Fingerlingers on my mind

Just started a new one. Leaving it at this state so I don't kill it tonight.

The subject matter, fingerlings, look like little  animals crawling over each other (in my eyes)

the drawing for the painting

the first stage

Peachy, just peachy!

Detail of the final "Peaches on Grape Dedham Dish"

Fruit flies are everywhere in the studio now!

Here's the beginning drawing with the first touch of color:

and a few shots of the work-in-progress:

Next time I may incorporate the fruit flies and/or the paint-daubed paper towel.

Beans, finished tonight

Birds' Egg Beans, before cooking:

Still in the fuchsia, mottled pods
(see earlier post of beginning drawing, September 9th)

Sky in VA today!

Beans! Birds Egg, to be exact!

The very beginning:

hoping to get some color going tomorrow!

Meanwhile, check out today's mushroom variety, thriving on our soggy grounds:

the last picture shows the mushrooms growing on our firepit logs.

Painstaking Peppers

Many (many!) hours later:

Detail of the Pepper Painting:

the one in the center made me think of an embryo

Earlier stage:

Final stage: the belle peppers

garlic and peppers

Detail of a small acrylic on canvas of the garlic, this time less detailed and with more thickly applied paint, rather than layers upon layers of wash and line. This sort of painting is very meditative, especially after having processed and digested the same set up in previous work. It's a chance to paint directly and intuitively make the marks that build up into form.  The background is actually a very deep maroon, but that doesn't show in this photo.

A start on some red and green peppers. Soup or ratatouille will be in our near future. (Especially if I get some eggplants started today.)