This takes the cake.

I've always wanted to paint a white cake on a white dish, so here it is!

White Cake, 6x6", oil on Ampersand Gessobord

I'm going to eat this cake in about an hour from now with George and friends.  Yes, with ice cream too.  You can have it too, click here!

Busy Painting Day

Painted for The Citrus Challenge on DPW

Painted for The Stroke Challenge on DPW

I guess you can guess that I love a challenge.  I also love a bargain, but that's another story.  These are 6x6" oil on panel.  I really enjoyed painting them, especially copying Carol's stacked cups.  Today I'm going to paint another painting with oranges, some will be slices.  I'm trying to get that translucent look of the pulp of the orange, we'll see.

Stripes with Orange, 6x6

Stripes with Orange, 6x6" oil on museum quality board

I'm personally charged up over this semi-abstract interpretation of a stack of plates with a cup and orange.  The impetus for the stripes comes from the fact that my printer was running out of ink and you know how stripes appear when that happens?  I ran with it.
I'm a lot closer now to finishing my new web site as the domain name will be finally transferred by Sunday, so they say.  I've been a member of DPW for years but have not fully participated, and now I'm gearing up for that as well, so my PayPal account, Etsy account, Facebook Fan page, and a couple of other blogs are all ready for prime time.  Hey, at least I'm getting those new year's resolutions checked off my list.

Early morning daylily, 6x6

Morning Daylily, 6x6, oil on gessoed plywood board

Started to paint this one last summer and finished it yesterday.  It's always such a joy in the morning to go out into the garden to see "what's up".  I get so inspired and motivated when I see a new flower open up and know that it's only here for one day.  I have to admit that since it's now Autumn, that seems to have an effect on the way that I finished this one.  I have another unfinished painting that I'll work on as soon as I can find the photo, and it's a couple of Tiger Lilys.  I love those; they are so unusual, and this year I didn't have a big crop but managed to get some photos which I hope I can find.