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