Told You So

Last week I told you that I don’t like the pumpkin painting in progress. Paintings in progress aren’t often inspirational, but this one didn’t seem hopeful at all. Something about the arrangement of things or the colors just wasn’t ringing my bell.

A friend brought us a bag of various citrus fruits. It was an AHA! moment for me, so I arranged them on the kitchen table in various formations. (This could be worthy of several paintings.)

Bye-bye pumpkins.
It is both a relief and a weird feeling to scribble over the top of a painting that is getting close to completion.
Scribble scribble like a bumpkin, who’s that scribbling on my pumpkin?
The color of the actual fruit is much nicer than appears on the photo and on screen.

This is going to work. . . told you so!

Today’s Anne Lang’s Emporium featured painting

Redwood-Dogwood, oil on wrapped canvas, 6×6″, $60

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