ARTICHOKES OF CAMPO DI FIORI, 16X20, OIL, SOLD

A few years ago I spent some time in Rome in the beautiful and ancient Campo di Fiori piazza.  One morning we came to the square and found it had been turned into a farmer's market over night.  This was a real farmer's market, with real farmers and produce so fresh the leaves had not had time to wilt. My camera and I were very happy and I have painted a few scenes from there.

I inserted Italian words into the painting to help me capture the flavor and excitement of the day.

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ARTICHOKE HALF, 7X5, OIL, SOLD

A few weeks ago, I did a painting of the whole artichoke, then I cut it in half and photographed it.  And did nothing with the image.  I had to work up my courage to give it a try.  I am not sure this is up to par, but here is what I came up with.  As my grandchildren would say....tttaaaaaaa ddaaaaaaa!!

Speaking of grandchildren, today is my son's birthday.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAVE!! 

I was in NYC last week and what a joy.  Other than all the bomb scares, it was perfect.  Beautiful weather, great traveling partners and yummy food.  We managed to get in a crowd scene on the "TODAY" show. Meredith  Viera is both beautiful and gracious, I shook hands and had my picture taken with her, and we loved "Jersey Boys".  We also spied Stacy London on the street, went to Mood and attended the King Tut exhibition.  It was an all around fun week.  Now, back to work.

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ARTICHOKE, 5X7, OIL, SOLD

I have not had the courage to try half an artichoke, but here is a whole one.  I did cut this baby in half and photo it, so I have everything in place in case I ever get crazy enough to try!

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PEPPERS, ARTICHOKES AND ONIONS

I took photos today of two or three new paintings that I have been trying to finish up, and when I loaded them on the computer, they all had major glare problems. So,rather than not put up a new post, I am, once again posting one of my older pastels. This one is kind of interesting because I glued a type of hand-made paper all over and then worked the pastel over it. This is the only photo I have, and it is actually a detail which doesn't show the most interesting part of the collage effect. I did this technique two or three times,and they were a great success. I really need to buckle down and do a few more. I hope you enjoy it. If you are interested in purchasing, please e-mail me for details of price and size.