"Cosmic Combination"

 

 

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6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

 

This is what became of the 6x6 that I scrubbed out before doing the previous painting. I had been getting caught up in details and complications, so I aimed for "bold and simple". I attempted to paint chocolate and cherries together, but 70% cacao Scharffen Berger chocolate melts ridiculously fast if it gets anywhere near a 60-watt desk lamp, so the best alternative was to use something cake-like that wouldn't melt before I finished the under-sketching. This is the last remaining fresh cherry atop the last survivor from a batch of brownies.

"Take Us To Your Leader" - SOLD

 

 

SOLD

 

5" x 7" oil on gessoed panel

 

This one resulted from what is usually called a "happy accident", though it was anything but happy at the time. I was a full four hours into a 6"x6" when I realized I was polishing a pile of crap, so I scrubbed it out, tossed the dirty board aside, and started anew. My ideas for this new painting weren't any better. It was getting late in the day, and I was frustrated and PO'd. Out of desperation (and with a dash of cynicism), I threw down a backround cloth and tossed some cherries onto it at random. Fortunately for my sanity, they landed in a workable arrangement that suggested a story of two cherries with alien "antennae", versus one without.

"Goth Cherry" - SOLD

 

 

5" x 7" oil on gessoed panel

 

Picking through my bag of cherries for artistically suitable specimens, I found one with a freakishly curly stem. I bet it was ostracised by the other, redder, cherries. This curly-stemmed, pale cherry probably listened to WFNX and wrote poetry. It was a bit... Goth.

 

Speaking of which, I understand that "goth" has morphed into "emo"? My cultural vocabulary is still late-90's vintage (for example, in the old days at the end of last century, back when cell phones were a rarity, "sick" meant "gross", not "awesome") and, being conservative by nature, I refuse to change, goth darnit. Therefore, my unique cherry is "Goth" and not "Emo".

"Hot and Sweet"

 

 

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6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

 

I was just getting started on cherry paintings when I was given a purple pepper from a local garden. I'm not sure if it's a hot variety, but it certainly was purple, and made for a fun combination.