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17,5 cm square



Lighthouse

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Tea Tin Teaser

18,5 x 19,5 cm

My daughter says she doesn't like fruit paintings, or fruit, but she loves elephants.

Little Things

9 x 11,5 cm

Docked

17 x 14 cm

Spidey

6,2 x 12,2 cm

Klar zur Wende

9 x 11,5 cm

We wanted to practice sailing before we went to Hungary, so we went to a small lake in Germany a couple of times. Roland taught me the German terms, one being "Klar zur Wende". The captain says it when he wants people to change sides to shift the weight. Sometimes it has to happen in seconds. He says Klar zur Wende, I make sure the ropes are clear, etc. and answer Klar zur Wende.  When he says "Ree!"  I (or both of us) change sides. The wind can change very suddenly, and we have to be careful the boom doesn't hit us in the head.

The last time I heard the words Klar zur Wende on a boat, was a couple of seconds before we were dunked into a Hungarian lake.

Add Water

3.5 x 4.5 inches

Free Enterprise

30 x 24,5 cm

Linsen

9 x 9,5 cm

Dotted

18 x 24 cm

Rosewater



18 x 24 cm

Herbal Home Spa has a recipe for a wonderful cream with rosewater.

Springy

13,5 x 17,5 cm

Egg Association



14 x 24 cm

 I asked Roland to play the association game with me, and said,
"Flower"
He answered, "egg".  He likes to cook.

Black in the Back

7 x 5 inches

Blue Lady

56 x 71 cm*

In high school I had the assignment to either copy a painting from one of the artists we were studying, or paint something in the style of one.  I chose to paint in the style of Picasso, "Le Vieux Guitariste".

Cookie Jar

14 x 17,5 cm

"Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?..."

What's Up?

11,5 x 9 cm

Glücksklee

7 x 7 inches

Like Chim Chim Cher-ee

Christmas Moose

13,5 x 24 cm

Acorn

13 x 10 cm

Setup, Take Four

10 x 11,5 cm

Father Christmas

8,8 x 13 cm

Partridge In A Pear Tree

6,5 x 11 cm

Angel On High



11,5 x 22,5 cm



Setup, Take Three

10 x 11,5 cm

gnadenbringendeWeihnachtszeit



17,8 x 12,5 cm

’O du fröhliche’ is one of my favorite German Christmas songs, with everyone singing along.

Setup, Take Two

10 x 11,5 cm

I know I did some things differently in this one, but I can't compare the two setups until the four are finished, or I'll have to sleep in the cellar. :-)

Feather Flower

17,5 cm square

Setup

10 x 11,5 cm

There will be three more paintings, about a week apart, from this setup.  Once a painting is complete, I'm not supposed to look at it until all four are done.  The hardest part is to remember not to move anything, including the lamp I often use.  I put the mug on a box, hoping that would be a good sign for me that it's not the one that holds my drink this time.

Rosy Outlook

12,5 x 23 cm

Oreos

17,5 cm square

Eggs

11,5 x 8,5 cm

I like the movie "Finding Forrester".    Forrester (Sean Connery) agreed to teach Jamal (Rob Brown) about writing.  Jamal sat down at the typewriter to write, but just sat.  Forrester asked him what he was doing, and Jamal answered, "I'm just thinking".  Forrester:  "No thinking - that comes later.  You must write your first draft with your heart.  You rewrite with your head.  The first key to writing is... to write, not to think!"
"Sometimes the simple rhythm of typing gets us from page one to page two."

My interpretation, translating it to painting, is that Sean Connery would tell me to paint with my heart.  Then refine (without suffocating what's painted).  The first key to painting is... to paint, not to think.
The simple rhythm of painting gets us from painting one to painting two. 

Amaryllis

15 x 10 cm

Apples and Chestnuts



24 x 17,5 cm *



Tree Seed

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Katakana

cigar box painting
13,5 x 9 cm

Someone's House

10 x 15 cm

Salt Shaker



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 The real thing.  

Nutmeg



18 x 13 cm

 The grater isn't as innocent as it looks.

Pepper Shaker

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It has a "P" on the lid. 
I've been looking for glass salt and pepper shakers for painting, and when I saw this one in the store, it was pretty much what I had in mind.  But it was the only one.  I put salt in it because I need a salt shaker more often than a pepper shaker.
The dangerous thing is that I Googled pepper shaker (only because I live in Germany, where small words are combined into gargantuan words, and I couldn't remember if this was one word or two), and found a beautiful set of pewter and glass shakers from Italy.  Oh oh.

Eggplant

17,5 cm

Für Frau Bensing

Silberlicht (by Gordon)



Wurzeln

Das Schicksal der Menschen ist auf glückliche Augenblicke, aber nicht auf glückliche Zeiten eingerichtet.  Friedrich Nietzsche

Grand Opening

15,5 x 18 cm

Reach For The Stars

10,2 x 23 cm

My Little Cream Puff

15 x 12 cm

Pom Poms

10 x 15 cm

Come Forward

10 x 15 cm

My intention was to paint roses in the basket, but it was more interesting when the gourd came forward..

Squeezed

23 x 13,5 cm