons.  It was a sunny day, and the golden yellows were brilliant as I looked at the lemon harvest.  I had a good time at the easel painting this one, and I was thinking about starting a new series...I would have a good time going to the Dallas Farmers Market (if I practiced social distancing, of course) and picking out some fresh fruits or veggies to paint.   This painting is finished, and drying in the studio.  Thanks for looking at my blog.  Kay

Peonies, Fruit, and Fabric by Kay Wyne

Peonies, Fruit, and Fabric

24" x 30" Oil on Canvas Panel

Contemporary Still Life Painting

I loved painting these peonies.  They were big and full, loose and colorful.  The background, apples and ceramic pitcher were more challenging than the flowers.  I was using a some new paints...Classic Oils, which I found to be very juicy and I liked the way I could move the paint around on the canvas.  It wasn't thick and gummy, it had the consistency of sour cream.  Concentrating on the shadows and the reflections, I was painting this still life in the Sahli Studio in Evergreen, Colorado.  Don is a wonderful artist and had some interesting set-ups in the studio.  Contact Kay for purchasing info.  This painting is framed in a dark moulding with gold lip.  Thanks for looking....Kay

Sun Filled Day

Sun Filled Day

20" x 16" Oil on Canvas

Contemporary Still Life Painting

I am posting this Sun Filled Day because

it looks like we have a sunny day in Dallas

today!  Contact Kay for more information on this 

painting or any other paintings posted on

this blog.  Kay

Cottage Still Life

Cottage Still Life

20" x 24" Oil on Canvas

This painting is drying after painting it in Colorado at a Don Sahli workshop.  It was an interesting arrangement...and because of the subject matter, it reminded John and I of the cottage in Michigan.  I loved the enamel pitcher, fruit, antique platter and dish towel it felt like I was pulling things from the cottage for the still life.  The light was bouncing off the ceramic jar and the the fruit.  The oils will take a long time to dry, since I used very little medium with the oils.  Thanks for looking at the art posted here....contact Kay with any questions concerning my art.  Thanks, KMW

Peonies, Fruit & Fabric

Peonies, Fruit & Fabric

24" x 30" Oil on Canvas

This still life is signed and now drying at the studio.

There were several challenges in this painting for me...

putting in the shadows, the hi lights on the fruit, and nailing

down the colors.  I loved the fullness of the peonies 

and the large shadow that was cast in this still life.  

Here is a close up - you can see the juicy 
colors and brush strokes.

I used a #12 Filbert on most of the painting and

some new paints.  It is always fun to find

new materials to paint with.  Thanks for looking

at the art posted here.  Contact Kay Wyne for

purchasing information.  KMW

Flowers and Fruit

Flowers and Fruit

Still Life

24" x 24" Oil on Canvas

Contact Kay Wyne for purchasing information.

Thanks, KMW

Floral

This 16" x 20" canvas has lots of things going on...fruit, flowers, plates, and vases. It is loaded with color and movement. It is very painterly, and it was one of my "quick" paintings that I did not labor over. Once the paint was on the canvas, I left it. I did not go back and fuss over anything. I need to see what it looks like with a frame. I hope that you enjoy it....