Crown Of Glory

Click Here To Buy It Now - $150, oil on gessobord, 6x8 inches

Every time I see a lovely older lady with gray or white hair I think of Proverbs 16:31 which says a gray (or hoary) head is a crown of glory.  As I look in the mirror that Bible verse helps me through the day.

I camped out at the Minneapolis Conservatory (a wonderful glass building full of tropical plants and toasty temperatures) one day in the middle of winter in a hall way with windows all down one side.  The sunlight was perfect shining through on all the people walking the hallway.  I wish more photos would have turned out, even this one was flawed, as I snapped the photo a child popped into the left corner obscuring the young woman's feet.  Artistic license allows for making things up if you want or need to and I needed to paint this lovely white haired lady.  She reminds me so much of my Mom in the last years before she passed.

Due to the limitations and inconsistencies of various display monitors, the colors you see on your screen may not be a totally accurate reproduction of the actual painting but I work to get the best likeness possible.

(C) Deborah A. Kirkeeide

Pair Of Pumpkins

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I love pumpkin stems, I think the charm of the pumpkin is in it's stem; all the great turns, twists and wonderful texture.  Why would you even buy a pumpkin without it's stem?  I think the produce people are getting smarter at Walmart because almost all the pumpkins had these great long stems this year so I had lots to choose from.  Next year I will try more pumpkin stem paintings unless another idea grabs my attention.

One thing about the orange and red colors, they don't translate well in photos or at least I have a hard time when editing them.  In this original painting the dark orange colors faded out a bit, with that being said -

Due to the limitations and inconsistencies of various display monitors, the colors you see on your screen may not be a totally accurate reproduction of the actual painting but I work to get the best likeness possible.

(C) Deborah A. Kirkeeide