Patience - Small Still Life Painting on Canvas Food Art

Patience

4 x 4 inches

acrylic on 3/4" canvas

I had fun with this little grouping. I need to get back to painting more food!  ;-) Oh, so many things to paint, so little time.

Here are the three pieces together:

And they headed over to West Village Provisions today with a few Fall themed pieces.

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Second Skin - Small Still Life Painting Food Art SOLD

Second Skin

4 x 4 inches

acrylic on 3/4" canvas
SOLD

The local apples have been really wonderful this year. It will make me very sad when I have to go back to supermarket apples. While we never actually made it out to pick apples this fall, I have been buying plenty from the local farm and farmers' markets. I think the honeycrisps have been the favorite around here this year, though the macouns and cortlands have been really good, too.

This fruit-y painting will be available at West Village Provisions later this week!

Chit Chat - Small Acrylic Painting of Red & Yellow Peppers - Kitchen Art

Chit Chat

6 x 4 inches

acrylic on watercolor paper

Another one for the Relationships Series. These two peppers just seem like they are sharing a little gossip, don't they? I'm having so much fun with my fruits and vegetables, I may have to do some more when I finish the commission I am currently working on.

Summer craziness has set in - way too busy a schedule for summer lately! Isn't this when we are supposed to slow down a little and take it easy? Oh well, maybe next week.

This piece is currently available at West Village Provisions in West Boxford, Massachusetts.

Whispers - Still Life Acrylic Painting Kitchen Art

Whispers

6 x 4 inches

acrylic on watercolor paper

It's Farmer's Market time again!

By the way, look at my haul from today:

I love, love buying fresh from the farmer!
(And I think there may be more vegetable paintings in the future......)

I actually painted this one while in Ohio. It is part of my "Relationship Series" - fruits and vegetables that make great kitchen art. This series has been especially popular at my shows, and at the last show I had a request for "MORE VEGETABLES"! I am only too happy to oblige  ;-)

This piece will be available at West Village Provisions in West Boxford, Massachusetts later this week.

Making Plans - $30 (unframed) + $2.50 shipping in the US

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Solo - Small Acrylic Still Life Painting of Strawberry

Solo

3 x 3 inches

acrylic on 3/8" canvas

Getting ready for the local Strawberry Festival (I will have a booth there next weekend) - I decided I needed a few more berries!
These mini canvases are a lot of fun to paint - and they make great gifts (hint, hint) because who doesn't have room for just a little piece of original art?!!

Solo - $25 + $3.25 shipping in the US

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To Find a Friend - Small Still Life Painting

To Find a Friend

4x4 inches

acrylic on canvas

Working on a few small canvases to take to West Village Provisions for this weekend's Winter Festival. There will be all kinds of fun activities.....kind of an old-fashioned New England kind of celebration - and I will have some of my work at West Village Provisions if you happen to drop by.

Thankful

A Very Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families......

Crowd Control

4x4 inches

acrylic on canvas
SOLD

Frolicking - Acrylic Still Life Painting of Tomatoes Kitchen Art SOLD

Frolicking

4x6 inches

acrylic on canvas
SOLD

These tomatoes just looked like they were having a good time, the little green tendrils of their stems kinda took on a life of their own.....

Conversation - Small Painting Food Art Still Life SOLD

Conversation

4x6 inches

acrylic on canvas
SOLD

I wonder what these two are chatting about? They seem to me to be up to something....

I am looking forward to hopefully finishing a bunch of these small canvases for my upcoming holiday shows. I am also going back and forth with working on a few commissions for classic car paintings (a great holiday gift idea, right ?- hint, hint!) - I hope to have some works in progress to post soon.

An Apple a Day - Small Fruit Still Life Painting

An Apple a Day

4 x 4  inches

acrylic on canvas

I love local apple season!
Love the crisp, fresh picked apples - we usually eat them so fast, I don't even have a chance to bake or make anything special with them. This year I am refusing to buy a single grocery store apple until all the local farms are done with apples for the season. And unfortunately, due to a recent frost, that may be coming up sooner than I would like  ;-(

Anyways, frost or no frost, this apple will be available at the end of the week at West Village Provisions in West Boxford, MA.

Crowd Control - Small Autumn Painting Still Life of Gourds SOLD

Crowd Control

4x4 inches

acrylic on canvas
SOLD

I'm having fun with these little canvas paintings! They are definitely a welcome break from some of my other work...and they look really cute hung together in groups  ;-)

I seem to do a number of gourd paintings every year. Gourds are so interesting with their different colors and textures and shapes - just keep me wanting to paint "just one more".....

This little piece will be at West Village Provisions later this week.

For anyone following my local events - I've started to update the list on the right side of my blog - still a few more events to add, but lots of places to see my work locally this holiday season!

Pepper Pals - Small Still Life Painting, Kitchen Art SOLD

Pepper Pals

4x4 inches

acrylic on canvas
SOLD

This is another little one I completed while in Maine.
I plan to take some of these fun fruit and vegetable paintings to the show at the Wenham Museum on Saturday. Any ones left after the show will be at West Village Provisions through the month of September.

Still finishing up a few North Shore scenes to deliver on Friday. These little scenes are great fun to paint. And it seems like a lot of people like seeing these familiar places. I will be doing something similar with scenes from Haverhill for a show next month. Time to get back to the easel....

Baby Blues - Small Still Life of Blueberries, Kitchen Art

Baby Blues

4x6 inches

acrylic on canvas

These tiny Maine blueberries were my kids absolutely favorite thing that we brought home from the Middleton Farmers Market a few weeks ago. I think they chanted "pancakes, pancakes" the whole way home. They certainly didn't last for long - and made us all look forward to our trip to Maine later this summer when we will get to pick our own!

Baby Blues will be at West Village Provisions, West Boxford, Massachusetts through late August.

Bunch of Beans - Small Still Life Vegetable Painting SOLD

Bunch of Beans

5x3 inches

acrylic on canvas
SOLD

Who knew that beans would actually be fun to paint! Really makes me eager for my next trip to the Farmers Market. I hate when I run out of vegetables and have to buy some at the grocery store this time of year.

This little guy will be ganging up with other fruits and vegetables at West Village Provisions, West Boxford, MA through late August.

Wax Beans - Mini Still Life Kitchen Art

Wax Beans

3x5 inches

acrylic on canvas

One of my favorite things from the Farmers Market! The wimpy green beans in the grocery store can never compare to fresh yellow wax beans.

This little still life will be at West Village Provisions in West Boxford, Massachusetts through late August.

First Blush - Small Still Life Pear Painting SOLD

First Blush

4x3 inches

acrylic on canvas
SOLD

This is last in the little grouping of fruits and vegetables that I took to West Village Provisions on Saturday.

Here is how the last four look together (on my easel):

First Blush, the four paintings above, and two other veggies I had completed earlier went to West Village Provisions on Friday. By Saturday, three of them had sold! I think there may be some more produce in my near future.....

Summer Gathering - Small Still Life Painting, Kitchen Art SOLD

Summer Gathering

4x4 inches

acrylic on canvas
SOLD

Adding this one to the group that will go to West Village Provisions tomorrow. I think this is going to be a fun little grouping! I feel like I could keep going with the fruits and vegetables (so much produce, so little time!), but I think I am going to try to finish up one last one that is on my easel and then move on to some other pieces I need to get done.

Summer Gathering will be at West Village Provisions, West Boxford, MA through late August.

A Little Tipsy - Mini Vegetable Still Life Painting SOLD

A Little Tipsy

3x4 inches

acrylic on canvas
SOLD

Another little still life to go in the grouping of fruits and vegetables. I'm enjoying seeing how all the colors work together. The background colors really make a big impact on how the subject looks - I am doing a lot of experimenting!

Still incredibly HOT here! I found it really hard to concentrate on painting - or anything else - today. Let's hope the heat breaks tomorrow, or I may just be a melted puddle by the end of the week!

"A Little Tipsy" will be joining a bunch of other fruit and vegetable still lifes at West Village Provisions, West Boxford, MA through late August.

His & Hers - Small Still Life Fruit Painting with Apples SOLD

His & Hers

3x5 inches

acrylic on canvas
SOLD

Now up..... a little series of fruit and vegetables on tiny canvases. Inspiration from the Farmers Market! I plan to do a bunch of these bright little canvases to hang together at West Village Provisions until the end of next month.

I love painting apples. They have so many colors in them - it is always interesting to see the form evolve as I add more and more layers of color. Every time I start painting one, I think "this one is never going to work!" Yet eventually, an apple emerges each time! Amazing stuff, this paint is  ;-)

This piece will join "Local Berries" and a few others in West Boxford, MA at West Village Provisions until late August.

Local Berries - Fruit Still Life with Strawberries

Local Berries

3x4 inches

acrylic on canvas

The first fruit of summer!

I love the local strawberries here in the northeast. The season is very short - but oh, so sweet!
This year we have tons of wild strawberries in our yard as well (one of the bonuses to not weeding my flowerbeds very well  ;-) The kids are enjoying hunting them and getting what they can before the birds get to them.

I wanted to do a quick little painting before I get started on a few more show entries. These little mini canvases are a lot of fun to work on - and they make a great grouping when a bunch are hung together, so I am going to try to get some more fruits and vegetables done before my late summer and fall shows begin. I am looking forward to visiting some of the local farmers markets for inspiration!

Local Berries - $40 + $3 shipping in the US

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