"Basket of Berries" 8"x10" (Click here to bid on eBay)

There's a funny story that goes with this painting. It was the last piece I did for auction before my son Jobey and his family came out for a short stay, the week after Thanksgiving.
I knew I wasn't going to do any work for the rest of weekend so I just let this piece just dry on the easle. I think it was the second morning when we found Micah, their oldest at just about 4 years old, had decided he was going to take a stab at painting like his Poppa. He didn't do too bad actually. Covered a lot of my studio in just 10 minutes, along with this painting here. I would have taken photos of everything but Jobe and Katie were upset and I was trying not to laugh everything off.
Micah definately knows better now to not try to pant without adults around, but I have to admit I felt just as guilty not making sure our house was safe for little ones. We really got lucky in that the one bottle used the most for paint wa a bottle of Cobalt Drier, which is the only product I use that has the old skull and crossbones on the label. It's scary to think that he could have just as easily tasted it instead of spread it. We really got lucky there. I need to quickly repaint areas because the auction finishes i just 4 hours. I'll let the winner decide if it looks close enough to the original to keep it. Click on the image for a closer view.

"Oranges in Glass" 11"x14" (Click here to bid on eBay)

I have a few more interesting bowls and props that I'm looking forward to using with more oranges. Click on the image for a larger view.

"Watermelon" 11x14 (Click here to bid on eBay)

I finally cut up the watermelon I bought a week ago and took some shots. I'll have a few more compositions of this in the coming weeks. Click on the image for a larger view.

"The Pits" 6x8 (Click here to bid on eBay)

Sorry about getting behind again, but I finished this painting a week ago and just now realized it will be ending it's auction in about 5 hours. Click on the image for a larger view.

"Cantaloupe Boats" 8x10 (Click here to bid on eBay)

Here's my second try at painting cantaloupe in the last couple of weeks. Orange is an easier color for my brain to visualize the different hues within it. I seem to have trouble with greens more than any other color. Click on the image for a larger view.

"Cantaloupe Quartet" 11x14 (Click here to bid on eBay)

To start with, I kinda miss-named this. For some reason I thought I saw two "quarters sections" sitting there, which would make sense, but there are three. I guess the third piece was added from another cantaloupe for balance. I shot these more than two years ago at our home back in South Dakota. My first try at cantaloupe is in October of '06 on this blog. Thanks for looking. Click on the image for a larger view.