"Yellow Frangipani in a glass bottle", 8x10, oil on panel, lemon, frangipani, glass bottles, reflections, summer still life, exotic flowers

"Yellow Frangipani in a glass bottle", 8x10, oil on panel

My yellow frangipanis are finally blooming and they are drop dead gorgeous this year!
I picked one and set it up in this arrangement below and I was struck by how much it looked like a fleur de lis.

I love painting glass bottles. While challenging, they are infinitely more interesting to paint with their myriad reflections and idiosyncrasies.

"Into the Light",16x12, oil on linen, paintings of grapes,cantaloupe, copper pot and old bottle

"Into the Light", 16x12, oil on linen

Believe it or not this was the very first still life that I ever painted! I'll never forget how proud I was of this painting! I took a workshop with a lovely man named Louis Tedesco, who studied for many years with David Leffel and his wife Sherrie McGraw. That was back in 2007 and I recall that I was a little intimidated at the time by all the talented people in the class.

Louis was a sweetheart, God rest his soul, and was very attentive to me in spite of my inexperience. I have messed around with the painting quite a bit since I first painted it. It's not as tight as it was originally, and I suppose that's not a bad thing.

I'll never forget Louis and what a nice man he was, as well as an incredibly talented artist. Louis, I hope you are painting in heaven with Michelangelo and company!

I need to stop holding on to paintings because I am attached to them for one sentimental reason or another.

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