Trappist Jam
This jar of golden pineapple jam, home grown by the Trappists of the Philippines, made it to our USA breakfast table. Because it was so delicious, its existence was but a breakfast flash in the pan. At least it is memorialized here in paint.
Rest Stop
A room with a view! This cozy place was all prepared for the next guest, and much to my surprise, I was the next! So I hung my picture and staged the hat and flowers, but the room is as it is. It looks a bit different from Van Gogh’s painting of his rustic little room where he turned out a few of his works, but maybe we were both intrigued by interiors…places where people live and aspire.
Tomato Triad
Even though our land was parched for a good part of the summer, these tomatoes swollen with juice, seed, and ripened flavor made it to our table. They were kind enough to pose for me before sacrificing themselves to my lunchplate. I liked the way they reflected in the sheet of plastic underneath them. They made my day.
Intermission II
Here is a larger version of an earlier small painting sketch also posted on the blog. This ballerina is at momentary rest between scenes, and no doubt she is imagining her next dance before curtain call. Her long, graceful tulle gown helps create the unearthly world of the ballet. Dance has power to transport dancer and audience to loftier visions, and ballet in particular does this with its power to paint the stage in graceful, moving beauty.
Decision
One foot out and one foot in…often a stage in decisions. This young woman is poised to enter into the dark unknown of her future. Yet the flower offering shows her willingness and her self-gift to make the step over the threshold. This is a larger painting made after a previously posted sketch of 8×8″.
