Whelks and Leaves, Oil on 11x14 Canvas

Here is a little painting which was one of three selected for a local juried "small works" painting show this past summer. This is only 11x14. I have been doing more of these little ones inspired by the Daily Painters Blog. I have the two others from this series to share. I find it good practice to set up still lives. I was intrigued and challenged by the shape of these shells. These were shells gathered from the Longport, NJ beach after a Nor'easter. I grew up going to this beach and it was fun to pair the shells with my Pennsylvania leaves. I don't know if I caught the shape of the shells exactly, but I had fun trying.

Sunflowers with Aloe and Mango painting

As promised, here is the "other" sunflower painting. I personally like this one better. I reduced the flowers to more simplified shapes. These were the same flowers as the first painting. I worked on both simultaneously. I hope the picture is okay. I had to reduce the resolution because some of my photos were taking forever to upload. I will get to the works in progress soon, but this week I have been working on making a cosplay costume for my daughter. She is going to Otakon in Baltimore this weekend. She is dressing as a male video game character, but I am okay with that. Hopefully some fun pictures will follow!

Sunflowers in Vase

Hey friends. I am still uploading and happily revisiting the paintings I completed in the last year. I did two sunflower paintings. This is the first. I will upload the other soon. I love sunflowers and I have beautiful yellow, orange and blood red ones growing in my garden at the moment. I do not have the heart to cut them just to paint them. They honeybees have been been very busy "gathering" from these amazing flowers. I am currently working on about four paintings. I think I might have "overpainted" the one. I plan on uploading within the next few days and I would appreciate opinions. Some of the newest ones are causing me fits and refusing to upload! What will I do with these rebellious children? Also, most of my paintings are for sale. This is a 16x20, framed oil on canvas. Please email me @ anita.williams26@verizon.net if interested in any of the paintings I have posted.

Aloe, Pomegranate and Mango Painting by Anita Williams

Just so you all do not think I am all wild colors, here is one of my calmer, still life paintings. I have been exploring textures, and getting into heavy scraping lately. The result is often more abstract than this. This one was actually completed about a year ago.