Sunflowers in Mason Jar

These sunflowers were painted in class last week.  My painting class takes place in the back of a framing shop owned by a fellow student and new friend, Elkie.  She placed this frame over the painting and it was magical.  When I brought it home I tried the frame on a few of my painting and it is truly a frame that makes any classic still life look fabulous.  8X10 oil on Gessobord.

Forsythia in Mason Jar

This 5"x7" oil on gessobord was part of a glass study.  What I like about this still life is the complementary colors and the mason jar lid.   When I moved into my home 20 years ago the entire property was lined with a 10 feet deep forsythia border.  It took quite a few years and our hard work to remove all of the forsythia for new gardens. This is cutting is from the one bush that remains.  I hack away at it every year after it blooms... so I guess I have a love/hate relationship with forsythia.