Pear Re-Do

10 x 20 oil on stretched canvas

I tried to loosen and refresh  this old painting that I have had for years!   I don't even have the reference photo or the pears!   I wish I did.  It's hard to paint without something to go by (it is for me anyway).

Lean on Me

8 x 10 oil on hardboard

This was painted quickly today because I really worked most of the day on a small portrait study of my granddaughter and some of her friends at her birthday party.  I still haven't finished that one but took the reference photo for this when my daughter still had all of her wedding gifts on display.  I placed the pears on a copper platter she received.  I loved the glow of the pears on the rich copper color but didn't want to render the platter - just used some of the colors.