"Baby Eggplants #2" By Jonathan Aller

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"Baby Eggplants #2"

6 x 6 in

Oil on Canvas Panel

This is another painting of the delicious and elegant eggplants, I thoroughly enjoy painting their smooth skin and bringing out their deep colors.  The composition was also an incentive to paint another version of it.  The more I paint these guys the more I like them and can see how much character they have.  

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"Baby Eggplants" by Jonathan Aller

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"Baby Eggplants"

7 x 5 in

Oil on Canvas Panel

I really like the smooth texture and soft value shifts eggplants have, I think they have so much character to them.  I wanted to play with these two baby eggplants in telling a subtle story between them, almost like the characteristics of their texture and shape.  The color shift from a deep red to a subtle violet is to good not to paint, it's always one of those things that attracts me to paint.  To me these guys are an elegant and smooth fruit to paint.

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"Parsnip" by Jonathan Aller

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"Parsnip"

6 x 6 in

Oil on Canvas Panel

Parsnips have an interesting look to them, their shape and rough skin textures make them intriguing to paint.  I also enjoy painting on top of the under wash thats applied to the canvas prior to the alla prima session, it creates a vignette for the final painting.  I also like the movement this parsnip creates with its silhouette, seems as if it's blowing in the wind. 

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Sunday Backyard

 

Sunday Backyard

6x8 Oil

©2011 Deb Kirkeeide

A quick little indoor plein air study of my backyard

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"Beet" by Jonathan Aller

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"Beet"

5 x 7 in

Oil on Canvas Panel

I decided to paint these subtle values due to there natural light appearance, the colors and values has a subdued look that I was trying to go for.  It's not easy to paint this type of lighting and glad I forced myself to do so.  As you can see I also started with a under wash painting as I did with the previous painting, the same situation occurred with the turps lifting with the paints.  It's always a great challenge to paint through situations that one's not used to.  

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"Baby Pineapple" by Jonathan Aller

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"Baby Pineapple"

7 x 5 in

Oil on Canvas Panel

I never knew these guys existed a baby version of a pineapple, I was seriously laughing in the middle of the grocery store when I saw this.  Of course it was to go not to paint, its just such a neat looking fruit with its miniature size.  Its overall colors are pretty subtle, the yellows are the only intense chroma on this fruit.  I also wanted to play again with a wash in the background by just using turps, and burnt umber.  I like the look it gave it, more of a rustic look than what I expected.  

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  One Summer Day

                                                                  6x8 Oil on linen canvas
                                                                    ©2011 Deb Kirkeeide

 

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"Apple" by Jonathan Aller

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"Apple"

6 x 6 in

Oil on Canvas Panel

This delicious apple caught my eyes because of its colors that blended so well with each other.  I really like the subtle transitions these two colors create in the middle values.  I also wanted to mention that this canvas panel was provided by a great artist and friend Elaine Stolt, she toned it with golden number 6 grey acrylic wash.  I was a little skeptical at first painting on it due to the uneven wash, but I ended up really liking how it meshed well with the painting.  

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"Cabbage & Brussel Sprouts" by Jonathan Aller

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"Cauliflower & Brussel Sprouts"

8 x 10 in

Oil on Canvas Panel

This cabbage and brussel sprouts stood out to me when I was at the grocery store, their unique shapes and soft colors attracted me too them.  Cauliflower in itself has so many intricate shapes to them, trying to paint it was more than a challenge.  I really do love the soft and subtle colors the brussel sprouts show on their skin, I believe these two subjects go well together for this painting.  Another aspect to this painting I was trying to tackle was emphasizing on modeling the lights.  Concentrating on bigger and smaller form modeling is a great way to capture the essence of light wrapping around the form.

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3 Strawberries

3 Strawberries

About This Painting:
Alla Prima Painting
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Media: oil on  canvas board
Size: 7 in X 5 in (17.8 cm X 12.7 cm)
Price: $75 USD

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"Creme Brulee" By Jonathan Aller

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"Creme Brulee"

5 x 7 in

Oil on Canvas Panel

I wanted to stay on the subject of painting pastries and desserts.  Other than trying to paint there textures I do love eating them when I'm done, it's a guilty pleasure but worth every bite.  What attracted me to paint this dessert was its subtle color shifts in the brulee, I've been wanting to capture more subtle values and how to render them.  The deep reds that are in the raspberries where also an incentive to paint, I did miss painting them especially after painting golden raspberries.  What I try to achieve when I paint is painting light and texture on the subject, to me thats fun part of painting.  

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Beets

Beets

About This Painting:
Daily Painting Still Life
Beets
8" 10"
Oil on canvas
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Media: oil on canvas
Size: 10 in X 8 in (25.4 cm X 20.3 cm)
Price: $100 USD

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"Solitaires Pastry" by Jonathan Aller

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"Solitaires Pastry"

7 x 5 in

Oil on Canvas Panel

Pastries are always a delight to paint, one reason is that I get to divulge into them when the paintings complete.  This pastry stood out to me for a couple reasons, first I really like the gestural cream folds and I also the subtle values.  It was a challenge to capture these subtle values especially between the folds in the cream.  The overall movement of the pastry was what captured me the most, hopefully I was able to portray that in this painting.

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"Golden Raspberries" by Jonathan Aller

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"Golden Raspberries"

8 x 10 in

Oil on Canvas Panel

I've painted these guys once before and titled the painting yellow raspberries, I had someone reply to my blog saying these where also called golden raspberries.  I looked it up and they're right, either way they're beautiful in color and especially harder to paint.  Painting raspberries is not an easy task when you throw yellow into the mix it makes even more of a challenge.  It's good to go straight ahead and face these challenges as they teach us something.  With this painting I wanted to concentrate on the composition and introduce another object, it's a little tin cup that i've been wanting to use for a while.  Glad I was able to finally incorporate it into a painting, you would think it'll be easy to do so but trust me it's not.  I also wanted to take the textures further with this painting, taking more time in each section and honing down how light describes each surface.  To me thats the key, to paint how light effects an object and its textures.

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Winter River Valley

ABOUT THIS PAINTING;
This is a memory painting.
On a return drive from installing an exhibit in Wisconsin, I passed thru the wide flat river valley of the Mississippi. I saw a fabulous sky with the sun just peeking thru a heavy cloud laden sky after a snow storm. I didn't have my paints or a camera, so I pulled over, and quickly pen sketched the view on the back of gas receipt. I barely had my coat off before I started the painting once I made it home. I am pleased with the mood and tones of the painting, it was a good challenge for my memory.

size: 3 x 5 Oil on artist panel
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Winter Pines

About this painting:
11x14 image size,
Oil Painting on artist panel

Before our long cold winter disappears, I thought I would try another snow painting. I wanted to create a warm glow from the winter sun to seduce the viewer into fond memories of this season.


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"Yellow Raspberries" by Jonathan Aller

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"Yellow Raspberries"

5 x 7 in

Oil on Canvas Panel

Yellow raspberries is a fruit I never though existed, it was a surprise for me to see them at the grocery store.  I was beyond excitement to paint these guys, it's challenging though to properly show their true colors in a painting.  Yellow is a difficult color to paint it can easily look to glowy or too dark and lose its yellowness.  It's a great way though to challenge yourself to see how you can control its values and properly render this beautiful color.

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The First of Three

First of Three

6x6 Oil

Deb Kirkeeide

This is the first study for a triptych of ravens. 

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Peanut butter and jelly sandwich

Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich

About This Painting:
Daily Painting Still Life
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Media: oil on canvas
Size: 10 in X 8 in (25.4 cm X 20.3 cm)
Price: $100 USD

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