MMMMM I love cherries, I remember warm summer days sitting up in the cherry tree, filling up on sweet, juicy cherries!

One for you Two for me! #6 of 52

8" x 8" acrylic on canvas

I've been working on this one for the past couple of weeks, the original photo was taken while on holiday in Mexico.  Oh to be back there soaking up the warm rays!  

I've found this to be one of the most difficult painting to photograph, there are so many different color shifts that the camera just couldn't seem to capture them.

Mexican Pottery

24" x 36" Acrylic 

Each painting entails a photo shoot first, by the time I got around to doing the photo shoot of the candy apple it had started melting and was in pretty bad shape.  This painting is the result of a bit of the photo reference and a bit of imagination.   This is another one done on pastel ground, resulting in a more textured look.

#4 of 52

Sweet and Tasty

8" x 8" Acrylic on Canvas

I've moved my blog from blogspot to my website, hopefully to make it easier for everyone, plus myself.  Because i'm doing the 52 paintings in 52 weeks I am going to post the first 3 that had been on the other blog to keep them all together.

These are the first 3:

#1 Gosling

9" x 11"  Soft Pastel

#2  Black & Blue

11" x 14" Acrylic on Canvas

Her Majesty

6" x 6" Acrylic on Canvas

Kunamokst  means "together" in Chinook.   This mural is comprised of 231 12" x 12" wooden panels painted by artists from all over the country coming "together" to create one large mural.  The unveiling of the finished mural will be on Galiano Island, BC.  In the mean time you can check out the paintings as they are posted to the online grid at http://www.muralmosaic.com/kunamokst.html  I am number 47.

The creation of the mural starts with a master image created by Lewis Lavoie, then panels are designated to each artist.  We are given a theme, in this case West Coast/ Sea life a few guidelines and a panel with some general shapes on it.  We have no idea what the master image is, which makes it all the more amazing when the finished pieces are put together.  Make sure you check out the other Murals.

I love going to the ocean and spending hours looking for treasures, there are so many interesting, beautiful items to be found waiting to be photographed and painted.  Just like the surprises I find at the ocean I also had a surprise while doing this painting.  The baby seal was originally a rock, but at one point I stepped back to view the painting and there he was, looking out at me, a happy surprise

Seaside Treasures

12" x 12" Kunamokst Mural panel

Acryic