GREEN PEARS

Pears    oil on canvas  9"x12"
I've been painting for the last couple of days. I went on Kathryn Glover's  blog ( her blog is right here if you scroll down to the right on my blog list)just to see what she was up to in her wonderful  loose painting style. She has painted beautiful yellow pears! Soft and loose and laying softly in the folds of cloth. I love it and inspired today to paint pears! Completely different style, which is fun!
Thanks Kathryn for the inspiration! http://kathrynglover.blogspot.com/  SOLD!!

WATER COLOR DOODLES

Small water color doodles this morning. Warming up to paint. I'm going to work in oils however, not water color. This gets me going though. Really fun to play in water color with no real intention to be super serious! No pressure!

I spent the early morning cleaning a straightening up my studio, cobwebs, I haven't been in there in so long! Well it seems like it anyway.

I've put my sewing machine and fabrics away for now, sadly and out I go to get paintings ready for my work shop in Washington in June.I know I will see many of you there and I'm so looking forward to it.

It's such a beautiful day, maybe I'll go water the flowers instead!

TEA POT Tote Bag

19.5"x15.5" New Bag!! Original oil painting on canvas front and back painted, email me for more pictures and details at susanjenkinsart@msn.com . Double stitched and completely lined.

Includes a little pouch for your cell phone or any little extras you want to carry with you. Black leather handles!

DOODELING

4"x 3" water color crayons on Bristol paper. What fun!

I went to my daughter Heather's for several days last week and painted in her beautiful gallery studio www.Heatherroddyartgallery.com. I didn't want to do a large oil and really wanted to just play. I bought some water color crayons at the art store and brushes and just had fun sketching.

Have you tried them? I sketch my paintings in crayon on paper and use those sketches as a guide. Well, to have them be water color with a few swipes of your brush is delicious! I have to get back to work next week but just wanted to put a few of these fun doodles up to share.

Afternoon Repast in Tuscany

30"x40" oil on canvas.
Yes, I did say I was getting back to my tote bags but I had one more painting I wanted to do. One last wine bottle painting. This is it!!!

Lunch With Matisse

30"x40" oil on canvas
Well I just have to say THIS was fun! I am getting back to my really loose brush strokes after all this time painting the birds and small tighter works. It takes a little bit of time to get loose!
I just loved using all this pink and red and yellow too. These colors are the new trend colors and pink is one of the top colors for 2011. I am very partial to pink and red so I am really excited to paint more pink!

Wine Painting

30"x40" oil on canvas
I'm still working on this. A few tweaks here and there. I like the festive subject matter.A bit of flash back on the right is something I fight on these over cast rainy days. I'll live with it today and finish it tomorrow and start another.It is very fun to be painting" BIG" again!

PUMPKIN

6"x6" oil on board  SOLD!

I'm back to painting still life from life. Putting a set up together , placing a light next to it and painting the subject. I started with something simple. I wanted to paint light and shadow as a sort of practice piece.I got this little pumpkin at the farm stand and I loved the shape and color. It was fun, I felt a bit rusty but I'm happy with the result.  Tomorrow another challenge!!

Vegetable Stand, Santa Rosa Creek Road

A trip to the vegetable stand this morning. My friend Gayle and my sister Julie have taken a little road trip to the back country here to pick up fresh vegetables. I wasn't able to go until now as I have been away. All I was told is that the tomatoes are like candy! That was enough for me. Fresh picked tomatoes!! 5 for a dollar is what the sign said and avocados 50 cents each! It's an honour system. She has an iron piggy bank that you put your money in. When I arrived she and a worker were laying out pumpkins, all sorts, big and small, tall and squatty. I bought a tall one, beautiful! Just had to share my harvest with you!!

Paula's Avocados

A trip to Paula Teplitz the wonderful potter.

Gayle and I drove out to the country to Arroyo Grande to Paula's house and studio. Paula had work for her for Gayle's Chambers Gallery here in Cambria. It was a gorgeous day and her home sits on a beautiful avocado ranch .

After business was completed she took us to her back yard that is actually a huge vegetable garden with avocado and several fruit trees.It backs up to enormous old oaks and a forever vista of soft hills, citrus and avocado.

She plucked a big box full of avocado's for us and a big bag of oranges, what a treat!A very fun day, all of Paula's beautiful pottery, her studio and the delightful trip to her vegetable garden.

Thank you Paula and Gayle for a special day in the country.

PEARS

5" tall I'm loving the white pears! This is part of a special order for the" H~art Gallery"in DelMar Ca. This is my daughter Heather's new gallery!

Crow,Eggplant and Pear

Newest earthenware pieces just out of the kiln this morning!!

SUNFLOWERS

24x30 oil on canvas I seem to be in a sunflower kind of mood!! I just love them , they are such happy flowers. Click on the picture for a big close up!!!

7,8,9

20x24 oil on canvas Chef in the kitchen counting his baked apples. YUM!!

WINE in the VINEYARD

18x24 oil on canvas

Wine Still life

18x24 wine still life in oil on canvas.

A PUMPKIN FOR FALL

art tag of pumpkins. Please click on the picture to see it enlarged. I took my pumpkin painting and made an art tag of it!! I love it! Notice the little bee in the corner. Speaking of bees, which we so love, they are back hugely in my mother's beautiful garden. YAY!

PUMPKINS for Fall!

24x36 oil painting on canvas. I feel Fall in the air, a crispness. Fields of orange,laden with beautiful pumpkins, turning leaves and ohhhh the pies! SOLD!

PEAR art tag

New "pear" tag. I am finding it better to take the pictures in the sunlight than to scan them, just so much brighter! Click the picture for a close up. Notice the bird too! This is one of my paintings photographed and then again hand applied paint, layering of papers,cut out and applied pieces,sprays and glitter!! 22.00 plus shipping.

RAKU PEAR

This new pear clay raku piece is 6"x4". Hand built in white stone ware clay.Taken out of the kiln last night. I have made more pears, just love the raku finish on them. I have to decide if I want to stay with the white or try some yellow. I think the next one will be a deep yellow!!