Graptopetalum by Jean Reece Wilkey, oil on panel, 4 x 4 in. | SOLD This succulent has such wonderful silvery greens, blues and violets and the name is fun to say as well! The common name is Ghost Plant and it looks ghostly silver in certain light.
Jade plant
Jade plant, oil on panel, 4 x 4 inches | SOLD One of my favorite house plants. They look so elegant when they get really large.
Two pomegranate slices
Two pomegranate slices, oil on panel, 4 x 4 inches Two juicy pomegranate slices. Pomegranates are a favorite to paint, because of the luscious rich reds and liquid highlights and for the symbolism from classical Greek mythology with Persephone’s mother mourning her absence after she eats a few pomegranate seeds. After a fallow winter she rejoices […]
Juicy pomegranate slice
Juicy pomegranate slice, oil on cradled wood panel, 4 x 4 inches. Juicy, juicy pomegranate slice. So juicy it’s dripping off the plate. Yum! |Available
Pomegranate on vintage china saucer
Pomegranate on vintage china saucer, oil on panel, 4 x4 inches | Sold This pomegranate rests on my great grandmother’s vintage china saucer in a sort of classic pose. I’ve always loved the blue and white design. I was interested in the combination of reds and the reflections on the fruit as well as the […]
Pomegranate slices on blue plate
Pomegranates are one of my favorites to paint, both because of the luscious rich reds and liquid highlights and for the symbolism from classical literature. Pomegranate slices on blue plate, oil on wood panel, 4 x 4 in. | Available
Fall leaves
Autumn is generally wonderful weather here and for the past couple of months it has been so nice that I’ve had a really bad case of spring fever! The leaves just started to turn about ten days ago and now we’ve just had the first freeze. When the vegetation is mostly of the desert variety, colorful […]
Last week of Out of Place exhibit
For anyone in the area who hasn’t made it out to the show yet, there is still time. The show is up through next Saturday. Several of the pieces in the show have dark backgrounds. That’s because I went a little crazy with the new paint color I got from the Vasari Classic Oil Color grant. […]
Pomegranate on Blue Willow
I called this blog Painting Habit since I try to paint in the studio every day. Often I’m working on large pieces but these small ones can be finished more quickly so it’s easier to do one each day as I was doing leading up to the Praxis Collective show, Indra’s Net. I promised to post the […]
Indra’s Net installation
The recent show at the Las Cruces Museum of Art featured our collaborative piece, Indra’s Net. The work consisted of artwork done by the six members of the Praxis Collective artist group. You can see more about the installation on the blog, Praxis Collective. Now that the show is down I’ll be posting the 50+ […]
Entropy
I’m interested in how people in the Western world relate to nature and how many of us are distanced from it in our everyday life; insulated from it by a built environment. We try to control it in various ways, such as in the structure we impose on it to create formal gardens – corsetting […]