On my easel.....

Still Life in progress...

Peonies, Fruit and Fabric

This is a 24" x 30" canvas.

Almost complete...worked on it again today.

Here are a couple of pics of a still life in progress.

The set-up took alot of time and thought....

great color, texture, light, shadows and composition.   

Don Sahli and Sharon Hodges spent quite a bit of 

time setting upset it up this arrangement. Once

Sharon started painting it, I decided 

I had to get in on the fun.  Don has a 

great collection of beautiful fabrics, pottery and 

antiques to choose from when setting up a still

life for a painting...whether it is indoors or outdoors.

I quickly blocked in the abstract shapes and started 

on the colors.  

After several hours, I am getting the colors, shadows, 

light and shapes on the canvas.  I have more to do today, 

and can't wait to put more thick paint on.  More

photos tomorrow....Thanks for looking

at my art and the paintings posted here

on this blog.  Kay

kay@kwyne.com

Floral & Fruit

Floral & Fruit

Oil on 24" x 24" canvas

This painting went through many stages...I learned alot on this canvas. Especially shadows. There are layers and layers of color in the flowers, giving it depth. This painting is beautiful framed up. Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing.

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Maidrite 2009

Today's painting is of the Macomb, Illinois Maidrite. It was built around 1926, and is barely standing. The Maidrite served up steam burgers. The sign is very cool...very retro. The shadows add interest to the simple building and sign. The sign has been there on Jackson Street forever. I am wondering if the building is still standing. This oil painting is on a 9" x 12" canvas, ready to be framed. I have several Maidrite paintings that I am working on...more to come!

Tuscany Shadows

This is a painting is hanging in a home in Dallas. Bob and Fran have it placed at the end of a long hallway, and it looks great in their home. When painting this piece, I was going through a mellow yellow phase, and I was in love with the color yellow...and I still like it, but not as much. (That was when I had our living room and dining room painted yellow, and I purchased yellow chintz china.) The building in the background has many layers of creamy yellow paint on it...and the shadows on the street are very cool. I hope that the viewer enjoys this painting....I think looking at it makes you want to get on a plane and get out of Dallas!