Williams Pear

Leaning Williams pear

15 x 15 cm oil

SOLD

Here is another Williams pear, this one wouldn't stand up straight at all!.

I have been painting a few more small 10cm square this week, I shall be listing one of them in the next day or two.

Cream Meringue

Cream Meringue

15 x15 cm oil

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I saw these meringues in the shop and I had to get some to paint, Mum ate one and I painted one.

From the shop it came in a white paper case so I switched it to a red one to go with the strawberry slice.

Apple bowl

Apple bowl

15 x 15 cm oil

SOLD

This one was posted on ebay last night, as it is a bank holiday next weekend I have listed this one for ten days.

Oriel Ger-y-Fenai Gallery

painting size 15 x 15cm £95.00

Painting size 13 x 18cm (approx 5 x 7 inch ) £95.00

Last week I delivered 13 paintings to Oriel Ger-y-Fenai in LLanfairpwll in Anglesey. Here are 8 of them framed up, The gallery also do framing and I am very pleased with these great frames.

The gallery is located directly opposite Pringles and is well worth a visit if you are in the area. Over three floors the gallery exhibits the work of many great welsh artists.

Apple on cloth

Apple on cloth

15 x 15cm oil

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Here is another fruit on cloth painting, this time its a Granny Smith apple. This painting has had a light coat of varnish.

I have missed the last few days painting as I had a tooth out on Friday and I felt a bit rough after it, its a lot better now :)

Reclining Pear

Reclining pear

15 x 15 cm oil

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This painting is now varnished and ready to go,  these blush pears are becoming my favourite fruit to paint, I love the colour of them and they vary quite a lot in shape each time.

I am also enjoying painting cloth and have a few more planned soon.

Lemon on Blue

Lemon on blue

15 x 15 cm oil

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Red with Yellow stripe

Red pear with yellow stripe

15 x 15 cm oil

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I had to paint this Red Williams pear just on its own because of the striking yellow stripe it had on it, it looked like it had been painted on.

Berries on a box

Berries on a box

15 x 15 cm oil

SOLD

Plum bowl

Plum bowl

15 x 15 cm (6x6 inch approx)

SOLD

This painting is now varnished and ready to go, I love painting with these rich colours!

Lemon & Lime

Lemon

10 x 10 cm oil

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Lime

10 x 10 cm oil

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These two were painted a few weeks ago, so they are now dry and have a fine coat of varnish.

I have had quite a quiet Easter weekend, I have been priming lots of boards ready for the next few weeks and also started on a larger 40cm sq painting.

Easter eggs

Easter eggs

10 x 10 cm oil

This is my entry to the challenge this week on dailypaintworks, the challenge was to paint something for Easter so I had to paint chocolate eggs. The big egg is a Cadbury cream egg and the small ones are mini eggs. 

Daffodil

Daffodil

15 x 15 cm oil

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I thought for a change I should try and paint a flower, this Daff is out of the garden. I know this is not one of my best paintings , but I hope someone will like it! 

Daily painting #166

Red Pear & blue bottle

5 x 7 inch oil

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Back to the 5 x 7 inch paintings today, this pear started out a bit yellow, green and red, but as it has ripened it has turned this nice rich red.

Small Blush pear

Blush Pear

10 x 10 cm oil

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I love painting blush pears, the colours are great, this is a little 10cm square canvas board, this painting has a light coat of varnish.

Plum pair

Plum pair

15 x 15 cm oil

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I thought these red plums would look good on a blue cloth. This painting has a light coat of varnish.

daily painting #165

Two Apples

5 x 7 inch oil

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I haven't painted an apple in a few weeks, so here are two more. The green one is a Granny Smith and the red one is a Red delicious.

Daily paintings #163 & 164

#163 Clementine pair

5 x 7 inch oil

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#164 Clementine and lime

5 x 7 inch oil

SOLD

Here are my latest two 5 x 7 inch daily paintings, I am now only numbering the 5 x 7 inch, it just makes things easier to keep track of, as these are done with W&N Griffin oils they are dry and can be posted sooner than the other paintings.

Pear with cherry

Pear with Cherry

15 x 15cm (approx 6 x 6 inch)

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I'm back! I had to take a few days off the daily paintings to catch up on some other work for a gallery, I will have more news on that in a few weeks time.

This pear and cherry painting is another one done with my new paints, it has a light coat of varnish.

I had some more good news this morning, an email to say one of my doughnuts paintings has been selected to feature as one of the images of the month for April on the Painters online website 

Jam Doughnuts

Jam Doughnuts

10 x 10 cm oil

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I really enjoyed painting the strawberry doughnuts the other day, so I thought I would have a go at jam doughnuts. great fun to paint.

Baby Pineapple

Baby Pineapple

15 x 15 cm (6x6 inch approx)

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This is my first ever painting of a pineapple, and I did find it quite tricky! as almost all of my daily paintings are painted from life rather than using photos I have avoided pineapples before as they are usually so big. This baby pineapple, the fruit part was only the size of an apple so it was great. It was very tasty as well,  it was eaten shortly after painting, Mum and I had half each.

This painting was done with W&N Artists oils on canvas board.

Doughnuts

Doughnuts

10 x 10 cm (approx 4x4 inch)

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Doughnut

10 x 10 cm oil

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These 2 paintings are my entries for this weeks challenge on Dailypaintworks.com. the challenge was to paint a doughnut. they were a nice change to paint.

I have had a few days off the 5 x 7 inch daily paintings, I am using the time to catch up on some other work, but they will be back soon.

Daily painting #162

Blush pear with silver

7 x 5 inch oil

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I got this great little goblet with a twisty stem off ebay last week, its quite small but it is another great prop for my paintings.

As I am now doing more paintings daily, I am only numbering the 5 x 7 inch ones, it just makes it easier for me to keep track of whats sold.

Granny Smith in Red

Granny Smith in Red

15 x 15 cm oil

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Here is the next painting done with W&N Artists oil, it is dry and has a light coat of varnish.

This was my first go at painting red cloth, I like how it has turned out.

Daily painting #161

Banana and blue bowl

5 x 7 inch oil

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I have never painted a Banana before, I don't like to eat them at all! so I have been avoiding painting them for a while, I don't think I have got this one quite right, I hope someone might like like it and I shall try harder next time.

Red Apple

Red Apple

15 x 15 cm oil

SOLD

Here is the next painting done with Artist oils, I kept this one simple as I was still getting used to the way the colours blend together. painted alla prima from life.

Daily painting #160

Pears in blue bowl

5 x 7 inch oil

SOLD

Back to using W&N Griffin oils today, and another one with the blue bowl. The pears in this one were very small Rocha variety.

Blush Pear on cloth

Blush pear on cloth

15 x 15cm (approx 6x6 inch)

SOLD

This is my second painting done with my new paints, its now dry and had a coat of varnish, so it's in need of a good home.

Daily painting #159

Lemons with blue bowl

5 x 7 inch oil

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I had a lot of lemons still in the fridge since pancake day, so I thought they would go well with the blue bowl that I used the other day.

I have sold out of all my 10cm sq little paintings so I hope to get a few more of them painted over the weekend.

Daily painting #158

Pewter with Plums

5 x 7 inch oil

SOLD

I like painting plums, so I painted them again today.