"Blue Monday Teacup"

 

 

Available via My Direct Sale Page

 

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

 

Those who came before me
Lived through their vocations
From the past until completion
They will turn away no more

 

Yesterday was Monday, and I decided to make it blue. I've had this teacup for a while and didn't really know what to do with it painting-wise, so I picked "blue" as an idea and threw in some Voortman's shortbread cookies for accent. Getting the photo to look even vaguely accurate was tough; a lot of the more subtle purples and greens got lost between the camera and the JPG.

"Prosperity Plums" - SOLD

 

 

SOLD!

 

5" x 7" oil on archival linen panel

 

While preparing for Friday's painting, it occurred to me that plums are a sort of prosperity symbol. We refer to choice jobs or desirable assignments as "plums", for example. Years ago, just prior to art school graduation, a classmate gave me a small wooden teapot, which he explained to be a symbol of prosperity in Chinese culture. I liked the idea of a symbolic connection between a plum and a teapot. I couldn't find the actual wooden miniature that my classmate gave me (although I can swear I brought it down to TX with me when I moved back here again?), so I settled for one of the roommate's curio items.

 

I'm staying the fast & loose course here, this time on a newly purchase linen panel. The Raphael-brand panels cost 3x as much as Ampersand Gessobord, but I find that they give back a canvas-like feel on a more solid support, without being too rough.

"Fragile" - SOLD

 

 

6"x6" oil on gessoed panel

 

The local Hong Kong market had small teacups on sale for 99 cents. I picked up two, thinking I could work them into my painting somehow. The flower is a dried rose.