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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Sunflowers in Purple Jar, 6x6 Inches, Oil

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This is my little purple jar again, with the 'swan song' little sunflowers from the garden.  I was interested in the reflections on the jar and in all the yellows in the flowers, and in the transition from cool to warm in the background.  The board that the jar is on is a foam board, which is holding up another still life set up (liquor bottles - see them next week), so it was a platform... see below:
(except, yikes, I had kicked the flood light and it swiveled away from the flowers...)

Wish me luck tomorrow night, at North River Art Society, with my Blogging Workshop  - I'm pretty excited about it!

15 comments:

  1. Love the colors on this one too. The flowers have such character, the petals look they all have separate personalities. Fun!

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  2. Very nice, Kelley! The composition is very interesting, moving from left to right. The right sunflower is the star in all its glory! Love all the golds and yellows with the purple.

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  3. Kelly these colors are great! Such a striking painting. I love your little purple jar. I'm a bit nuts when it comes to colored glass. I love the way light passes through it. Cool set up also. Looking forward to seeing the other side...

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  4. These sunflowers will just brighten anyones day. Lovely painting. Want to be at your talk this evening...am too far away....will you be your tips via pay pal...hint hint.

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  5. Love your sunflower paintings, such character. Colors and composition terrific. Good luck tonight!

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  6. Sunflowers, my favorite!! You're living on the edge with your set up:) At my house that would have bit the dust immediately, but I do think it's pretty ingenious!

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  7. Fun, sunny and a happy painting- love the colors. The bits of blue in the purple vase are fabulous. Love the sunflowers- wonderful petals on them.
    Will be thinking of you on Thursday- wish I could be there to support and learn!

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  8. Yellow and purple, a favorite color combination and you handled the glass vase beautifully. Love seeing your set up.

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  9. Beautiful, Kelley! I love these colors, too ... nice highlights on the flowers and I especially like the jar. Really like what you did with the background, too, that warm neutral over the blue ... great! :)

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  10. What a knock out! This is just bursting with the colors I love... yellow and purple! So brilliant and so lively! The sunflowers are just dancing!

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  11. Wonderful job on this! Nice color combination! Coming up your way this weekend for a wedding in Newport hope the weather holds up!

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  12. I have had a terrible time trying to leave comments...blogger doesn't allow me to leave them and hasn't for months. I hope that this one gets through. I LOVE this little painting! It is so happy and the sunflowers a beautifully painted. Love the colors that you used. Thank you for comments on my blog!

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  13. Love the yellow and the contrast. Glad I found your blog.

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  14. Those yellow hilights on the bottle look fab!! Good luck with the workshop!

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  15. Very cheery. I love everything about this piece!

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