52 Weeks 100 Paintings #51 - 3 Bowls, 1 Spoon

52 Weeks 100 Paintings

#51 - 3 Bowls, 1 Spoon 

5" x 7" 

Oil on Canvas Panel
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52 Weeks 100 Paintings #50 Sprinkles

 

52 Weeks 100 Paintings 

#50 - Sprinkles
7" x 5"
Oil on Canvas Panel
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Number 50. Wow! Halfway there. Time flies. It's been an adventure, and I thank all of you for being here for it. Thanks to you, thanks to Stephanie at Treat for the amazing cupcakes, and thanks most of all to Angela, for all the love and support and for helping me carve out the time from our already crazy schedule to do this in the first place. I look forward to the next 50, and I'm glad y'all are along for the ride. Thanks again for your support! Cheers!

52 Weeks 100 Paintings #48 - Cow Creamer

52 Weeks 100 Paintings
#48 - Cow Creamer
7" x 5"
Oil on Canvas Panel
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52 Weeks 100 Paintings #47 - Tomatoes

 

52 Weeks 100 Paintings
#47 - Tomatoes
5" x 7"
Oil on Canvas Panel
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 Sometimes when you don't know what to paint, something just falls in your lap. In this case, it was a bunch of Roma Tomatoes from the backyard garden of Bobbi, Molly's piano teacher. Thanks, Bobbi.

52 Weeks 100 Paintings #46 Pomegranates

 

Painting #46 - Pomegranates 

7" x 5"
Oil on Canvas Panel
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Somehow, over the course of my life, I missed out on pomegranates. I don't

know if it had to do with growing up in the Midwest or always sticking to the more conventional WASP-y fruits- you know, apples, bananas, pears, grapes, etc., but pomegranates were always something I associated more with a Gaugin painting or smooth jazz than something you would actually buy at a grocery store, take home, and consume. Curiosity got the best of me the other day, though. I bought two, not so much to eat, but just because they were so beautiful and red and round and I thought they would make a nice painting. I cut one in half. After watching Angela spoon up some of the seeds, I did the same. I was not prepared for the explosion of flavor. To be honest, I felt a bit like one of the cavemen in 2001 - A Space Odyssey, hooting and grunting in wonder and glee and my newfound, exotic discovery. Of course, the fact that this wonder was a reaction to something that to most people is just another piece of produce made me feel even more Neanderthal. Anyway, it was a nice discovery, and one found better late than never. Embarking on this painting series has been really interesting to me. I've made a lot of little discoveries along the way, everything from different ways of seeing light and mixing color to, well, pomegranate seeds. Thanks to all of you for coming along for the ride.

52 Weeks 100 Paintings Painting - #44 Tiny Pumpkins

Painting #44
Tiny Pumpkins 

7" x 5" 

Oil on Canvas Panel
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It's that time of year again, so this is the first in a series of
Halloween-themed paintings. We're getting to that odd point
as parents, where Sean has decided for the first time to
stay home and hand out candy instead of trick-or-treating.
Molly's still all in, though. So am I, but that's
a different conversation.

52 Weeks 100 Paintings #43 - Sunflowers II

 

52 Weeks 100 Paintings
#43 - Sunflowers II
5" x 7"
Oil on Canvas Panel
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52 Weeks 100 Paintings #42 - Pears 5" x 7"

52 Weeks 100 Paintings

#42 - Pears 5" x 7"
Oil on Canvas Panel
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52 Weeks 100 Paintings #41 Salt Shaker

 

Painting #41
Salt Shaker 5" x 7"
Oil on Canvas Panel
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Design is one of those things that you tend not to notice unless it's bad. Which is unfortunate, because there are lots of examples of really nice design that just sit there unnoticed because they just sit there doing what they're supposed to do and looking like they're supposed to look. This salt shaker is a perfect example. I've been picking one up exactly like it for over 40 years now, and until recently, I never really looked at it. That's one of the things I really like about this painting series. I'm starting to look more closely at a lot of things that have always just kind of been there. And I'm finding that there are a lot of really cool things all around me, if I only take a second to enjoy and appreciate them.

52 Weeks 100 Paintings #40 - Beets

52 Weeks 100 Paintings 

#40 - Beets
5" x 7"
Oil on Canvas Panel
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52 Weeks 100 Paintings #38 - Zinnias

 

Painting #38 - Zinnias
5" x 7"
Oil on Canvas Panel
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Our first house together after we got married had a tiered garden in the back. We filled it with cosmos, nastirtium and zinnias along with other flowers and the occasional vegetable. The zinnias were the brightest and most colorful and very quickly became my favorite. They still remind me of those early, giddy days of wedded bliss. Of course, now the days are not-so-early, but I'm still giddy and it's still bliss. So I got that going for me.


Which is nice.

52 Weeks 100 Paintings #37-Apsco Giant 6 Hole Pencil Sharpener

 

Painting #37
Apsco Giant 6 Hole Pencil Sharpener
7" x 5"
Oil on Canvas Panel
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 New pencil sharpeners don't do it for me. No number of double AA batteries can provide the proper amount of power necessary for me to get the point I need. That's where the Apsco Giant 6 Hole Pencil Sharpener comes in. 6 holes to accommodate everything from golf pencils to pastel pencils to those giant starter pencils we had in kindergarten. Packed full of gears and blades working in perfect harmony to make short work of anything stupid enough to makes its way into one of its holes.

It weighs about 15 pounds. It could be used as a murderweapon in the game of Clue. And for some reason,it is a device that makes me very happy.

52 Weeks 100 Paintings #36 Campbell's Soup l

 

52 Weeks 100 Paintings

Painting #36
Campbell's Soup I 

5" x 7"
Oil on Canvas Panel
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Life imitates art. Imitates life. Imitates art. Campbell's just came out with 4 different cans
of tomato soup based on Andy Warhol'sscreenprints of Campbell's Tomato Soup.
Which I am now painting. One down. Three to go.

52 Weeks 100 Paintings Painting #31 Strawberry Jam

 

52 Weeks 100 Paintings

Painting #31 Strawberry Jam
7" x 5"
Oil on Canvas Board 

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52 Weeks 100 Paintings - #32 Cupcake ll

Painting #32
Cupcake II
7" x 5"
Oil on Canvas Board
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Strawberry Cupcake by Treat.
Like em on Facebook here, or better yet,
pay them a visit and enjoy the real thing.