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Purple Pear Love - Still life oil painting - 6x6

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Pears are my favorite fruit, not just to paint, but to eat. A good pear is better than candy, maybe even better than cake. I'm waiting patiently for these two to ripen...


Oil on panel, 6x6 inches
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We planted our first square foot garden this weekend. I'm so excited! It's my first garden ever....well except for the radishes I grew when I was 5. Wish us luck :)


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Afternoon in Santa Barbara - Daily Painting - 6x6

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Finally bright and sunny in Santa Barbara :)


Oil on panel, 6x6 inches
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Hogging the Spotlight - Still Life Oil Painting - 6x6

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This little guy loves being the center of attention :)

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Oil on panel, 6x6 inches
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Carpinteria Cypress - Landscape Oil Painting - 5x5

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Carpinteria has some pretty distinct trees and this is definitely one of them :) It's unique shape makes it really fun to draw....although it kind of reminds me of a bad hair day.


Oil on Ampersand Gessobord, 5x5 inches
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Palette Knife Paintings...I forgot it was fun.

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It's probably been 6 years since I've done a palette knife painting, but yesterday I saw this painting and it inspired me to try it out again. I just loved how it was sort of representational but abstract at the same time. I loved the broad green color and how juicy the whole thing looked...I could just stare at it forever.

So in response I painted these two pieces, I like the first one a lot...

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