Sugar and Cream
(12 " x 12" each, oil on panel)

I have tried, off and on for years now, to do a piece with this marvelous silver set. While they have beautiful lines they are perhaps too intricate, particularly when pictured as a pair, for the tone of my current work. By separating them into a matching set of paintings, I think I have finally found a way to showcase this graceful duo.

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Special Purchase II
(24" x 24", oil on canvas)

Oftentimes, one painting leads to the next. I really enjoyed last's weeks paper bag and wanted to revisit the idea. Here I've paired a larger bag with the smaller intricate textures of a pomegranate. I like the combination of the large graphic shape of the bag juxtaposed with the fruit. I purposefully kept the background very dark to add to the drama of the composition.

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Special Purchase
(18" x 24", oil on canvas)

To find fruit, shipped halfway around the world, with stem and leaves intact is a rarity. My husband Brian came home with these, balanced carefully on top of our weekly groceries, knowing I would most likely immediately disappear into my studio. Pairing these mandarins with a small specialty grocery bag seemed an appropriate combination, supporting the theme of a "Special Purchase".

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Still Life with Gourds and Cranberries
(24" x 36", oil on canvas)

I really struggled putting this piece together, adding objects only to take them away, moving things only to have them return to their original position. Often, I find my first impulse is the best. I love to lose myself in the painting process, rendering a fragile stem, the reflection on a little berry, the lip of a jug—but the danger can be to lose sight of the piece as a whole. The more I concentrate on composition at the beginning, the more likely I am to have a successful painting.

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Kitchen Story
(24" x 36" oil on canvas)

I like to think that much of my work captures a moment in time, brief yet satisfying. However there are times when I want to do something a little allegorical, more of a complete story. This piece is based on a recent afternoon leisurely spent baking in the kitchen; what better way to while away the last remaining days of January? Here, I found inspiration for a new painting and there was pie for dessert!

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Hot Peppers
(16" x 16" oil on canvas)

I could not pass up these peppers at the market this week. The wonderfully splashy reds, deep greens and almost comical shapes of the peppers just about cry out to be captured in paint. What a wonderful, happy antidote to January's cold and grey days!

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Green Grapes on Red
(24" x 24" oil on canvas)

I believe the strength of this piece comes from a good range of subject sizes, from the smallest grape to the large white jug. This mix of shapes, in concert with the almost unbeatable combination of reds and greens, makes this painting successful.

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