Figure Pose

I started this at the most recent Thursday group:

Red Paint

I love red paint and have quite a number of tubes of red varieties, cadmiums and quinacridones.  Unfortunately my already red dog decided to enhance her appearance with some red paint.  Not quite sure which she had gotten into, I made a frantic call to Poison Control.  It seems that eating the paint is not quite as toxic as I had feared, and many hours later she seems to be quite fine -- though my white shag rug is not.   Breathing paint seems to be harmful as well.   Red can mean abundance in feng shui.

Latest still life:    Red Flowers

Year of Pink

This is the Year of Pink, as named by Pantone and I find that I have been painting with a decidedly pink palette. 

Whether it is the lovely Macarons de Paris from the wonderful local chocolate shop, Maison Robert

or a baby portrait.

Baby and Puppy,   or my latest oil sketch from the weekly Atlanta Artists Thursday group

I am certainly surrounded by an abundance of pink right now: