Sweet & Savory Pepper Duo

10 x 7  |  oil on panel

These are South African honey peppers stuffed with mango cream cheese and sweet picanté peppers stuffed with cream cheese. They taste so good!

#stradaeasel Day-29

Summer Garden

9 x 12  |  oil on panel

Today's painting is based on a sketch from my childhood home.

#stradaeasel Day-28

The Model

12 x 12  |  oil on panel

I felt like painting something different today, found a willing model. The oil sketch looks a bit like her.

#stradaeasel Day-27

Amaryllis

9 x 6  |  oil on panel

This Amaryllis is about to open its second flower. Perhaps there will be a third. Today's painting for the STRADA January 31-Day Challenge.

#stradaeasel Day-26

Cracker and Cheese with Tea

6 x 8  |  oil on panel

I ate the cracker with cheese, warmed up the tea and enjoyed all three.

#stradaeasel Day-25

Matryoshka: Inside and Out

8 x 6  |  oil on panel

The models for Day-24 are another Matryoshka. This one does open and the last doll, the smallest one inside, is sitting by the first.
#stradaeasel Day-24

Liberty Bell

8 x 6  |  oil on panel

Today's painting is my old "Liberty Bell Bank" — a treasure in childhood. The bottom has a key hole and the US Patent Office markings. Since I lost the key in childhood, it still has money inside. My painting for Day-23 in the STRADA January 31-Day Challenge.

#stradaeasle Day-23

Pooh and Friends

6 x 9  |  oil on panel

This was so much fun to paint! These little characters have been siting on the shelf for years with some favorite childhood books. They became my models for today's painting.

#stradaeasle Day-22

Lunch in D.C.

 

8 x 6  |  oil on panel

Years ago I had lunch in a delightful dining room in Washington D.C. The space was so charming, I wanted to paint it, so I sketched while waiting for my meal. I pulled out one of my old travel sketchbooks today, found the sketch, and used that for my Day-21 painting in the STRADA January 31-Day Challenge.

#stradaeasle Day-21

A Half Cup of Tea

8 x 6  |  oil on panel

Another friend from the Christmas Tree and garlands over the fireplace. Also his second painting, see Day 19's Just Hanging Around. This fellow is hanging from the floor lamp at the other end of the couch.

#stradeasle Day-20

Just Hanging Around

8 x 6  |  oil on panel

This fellow hung on our Christmas tree for years, then moved to the garlands above the fireplace. Several years ago, when I was putting the decorations away, I hung him on a lamp in the living room, where he has been ever since.

Today he posed for his second painting. The first was just after I drew him on wood, cut him out and gave him his face, hands, hair and outfit.

#stradaeale Day-19

The Baker

 

8 x 6  |  oil on panel

My painting for Day-18 in the STRADA January 31-Day Challenge is based on another sketch from the market. She was wearing the strangest hat. The top part, that I thought was to stand up, drooped past her shoulder. Fascinating. She did make wonderful desserts.
#stradaeasle Day-18

Park Bench News

8 x 6  |  oil on panel

Today's painting was an experiment that didn't work. Two others were washed off before this one appeared. Love the sketches, park visitors in one of my sketchbooks.

#stradaeasle Day-17

Good News!

 8 x 6  |  oil on panel

Good News! was painted from the sketch below, people visiting Seattle's famous Pike Place Market. This is my piece for the Day-16 in the STRADA January 31-Day Challenge.

#stradaeasle Day-16

Paula's French Desserts

 8 x 6  |  oil on gessoed museum board

Today's painting is from one of my market sketches. Paula's was across from the Art Stall Gallery in Seattle's Pike Place Market. I sketched many people there and at the news stand on the corner.

#stradaeasle Day-15