When Life gives you Oranges

I have never really painted oranges before but I love my blue dinner plates and wanted to set up a still life with the plate in it.  So we had these oranges.... the kids kept trying to take the oranges off of the plate and eat them, it was complicated. However, I loved the contrast I got with the orange and blue, so another one of my favorite items in my kitchen is the turquoise antique kitchen scale so I pulled that out too. Had so much fun! Hope you like them!

Orange and Blue
12 x 12
Acrylic on Canvas

Weighing In
12 x 12
Acrylic on Canvas

Still Life

Peas in a Pod

10" x 10" 

Acrylic on Canvas

SOLD

I felt like I was getting way too tight in my painting and wanted to do something to loosen up. I decided to go back to still lifes for awhile to try and make that happen, using as few strokes as possible to get the image I wanted.  I still think I could loosen up some more so next I am going to do some green apples. Can you tell I love green! Hope you like it.