The Blue Goblet

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This was a little exercise for fun that I painted with my plein air group on a day that drove us inside due to the weather.  When setting up the still life someone added a blue green goblet to offset all that orange.  My goblet turned out more blue but that's called artist license.

Due to the limitation 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

Violas

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I love my Violas, I've heard them called Johnny Jump Ups also.  They come up everywhere in my gardens and most the time I just let them be, I haven't the heart to pull them.  Such sweet faces and colors who can resist!  I found some photos I took in the spring, cropped it, painted some areas with the scribbly scratchy technique (background mostly) and love the way it turned out.

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

Shadow Hunters

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I had a call out on Facebook asking for the opportunity to photo chickens.  One kind friend set up a time for me to go photo chickens at her brothers home.  I learned a little about chickens and raising them; there are laying hens and meat chickens, these are hens.  I had no idea.  Most of the hens were very friendly until they realized I was not going to feed them but I did get some good photos before they ran to the shadows.

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

Peony Bouquet

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I don't normally cut my garden flowers and bring them in simply because I love to walk in my gardens and enjoy the flowers there.  But I had some friends over and wanted a bouquet for my table and thought it would be a wasted opportunity not to paint them afterwards.  So these peonies were well enjoyed, they did double duty.  Maybe I should have named them Double Duty Bouquet.  What do you think?

I took a short break for needed inspiration and tried some mixed media paintings.  I love mixed media!!  Soon I will be posting some mixed media pieces.

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.

Mischievous Santa's

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These Santa's are some ornaments I made years ago.  After setting them up to paint they looked so naughty as if they were getting ready to play with a forgotten Christmas ornament and watching to see if anyone was around.  Or maybe they knocked the ornament off the tree and were watching to see if they had been discovered.  Either way they look very mischievous.

Temptation Tea

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The apple turned out looking so luscious to me I can understand better how Eve was tempted.  I think it must be because the apple is surrounded by all that white then reflected back again in the pot.  This photo doesn't do the apple color justice, it is a much richer red in the original painting.

Since December is going to be so hectic this will be my last new painting until next year.  I will continue to post some older paintings completed before I set up my blog and Daily Paintworks site and many of them will be very Christmasy so stay tuned.  

Olive Contemplation

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Olives are great fun to paint, I don't know why I haven't used them more often.  There is something about the composition with the olives and polka dotted cup in the background that works.  This is an older piece that I painted before setting up my blog and DPW so I'm posting it now.  When first starting to paint small I painted on canvas panels and looking back I'm enjoying the texture.  Suddenly I'm fired up to try more canvas panels!

Art work makes great Christmas gifts!

Pumpkin Celebration

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#5 in my pumpkin challenge series with the new heirloom pumpkin, the big blue gray guy.  I love all the heirloom pumpkins available now, so many colors and shapes.  Of course the object of my challenge was to paint using the color orange but this still qualifies as I added all the other pumpkins along with the new one and that re-energized me.  Will there be more?  Maybe, I have one other idea I'd like to pursue.

Hangin With Dad

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It must have been Dad's day out with the kids!  I fell in love with this group of burly looking guys, holding hands with their little ones at the park.  These were some cool guys, big boots, cut off jeans and lots of muscles but they were tenderly watching over and spending time with their children, a moment frozen in time.

Pears And Polka Dots

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I loved this pear with the T stem so I had to paint it.

Radish Trio

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I was inspired to paint radishes by a gal in the painting workshop I went to last fall.  I believe there is beauty in the ordinary things that surround us everyday, even radishes.  Radishes can grow right along with roses and both have their own beauty, like people.  I got a little deep there but it's an interesting comparison.

Yellow Trio

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I've been having great fun painting these Rudbeckia flowers from my garden, they look like little umbrella's.  I think I'm finally getting the hang of capturing them after adding them to two other paintings (soon to be posted).  I'm going to miss my flowers, these are about the only ones left in my garden.  I suppose I'll be painting pumpkins soon.