Apple 5"x7"

I am still painting still life. It is another apple from my tree. There is so much to be learned from still life. Learning to paint what you see, learning to see more and better. I always hope that I end up with something that looks enough like the object to know what it is. I always start out to paint realistic but somewhere along the way the painting takes over and I end up with an impression rather than "the real thing". At least I am always surprised. And sometimes I am pleased. Maybe this is my way of always learning. I am studying color right now and of course it is not local color but which color does this color call for. Is the color of the apple wanting something else. Must be so since so far I have not painted it as it is and if I do I don't like it. Of course there is always another chance. I think that is one of the reasons that I do art. I am never quite there close but not there, so I have to try again.

This little painting is 5"x7" painted on gallery wrap canvas. If you would like to purchase this one email me at pyljan@aol.com

Apple

This is an apple from my apple tree. It is not quite ripe yet but they made good apple sauce and still life material. I am happy with this one it goes well with the pears. I am still at home but getting ready to go to Carmel. I am going to try to go the second week of Nov. for a couple weeks. I wonder if it will change my painting. Every time I go somewhere different it changes. I do not do this on purpose. I seem to be very affected by where I am physically and mentally. I don 't know why I am surprised at this but I am.

Photo from Carmel California

We were watching the sun go down on the beach. I was able to take a few photos.

Acoma 30"x40"

The reference for this painting was our trip to the Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico. after we left the highway the land was stunning. There were just piles of huge white and ochre stone. They were like left over mountains scattered here and there. The white is the same shade as the pottery so that must be where the clay is gathered. This is how it felt to me not exactly like it looked.

The size of this painting is 30"x40" an is painted on gallery warp and is ready to hang as is. If you would like to purchase this one email me at phyljan@aol.com

Three Crows 36X48" sold

Three crows - Taos light at sunrise-- crows facinate me-- for some reason I love them and look for them everywhere. On our last trip to Taos and Cave Creek I photographed crows everywhere we went. These were three who were sitting on a fence at dawn just outside of our motel room in Taos. It had rained the night before and the sun was just coming up. I went outside to take pictures of the sun coming over the mountain and there they were. They seemed to want to pose for me and turned from side to side sometimes looking right at me. I must have taken 50 photos of them. The day before we had spent at the taos pueblo so I used that for the background. This painting is large 36"x48" itis mixed media on canvas. If you would like to purchase this painting email me at phyljan@aol.com

Melissa

This is my Grand daughter Melissa who just moved to Carmel (by the sea) . She is living in a hundred year old little house that is just in a perfect location for walking all over and to the beach. She can walk to the Tuck box for breakfast!!!! There is a small studio in the back that is just right to paint in! I am going for a visit very soon! I am going to PAINT-PAINT-PAINT. Carmel is one of my favorite places in the whole world. The light is so wonderful for an artist. Then there is the smell when everyone has their fireplaces going then it smells very like Taos.
Last weekend she went for a walk and took some pictures to entice me to come a little sooner than we had planed. I am very tempted. This was a very long walk.

Pear 20"x20" oil painting

I know I said no more pears, but here is another one with a darker background. I wanted to see what would happen with a darker background and this is not so bad. (maybe) I like the square format. It used to be that everyone thought a square was hard to paint because of the difficulty of the composition, but I have always liked them.

Because i have so much more time to paint I can take as long as I like to "work" on a piece. I am finding that the time of staring at the painting may be the most valuable. It seems that I am not doing anything even to me, but something is going on beyond my thinking that if I let it it will add to the work. I find that I see more as I sit in front of the pear and the painting of the pear and both begin to speak to me. What it has to say is another thing altogether.

The size of this is 20"x20", it is painted on gallery wrap canvas and can be hung as is. If you would like to purchase this painting email me at phyljan@aol.com. The price is 200.00