Black Bowl Egg

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Oil on 5x7 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to The Broken Egg Challenge at DPW posted by that really fine artist, Carol Marine.
Carol wrote: "I challenge you to crack an egg or two and give it a go!"

The black bowl seemed to make the colors more pronounced. The longer I looked, the more colors I saw! I swear, I was only drinking coffee!! Lol!

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1 John 4:9-10 "We love Him because He first loved us."

Good 'N' Gooey-Jelly Donut

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Acrylic on 6X6 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to The Donut Challenge at DPW posted by Kelley MacDonald.
A rather simple challenge was issued: "Paint your bad donut love!"

My favorite fruit..Lol! The raspberry filled donut!

I painted this using Golden Open Acrylics. It's really one of the first few times I've ever used them. I'm used to the fast drying kind. It's strange, but to me this felt like a combination of similarities of oil and standard acrylic yet different. The creamy texture of the paint and accelerated drying time were both satisfying and disturbing at once. It will just take some getting used to.

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John 12^:35 Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going.

Gone Fishin'-Salmon Fillet

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Oil on 6x6 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to The Raw Meat Challenge at DPW posted by Sarah Sedwick.

Sarah said: Raw meat has been a popular painting subject throughout art history - keep it raw, and bring out the inner caveman - or cave painter - in all of us.

I don't always choose wisely, folks...Instead of a simple steak or pork chop...I did this salmon fillet with it's swirly muscle structure interlaced with fat. Great to eat...Hard to paint!

I tried to not be intimidated by the confusing structure and merely paint what I saw. In other words, treat it like a vase of flowers or a landscape. It really helped!
It was a strange challenge, but that's what it's all about. Learning!

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John 2:23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.

Health Food-Still Life

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Oil on 6x6 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to The Paint it Before You Eat it Challenge at DPW posted by Carol Marine. Carol challenged us to paint colorful Valentine treats.

Yeah...yeah...I know my title for this piece is "Health Food"...which normally means something like celery or an apple. But this is mental health food! Happy, happy...yum, yums!

I painted this over a coat of black gesso! One of my favorite tactics...A fun way to paint!

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Genesis 1:29 "And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food."

The Incredible Edible-Egg

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Oil on 5x7 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's DPW's Paint Your Breakfast Challenge posted by Carol Marine.
The assignment: This week your job is to paint your breakfast.

I enjoyed this one. Ironically it's the initial doubt at the outset... later turning into a feeling of success at the finale that ultimately produces the feeling of enjoyment. The deeper the doubt...the more potential enjoyment if successful. Straaaaange.

I first toned the canvas with acrylic using warm colors. This influenced the final strokes of oil.

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John 7^:18 Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory, but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him.

Balanced Diet-Still Life

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Oil on 5x7 hardboard.

This is my contribution to this week's DPW Challenge.
The challenge issued by Cathleen Rehfeld is to "create a stack of something that is balanced, in many ways. Literally balancing things on top of other things, and balance in color, color compliments, neutrals and bright color, composition, negative/positive space, and then paint it!"

Ta Daaa...The Balanced Diet! Though I must admit, all the food groups stacked in sandwich fashion loses out in the appetite appeal...could it be the protein flipping around???


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1 Corinthians 2:⁹ However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has prepared for those who love him—

Lean on Me-Pears

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Oil on 5x7 hardboard.

These are a couple of pears I bought with a painting in mind. I congratulate myself for remembering to photograph them before scoffing them down.
They remind me of two friends sharing a special moment.

The feeling/style for this piece is quite different from the Coyote previously posted. Not so much impasto texture. Here, I rely more upon painted texture and a smoother style.

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^{Proverbs 30:8} Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches,
but give me only my daily bread.

Reflecting On The Future

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Oil on 5x7 hardboard.

Happy New Year, dear blogging buddies!! The title of this painting is in reference to the upcoming new year! I don't actually make resolutions but I do tend to reassess my goals and how to best achieve them. I do this only in general terms so that I can change directions without some sort of guilt hanging over me. Right now my art seems to fly off in too many directions...but then, I want to see where it all leads.
May your dreams come true in 2010!

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psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Center Stage

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Oil on hardboard.

This is my submission to Karin Jurick's latest DSFDF. I set myself the task to dramatize the lighting. I wanted to almost show the center cupcake taking a bow in the spotlight of some fantasy play in a bakery window. Strange, eh? Lol.

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john 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

Pizza Deluxe or Wildlife

Oil on 5x7 hardboard.

Here's something for the pizza loving Dads out there for Father's Day perhaps.
After I uploaded the image, I noticed that this pizza looks like a maniacal vulture!! Lol!
The Pizza that bites back!
I just love surprises, don't you?? ;)

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luke 14:15 When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, "Blessed is the man who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God."

Sushi In Soy

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Oil on 5x7 gessoed hardboard.
Sushi sitting in a pool of soy sauce. This is yet another offering to Karin Jurick's DSFDF. Never ate it...never painted it...heck, I never even saw it in person! I know. I need to get out more, don't I? I let intuition be my guide for this...so if ya don't like it, don't blame me..blame that danged ol' intuition. I had to do the background a couple of times.

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Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Pears With Side Light

Oil on 5x7 gessoed hardboard.
Thought I would try something with more subdued color today.
Had fun exploring impasto paint, reflected highlights, and reflections.

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psalm 34:4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Tomato & Green Onion

Oil on 5x7 archival canvas panel.
I did a portrait of this lovely couple. They both gladly accepted my invitation to come over for salad. Little did they know...they were the main ingredients. Heh. ( I do have good taste in friends.)

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Psalm 119:10: I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.

Jelly Filled Dough Nut

Oil on 5x7 archival canvas panel.

How about a jelly filled dough nut? No need for guilt feelings with this one because there are no calories. It's guaranteed not to spoil. It will be there day after day for your enjoyment. It was painted with a painting knife and a brush. The paint is generously lathered on like frosting. The textured surface is very nice!



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Psalm 125:3 For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the land of the righteous so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to do wrong.