A melon, an avocado and some peppers.

Here is the most recent painting. I seem to have a little series going so I am going to look for another vegetable tomorrow and for some fruit and maybe another flower or two in the next week or so. I am really enjoying these and I think that it might be nice to have a grouping of veggies, fruits or flowers to hang. I think that these (9x12) will look nice in frames. When they are all finished I will make them available for sale most probably.



I am working on the windows on the front of our house. They were painted shut long ago and need repainting and of course I like windows that open so I am working on that. Two of five are now openable. The putty that holds the glass in the frame is falling out so I am removing that and will be replacing it but I think that I might have a professional do the painting. On the other hand, to a certain extent a painter is a painter and these are all on the porch so there are no scary places where a ladder has to be on the ground and a rock or something like that. It sounds doable.

Meanwhile I am reading a book on Edward Hopper, the American painter whose work I am sure you have seen and also some mysteries by an author new to me whose name I can't remember this minute.  I will let you know - she has written quite a few of them. Have you read anything good lately?

All will be well
XOXOXO
Caroline






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Tamrjo said…
Your paintings are wonderful. I've enjoyed following your process and progress. Edward Hopper is one of my favorite artists. When we lived in Virginia, I was able to see several pieces of his work at museums in D.C.
March 29, 2017 at 1:08 PM
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