A Day Of Reds

A friend of mine, a nutritionist always says to pay attention to the colours on our plates. If we have the greens and yellows and blues and whites we more likely get all the nutritions we need. One day I will try this approach on a painting as well. Till then here is the day of reds. 

This composition has just begged for a black gesso. I couldn't resist. 

oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.121) 

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A Strawberry A Day

A strawberry a day ... keeps me happy.

oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.118) 

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Roses

...like two sisters

oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.111) 

 

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Orchids - still life

oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.109) 

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Save the Flower - still life

 

Somehow I want to save the flowers which have broken their stems.  I feel sorry for them.

Sometimes the naked heads have to swim a bit in order to make me believe that they are well saved. 

 This time this small flower was quite lucky, as it has got a few inches of the stem... 

oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.107) 

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Two Flowers - still life

Two flowers 

...one is fresh and young,  one is weary and broken.

oil painting on stretched block canvas, 380 gsm, 100% cotton, 

and extra thick (1.77 in wide), black on the side,

ready to hang on

 7.9 x 7.9 in (No.103) 

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Just Leaves - oil painting

Usually I paint more definite subjects. But this time I was in love these colorful leaves. 
And I wasn't sure that the deep reds and different greens and yellows would work together... or not. It's an experiment.

oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.102) 

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Finding our Strength - oil painting

Oh, our strength is not always obvious and visible. Sometimes it's not calculable at all that our quality will make us survive,  be successful or free. 

It is unpredictable therefore exiting. 

What goes 'further' that hotness of the  pepper or the lightness of the feather? 

oil on canvas, 7.9x7.9 in (No.101) 

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Go Paint! - still life

It is easy and simple to gain motivation for painting when a good thing happens like this: I won a featured artist status for the next month at the DPW gallery. Wow, I am so happy!
Oranges, they were the lucky ones. I have to tell you that I showed this painting to my mother and she said: 'hey, it seems to me that these oranges are a little bit rotten... so the judge probably hasn't smell them'. Ha-ha-ha.

Well, I am so happy that this painting was picked.
Here you can see the winners and all the entries:

 

And my painting for today: Go, paint!

oil painting on stretched block canvas, 380 gsm, 100% cotton, 

and extra thick (1.77 in wide), black on the side,

ready to hang on

 7.9 x 7.9 in (No.96) 

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Orange Juice - oil painting

This painting was George's wish, because he loved my Apple juice painting so much. So he ordered something similar. So I took that jug and filled it up... with oranges. And to top it all I took a pic at halftime of the painting. I like the black gessoed base so much!

oil painting on stretched block canvas, 380 gsm, 100% cotton, 

and extra thick (1.77 in wide), black on the side,

ready to hang on

 7.9 x 7.9 in (No.93) 

 

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Where Is My Spoon?

We drink our teas mostly with lemon on this part of the globe.

It is not so relevant information... but

 where is MY SPOON? 

I painted this still life on a vivid orange base, which is a bit unusual choice 

but I am happy with that

because this way my whites got new life and warm tone.  

oil painting on stretched block canvas, 380 gsm, 100% cotton, 

and extra thick (1.77 in wide), black on the side,

ready to hang on

 7.9 x 7.9 in (No.91) 

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Fitting in

We have a tendency of longing for fitting in. 

Sometimes it is simple and natural.

And other times... well if someone is not born to be sour... what would they do?

Will they be bitter? 

 oil painting on gessoed canvas board 

 5.9  x 8.6 in (No.90) 

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3 Bottles

It is simple like that: as the sun came out I have seen my colorful bottles with new eyes. There were nice and colorful shadows and wow...  I melt like an ice cube.  A simple composition begging for painting. I couldn't resist.

oil painting on stretched block canvas, 380 gsm, 100% cotton, 

and extra thick (1.77 in wide), black on the side,

ready to hang on

 7.9 x 7.9 in (No.89) 

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Paprikas - still life, oil painting

If you are a tourist in our small country (Hungary),  the first and most important thing you meet on your first day in Budapest  is paprika.
So I became a tourist on the fresh market as I saw these wonderful and fresh, hot paprikas. And it was obvious that I needed to paint my paprikas' version freshly.

 oil painting on stretched block canvas, 380 gsm, 100% cotton, 

and extra thick (1.77 in wide), black on the side,

ready to hang on

 7.9 x 7.9 in (No.81) 

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Pear Friendship - small still life

Some likeliness, yes that is what you need for a good, working friendship... some likeliness. So these pears made friendship at first sight... and their new glassy friend is a new chapter in friendship.

I have to tell you, that painting this glassy friend... well, it's not an easy task.

 oil painting on stretched block canvas, 380 gsm, 100% cotton, 

and extra thick (1.77 in wide), black on the side,

ready to hang on

 7.9 x 7.9 in (No.80) 

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Two Ways - flowers, still life in oil

Both came from the same backgrounds ... 

and still two different worlds... 

Two ways.

A small piece of glass made those double shadows. 

oil painting on stretched block canvas, 380 gsm, 100% cotton, 

and extra thick (1.77 in wide), black on the side,

ready to hang on

 7.9 x 7.9 in (No.78) 

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Hey Tomato, You Do The Dishes!

The youngest do the dishes. in my family. This is the case. 
And when I do the dishes I am the youngest. What a funny maths it is. 

So today I set up a new rule: Hey Tomato, you do the dishes!
The pig is not to be trusted.

 oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.76) 

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Pepper Party and Calendulas Shadows

I couldn't leave these lovely peppers alone. They've got new friends... calendulas.
That curly shadow in the right corner... that was exciting.
As I paint more and more, I can experiment that shadows are so important for me. If I go further this direction it may be that a whole composition would be on shadows only...

oil on stretched block canvas, 380 gsm, 100% cotton, 

and extra thick (1.77 in wide), black on the side,

ready to hang on

 7.9 x 7.9 in (No.71) 

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Weeds? Flowers?

In my country these are weeds. No question.  But I like them. 

I like them so much that I put some in a vase as they were real flowers. 

May be... if they were treated like real flowers in my garden... they would grow big like real flowers...

May be... might be... 

oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.69) 

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A Snip - still life in oil

If I got a pair of scissors I would snip... anything. Yes, that's right... like children.

Anything in this case is a piece of weed. I love the small flowers. Beside any expectation this tiny pece of weed is a long lasting one. 

May be... I could love them better ( I mean I wouldn't kill them as weed) may be flowers would grow double size... 

Well, it is just a dream... weeds are weeds, aren't they? 

oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.68) 

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