I must admit, my wife makes the best apple and cherry pie around. However, this pie was bought at a bakery - my bad. I wanted to try to capture the aluminum plate. I thought the red from the cherries and the cool tones would play well together. They do! I had fun painting this very expressive composition.
I guess I'm pretty nuts about my breakfast. I wait for the weekends. My wife and I try to go out to a different Diner every weekend for breakfast. I start my Saturdays with a nice cup of coffee, eggs and pancakes. Call me a sinner. This little painting is a very expressive in its approach and realism.
I started a Limited Edition of some of my paintings. These prints are signed and numbered and are printed on ACID Free paper.
In this still life I wanted to play with the distortion of the eggs and the glass of the pyrex measuring container. My wife as a collection of these measuring glass cups and I couldn't resist in painting one for her.
I started a Limited Edition of some of my paintings. These prints are signed and numbered and are printed on ACID Free paper.
I started a Limited Edition of some of my paintings. These prints are signed and numbered and are printed on ACID Free paper.
Almost surreal and life like. The yolk color is one of my favorite to paint. The shine and transparency of the shell and yolk make this painting a real charm for me.
A number of years ago my Dad and I would stop for a muffins and coffee before he and I would go to work on renovating some old house in Detroit. My dad is a retired carpenter who enjoyed fixing up old houses. I'll never forget those mornings he and I would chat over coffee and talk sports, politics and work. He is 80 now and he still works like a dog. Must be the old Italian blood in him. This painting may seem simple, but to me it is like a froze one second of our time together.
This past month I've experimented with two types of paintings. One with canvas over wood (CoW) and one without. This painting is a complete opposite of my CoW paintings. The smooth surface adds an almost hyper realism to this very unique and strong still life. The painting is that of cow kettle on a stove. This has to be one of my favorites. The cool grayish and blue tones among high reflective surfaces are complimented by the strong reds in the cow's nose. This painting contains many levels of grays and blues but the painting stands on its unusual and original composition. I don't know if I should laugh or stare at this thing.
I really enjoy these classical Diner table scenes. There is so much history in this type of still life. The traditional American landscape of cafe's and Diners will never get old to me.
Every once and awhile I come up with a piece that is really fun to paint which required almost no effort. This still life of a toast and a poached egg is an example of a painting the exemplifies texture, color and a strong compositional design. The texture of the canvas over wood (part of my new series..CoW) is perfect for this type of painting. Please enjoy.
This painting was prepared over a 3/4" poplar surface which contains a smooth almost toothless surface. The still life is that of a cake mixing bowl with cake mix. I found the texture and swirling pattern in the cake mix an almost abstract and impressionistic design. Not only does it make for an interesting composition it taste good......cake !
