Tomaten

24 x 18 cm

... or "Anti -Vampire"

3 by 2

18 x 12,5 cm

The Bronze Affair

19,5 x 19,5 cm

As I head off to the flea market, Roland might as me to look for something particular. Sometimes it's something not so common, but as I walk down the main way I find one. Just one. And then I don't see one there again. That's exactly what happened in The Bronze Affair.  

Bottle The Beauty

23.5 x 27 cm

One Cheerio at a Time

18 x 13 cm

One of my hospital stays was at a low point in life.  I didn't touch the food brought in by the nurses.  They keep track of this, you know, and after a few days, the doctors threatened to give me an IV if I didn't start eating.  The next tray was breakfast, and I stared at the food.  I didn't want to eat, but I didn't want an IV.  I stared at the Cheerios.  I couldn't pour them in a bowl, and add milk, but after a few minutes I could eat one Cheerio.  I don't remember how many I ate that morning, but I escaped the IV and worked out everything one Cheerio at a time.

In Stitches

18 x 20 cm

They needled him, but he just laughed about it.

The Match Game

18 x 13 cm

Don't Fence Me In

30 x 24 cm

Dah Dit Dah Dah

18 x 24 cm

Dots and dashes. 

Likewise

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Not peanut M&M's, but they have pretty colors, and taste good.

Rock It

17.5 x 23 cm

Green Piece

25 x 15 cm

Dandelion

14 x 17 cm

A Gift That Works

18 x 11,5 cm

Roland came home with a small gift.  When he handed it to me he said something to the effect that I could eat it after I painted it.  I could take that a couple of different ways, but I know Roland, and there were no strings attached.

Complements of Nature

11,5 x 18 cm

Good Guy

18 x 20 cm

A good guy disguised as a good guy.

My Little White Teapot

18 x 13 cm

Speaking of Spaghetti

22 x 26 cm

There was a discussion on Facebook about who makes the best spaghetti in town.

The Goldenish Egg

11,5 x 9,5 cm

I don't have the hen that laid this egg.  But the egg wouldn't bring much money anyway.  It's not a golden egg, it's a goldenish egg.  And it's wax.

Tang

19 x 25,5 cm

My daughter's nickname is Tang, but she probably doesn't know it.  My other daughter and I were texting one day, and predictive texting wrote "tang" instead of the sister's name.   I didn't notice before I sent it off, and the texting daughter wrote back laughing, so we dubbed the sister Tang.
To texting, and people we love.

Chocolates

18 x 13 cm

Chocolatey

13 x 18 cm

Sticks and Stones

13 x 18 cm

Tradition

18 x 24 cm

Love Chocolate

24 x 18 cm

Burnt Orange

18 x 18 cm

Q

24 x 18.5 cm

Mangosteen

18 x 20 cm

Küchenfreunde

21,5 x 21,5 cm

I painted this awhile ago for the rectangle challenge on DailyPaintworks, but wasn't sure it met the requirements after all.
There are two pieces in the bucket that we actually call Küchenfreunde, and they will probably be a painting themselves one day.

Three Sunflowers

18 x 20 cm

Purple Glass

8 x 7 inches

...an egg cup, and a square die.

My Little Red Car

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The background is more yellow in the painting.  But this red is better than the ones that show the best background.

Sugar and Spice and Dice

12 x 9 cm

I was looking for antique dice with a lot of character, but I found these round dice in an art museum gift shop and found them irresistible.

"Something's Gotta Give"

20 x 20 cm

Now I know from the DailyPaintworks challenge that there's a Pantone Color of the Year.  This year it's Tangerine Tango.

Yellow Tulips

23 x 56 cm

Crane Your Neck

18 x 24 cm

What's For Breakfast

18 x 24 cm

I have memories of opening my eyes very in the morning to see a face right next to mine, and the voice of my young daughter bringing me out of my sleep by asking, "What's for breakfast?"

The Queen Is In

18 x 24 cm

Amy loves to roam the neighborhood, but also takes care of responsibility at home.  If I'm sewing and have fabric laying on the floor, she comes to inspect it, then lays down right in the middle to take a nap.  If I have a bunch of newly gessoed boards laying out to dry, she walks across one or two, leaving paw prints.  The board this is painted on, was autographed by Amy.

Adventzeit

27,5 x 20 cm

Finding the magic of Christmas in the busy month of December is not always easy, even though it may be simple. As simple as taking a piece of chocolate from the Advent Calendar each day, looking at the paper mache figures that represent some Christmas traditions, and choosing one to replace the chocolate.

The magic of Christmas simply comes from the heart.

Weihnachtsessen

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To eat, or not to eat.  We went to a Christmas dinner the other night, and found two pieces of chocolate at each place.  I got an angel and Santa.  I like chocolate, and wanted to just eat them, but this Santa had a nice face, and, oh darn.  I knew he needed to be in a painting.  I looked over at Roland's place to see which ones he got and saw two pieces of wadded up foil.  There's a price to pay, being a painter.

Dandelion Wrap

13 x 18 cm

Roundoff



15,5 x 13 cm

As I watched my grandson learn how to do roundoffs in his gymnastics class, I remembered learning how to do roundoffs in school.  My sister liked gymnastics more than I did.  I liked the sports, like basketball.  But the worst thing about gym was the blue uniforms we had to wear.  Ugly.  And if we didn't have them there nice and clean every Monday, we got in a lot of trouble.
I could have painted stripes to contrast the roundness of the clementines, but since there are so many things we round off like numbers, tips, etc., I decided to round it all off with polka dots.

Pfeffernüsse

18 x 13 cm

Christmas Cheer

11 x 18 cm

Paired Up

18 x 24 cm

Golden Opportunity

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The good thing about having kids around, is that one can usually find an explanation for something gone wrong.  If the VCR isn't working, check to see if there's a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in the slot where the movies are supposed to go in.  There was one.
I was getting frustrated trying to get decent photos of paintings to post.  It's been very foggy so the lighting was bad, but today there was sun and I still couldn't get a good picture.  It was like looking at it through blurry eyes and I started to wonder if something had happened to my camera.  I checked the lens, and saw a fingerprint kind of look.  I smiled as I then remembered my four year old grandson had been taking pictures.  He was looking at the lens and I said "Don't touch the lens!"

Rose Water Bottle

13 x 18 cm

But now it's a hydrangea water bottle.

Wilbur's Friend

18 x 13 cm

My favorite pig story is Charlotte's Web.

This pig was painted for the challenge by Carol Marine on DPW.  Her husband David, is the master of DPW.  Carol, David and son Jacob, lost their home and Carol's studio, in the Bastrop, Texas forest fire.  There is a fundraiser to help them with immediate needs and to rebuild.  Best wishes to them as they build a new home.

Lucky For You

13 x 18 cm

According to tradition, an acorn in each windowsill keeps lightning from striking the house.  Carrying acorns in a purse or pocket brings luck.

Gardening Grew On Us

16,5 x 20 cm

The tiny nasturium plants in the painting "Gardening Grows On You" were transplanted.  They grew and bloomed.
This was painted for the challenge from James Coulter on DPW.