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I am going to use acrylics for a little bit to see what I can do with brushstrokes. I think oil is so slow in drying, and I realize after chatting with my friend Katy today that I do like to layer rather than use just one stroke. SO much to learn still! Loving art today though. Great studio day.

apple 5x5 inches acrylic on canvas

dandelions

Today I was bound and determined to paint something decent. I had a day yesterday where I felt I was no longer a painter. I had lost my mojo. I think I have been looking at other artists and admiring their styles so much that I tried to paint like them. doomed to fail. I remembered - finally- to paint like me. It's coming back now. slowly.
here's today's painting

dandelion 8x8 inches oil on canvas

slices

this one is on stretched canvas, which I am so much more partial to over the canvas boards. It took me a day and a half- so not quite a daily, but I'll count it anyway!!!

slices 12x12 oil on canvas

tangerines

tangerine 4x4 on panel email to purchase

Today I painted tangerines. Or- a tangerine. It was this week's challenge.
I am heading towards a looser, more painterly feel with my work. The challenge also got me to choose something out of the norm.

So, here's the first post on my new blog for 2012.

cheers to many, many more.