Fruit Squares: Peach Halves
(12" x12", oil in canvas)

As I paint I often lose awareness of my actual subject matter. Preferring to concentrate purely on color and form, I strive to rely on my powers of observation to make my subject believable. There is a little bit of magic in having one object, in this case the peaches, define another, the jar.

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Fruit Squares: Marmalade and Jam
(12" x 12" each, oil on canvas)

Painting is my passion, but it is also my job. This reality is why I try my best to honour requests made by my dealers. These past few weeks I received several requests for more 12" paintings. I have been working large of late, and making the transition back to smaller pieces was not easy. After a couple of failed attempts, I found my 12" groove and did what I think are a few solid smalls.

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Walnut Oil and Apple
(18" x 24", oil on canvas)

The "oomph" of this painting comes mainly from the use of high contrast. The stark white bottle against the blue-black background is somewhat softened by the organic shape and muted tone of the leaves. The red wax seal picks up the red of the apple, almost like an accent color in a decorating scheme.

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Apple Plate on Real Red
(20" x 30", oil on canvas)

What can I say about this piece except that I was craving colour. For added drama I've used a higher viewpoint, letting the glorious red cloth bleed off the canvas in all directions. After a few weeks of using a quiet palette, I found working with this amount of saturated colour to be both exhilarating and exhausting.

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White Onions
(24" x 30", oil on canvas)

I have relearned over the past few weeks the joys of working with a limited palette. Without my usual hit of colour, I am forced to concentrate on form and tone, which ultimately leads me to create these understated paintings that I have come to love.

The bonus of working tonally is that even the smallest suggestion of pure colour carries great weight and can add just the right amount of polish to a piece (think subtle scent instead of heady perfume).

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