"A Watermelon Slice" 8"x10" (Click here to bid on eBay)

To change things up a little, I decided to paint a still life for a change. Kind of an odd choice though because this is really a summer favorite. It looked like too much fun to pass up painting again though. Click on the image for a larger 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.

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

We live in a community called Seville, here in the Southtern Phoenix Valley, that was built on a former orange grove. The orange trees were spared wherever possible when they built the houses and golf course and my guess is that they still have one third of all the original trees still standing. Free oranges for everyone and they are just now getting yellow with another month before they become their true orange. Click on the image for larger view.

"Mango on Black" 11x14 (Click here to bid on eBay)

I was going through my archives of past photos and found a subject that I shot but for some reason didn't paint a couple of years ago.
I'm continuing to try to lay the paint on thicker, and just have fun putting together a fresh looking painting , loaded with strokes and juicy thick clumps of paint, but for as much as I try, the end results are a pale result of what I intended. I'm painting 11x14's because I think they are easier to let that effect take place but maybe not. Click on the image for a larger view.