Compromise - Small Painting Food Art Fun-A-Day Project

Compromise

3 x 3 inches

acrylic on canvas

If it were up to my kids, we would have a house full of chips and all kinds of junk food. If it were totally up to me, we would have  no junk food in the house at all. Pretzels are our compromise  ;-)

This is Day 30 of the 30 Day Painting Challenge. Can't believe I made it every day! Thanks for staying with  me throughout the challenge. I will try to make a collage of my 30 paintings this weekend. And I still have to get the rest of the Fun-A-Day Project paintings up as well. I have been varnishing the little paintings in groupings of three - and  I tell you, I like the way they are going to look hung up all together.

I am going to continue with more 3 x 3 paintings - but I am working on some slightly larger work as well, so I hope you will continue to stop by and see what I've been up to.

Connected - Small Kitchen Art Still Life Painting Fun-A-Day Project

Connected

3 x 3 inches

acrylic on canvas

Day 26 of my Fun-A-Day Project and Day 29 of the 30 Day Painting Challenge! What a month! I am working on a slightly larger painting for a commission which just may make it as Day 30. My last few Fun-A-Day paintings may get posted as we enter February, but they are ready....

The Fun-A-Day Boston exhibit has been set for February 17th through April 5th in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Details coming soon.....

From the Top - Small Painting Still Life of Glass Bottles Fun-A-Day

From the Top

3 x 3 inches

acrylic on canvas

A couple of the little glass bottles from the collection on my kitchen windowsill. I love seeing how the light hits the pretty colored glass, so all my little bottles seem to migrate towards the window. With lots of other stuff. Hmmm - lets see.....a Ball canning jar and a few little vases with some dried flowers, some pretty rocks the boys have given me, a few sea shells and a bunch of seaglass from summers past, some interesting wine corks, a pretty green egg shell (whoops - guess I didn't throw them ALL away!), a couple of odd coins, some hand-forged square nails we found in the yard....a pretty eclectic combination of things when you stop to look....

Everyday - Small Painting Kitchen Still Life Art Fun-A-Day Project

Everyday

3 x 3 inches

acrylic on canvas

Getting sooo close to the end of the month!
So - should I continue on this series? I have had some requests for a few larger ones with similar paintings that I have done this month. It's been so much fun, I kind of want to keep going. But I think I will have to spread them out more - lots of gallery work coming up!

I am just getting details of where and when the Fun-A-Day Boston exhibit will be. This should be lots of fun! I will share the info as soon as I can get my act together.....

Pocket Snack - Small Kitchen Still Life Painting Fun-A-Day Project

Pocket Snack

3 x 3 inches

acrylic on canvas

Can you tell I had fun with this one?

A favorite snack in this house....especially for hikes and camping trips.
Maybe next year's Fun-A-Day Project will have to be "things in my pantry"?
Hmmmm.....

Round and Round - Small Painting Kitchen Art Fun-A-Day Project

Round and Round

3 x 3 inches

acrylic on canvas

Contrasting colors of fiestaware on a fun polka-dotted pattern...can you tell I have fun setting these up?!
I am trying to resist the urge to go visiting any antique or consignment shops to look for more fiestaware-type pieces. It is too much fun to go on the hunt! I need to have a studio with walls of shelves for props - then maybe I could justify buying more. Until then, I am pretty much out of space  ;-)

Getting close to the end of the month - I will need to catch up on all my posts for the Fun-A-Day Project and the 30 Paintings in 30 Days - and I will be starting some new projects for February, so I hope you will check back in soon. Thank you for looking at my work!

At Rest - Mini Still Life Painting Kitchen Art Fun-A-Day Project

At Rest

3 x 3 inches

acrylic on canvas

Lots of family stuff today, so just a quick post to add this little painting - Day 21 for my Fun-A-Day kitchen painting project, and Day 24 of the 30 Day Painting Challenge. You can see all my Fun-A-Day paintings so far here.

More to add tomorrow!