Plum with Paint

I thought I'd mix fruit with something else this time, and a tube of paint it is. I chose blue as it always goes well with violet I think. 'Plum with paint' Oil on board 13x18cm 

New pears

After the summer off from painting, I'm back with a new pear.
Oil on board 15x15cm

Packham Pear

New packham pear painting. I used a new technique for getting tiny dots on the surface of the pear for this one. I'm really pleased at how it turned out.
Packham pear Oil on board 15x15cm

Glazed Pot with Red Onions

A larger painting than my normal small ones with one subject.
Oil on panel 24 x 18cm

Clementine with leaves

Clementine with leaves, citrus leaves have got a nice shine.
Oil on board 13x16cm

Lemon and Honey

New painting - this made Daily Paintworks 'facebook pick of the day'!
Oil on wood board 6x6"

First exhibition with paintings

I just finished my first exhibition where I have exhibited my oil pantings. It was over 3 days and was in the lovely setting of an old church in a picturesque English village. The Right Honorable John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons in Parliament was at the opening night.
I also exhibited kiln formed glass bowls which sold well.

Lemons

I wanted to do another lemon painting after the first one, even though I found painting a cut lemon was more tricky than I first thought.

'Lemons' Oil on board 13x18cm 

Conference Pear

This time I wanted to do a pear with alot more of those brown areas that are   sometimes on pears.
Conference pear Oil on board 18x13cm

Blush Pear

I was asked by a collector of my pears if I might be doing a blush pear, which was great as I've had a break from pears for a while. I was really pleased with how it turned out. I ate it afterwards, and it was so juicy and gorgeous I went out next day and bought lots more.
Oil on board 13x18cm

Red Wine

I've been meaning to do a glass of wine for ages, and finally got round to it. I put a blackberry with it rather than the obvious grapes, as full bodied red wine is often described as having notes of blackberry.
Oil on board 13x18cm

Red Onion

This is a study of a red onion which had started to sprout. I felt like another light background this time.
Red onion, Oil on board, 13x18cm

Red Grapefruit

New subject for me, red grapefruit. They taste far nicer than normal grapefruits. I painted it whole and then cut it in half and painted the half. Then I squeezed it and drank it!
Oil on board 13x18cm 

Three Pears

New one out today, started several days ago and finished yesterday, one of the bigger size paintings.
'Three pears' Oil on panel 18x24cm

Lemons

This painting was more difficult than I thought, got there in the end though!
Oil on board 13x18cm

3 Plums

My latest finished painting is 3 plums. It's been a while since I did a grey background. It gives more of a contemporary look rather than the traditional dark background of the old Dutch still lifes.
Oil on board 13x18cm

Glass Cup with Teaspoon

Painting transparent things is totally different from painting solid fruit, lots of subtle reflections.

Oil on panel 15x15cm

Wine Bottle with Orange

I wanted to paint a dark wine bottle, but as I paint against dark backgrounds I decided to lighten the background a bit to show the bottle better.

Also shown framed on the right, which shows how the frame can really set the painting off.  

Oil on panel 18x13cm

Blue Jug

I bought this old pottery glazed jug from Etsy. It is actually white, but when I painted it as white it looked too harsh against the dark background. So I waited for it to dry (which took several days as white takes ages to dry!) and then changed it by putting a transparent blue glaze all over and then it looked much better.
Blue jug, pomegranate & blueberries, Oil on ampersand board 10x8"

Figs Alla Prima

I saw some fresh figs and loved the patterning on them so I thought I'd paint a fig. One looked a bit lonely so I painted a pair.
15x15cm Oil on panel

Conference Pear With Leaf

Conference Pear ..with a leaf.
Oil on panel 13x18cm

Red Onions Alla Prima

I love the shine and colour of red onions, so had to buy a bag and paint them. All those lines were a bit tricky!

Red Onions, Oil on board 15x15cm

Pomegranate alla prima

Pomegranate still life study
Oil on board 15x15cm

Packham Pear on Grey

Alla prima study of a Packham Pear

Oil on board 18x13cm

Pomegranate alla prima

Alla prima study of a pomegranate

Oil on board 13x18cm