DAY 2: Silver and Cherries

"Silver and Cherries"  8 x 10 oil on panel    

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Here is Day 2's addition... Cherries and Grapes along with a favorite old silver creamer and an antique cut glass dessert bowl.  

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30 DAYS! A New Painting Every Day

In an effort to reduce inventory and raise funds for my upcoming 2014 painting expeditions, I'm posting a new painting every day for the next 30 days... offered at a ridiculously reasonable price!  I'll post each piece here, as well as on my main website and in my Daily Paintworks Gallery.

DAY 1:  Tools Of The Trade II  8 x 8 oil on panel  
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"Summer's Final Glory"

"Summer's Final Glory"  11" x 14" oil on linen

Just returned from a wonderful painting trip to the coast of Maine, in Boothbay Harbor.  It was the location of this year's PAP-SE (Plein Air Painters of the Southeast) retreat.  This year, we coordinated with Mary Phelps, owner of Coco Vivo Fine Art of Boothbay Harbor (as well as her location in Charleston, SC), to end the week with a one-evening exhibition, which was a huge success!  This piece is one I painted of the last surge of color in the cottage garden in front of the 1800's "Cape House" where I stayed.  It was a somewhat gray day which seemed to make the color explode... I had a fun time painting this, while nibbling on the apples from the tree overhead!  

Available at Coco Vivo Fine Art:  http://cocovivoartforliving.com/

"Little Blue House"

"Little Blue House"  oil on panel 8" x 8" 

I got a late start heading out this morning and the weather was stormy and questionable, but I pushed ahead in spite of it all.  The last time I saw this little house, a couple of years ago, it was green, but passing this morning I discovered that it had change clothes and put on a soft blue dress.  The light was striking it just so and the old tree was just the foil that made it all work.  It was a fun morning!  

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Going, Going, Gone!

"Tangerine with Blue Pitcher"  8 x 8 oil on panel

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Another one from my Daily Paintworks / Studio Sale just sold, and the buyer got one heck of a deal!!!

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Granny Smith At Grand Bohemian Gallery

"Granny Smith with Creamer" 8" x 8" oil on panel

Available at The Grand Bohemian Gallery Asheville, NC

"Final Resting Place"  oil on panel 11 x 14.  SOLD

This old pair of boats have been sitting in this same place for years, next to Crosby's Seafood on the way out to Folly Beach near Charleston.  I've painted them before, but here's one more version.

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"Cherries and Silver"

"Cherries and Silver" 8 x 10 oil on panel

 

 

And here's the last entry for 2012

 

Happy New Year and stay tuned in 2013!

"Old Studio Bottles"

"Old Studio Bottles"  8 x 10 oil on panel

 

These quick little studies are a great way to pass a rainy Christmas Eve!  Merry Christmas everyone!

"Apple Blossoms"

"Apple Blossoms"  20 x 16 oil on linen

 

From back in spring, here is a still-life of apple blossoms from my garden.  When I finished this piece, I thought that I had totally missed the subject.  So, I turned it face in towards the wall, way in the studio corner, and just left it, actually forgetting all about it.  After I recently found it  again and took another look, maybe I didn't miss the subject by too far after all.  Sometimes it's really hard to be objective about a painting, especially when you have just exited its "furnace of creation."  On pieces that I feel unsure of, I've learned that letting them sit and percolate, out of sight, nearly always produces something when seen them again with a fresh eye.  Moral of the story, "don't throw that painting out just yet!"

 

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"Dunn's Rock Afternoon"

"Dunn's Rock Afternoon"  11 x 14 oil on panel  SOLD

Autumn always seems to go by far too quickly, here's a recent painting from one of my favorite locations west of Asheville.  This prominent rock outcropping has always fascinated me, and catching it with the afternoon sun of early November was just too irresistible not to try and capture. 



Lemons with Amber Bottle

"lemons with Amber Bottle"  12 x 16 oil on panel - Available

 

 

Here's another installment in the "still-life" department.  A couple of years ago, I found this old amber bottle in an antique shop, and after pairing it with some lemons and a branch of oncidium orchids, I felt that I had the makings of a nice harmony.

 

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"Ridgeview Autumn"

"Ridgeview Autumn"

 

Hard to believe that Autumn has arrived, once again, and is already slipping past.  Here's a plein air study from a ridge close to my studio... the cows chilling in the shadows were great fun!

 

Painting is available through the studio: stuart@stuartroper.com

 







St George Island Sunset

"St George Island Sunset"  20 x 24 oil on panel  SOLD

Another addition from my painting adventures on the gulf coast... here's a sunset, done from my plein air study.  Mosquitos were very hungry when I was there on location, was nice not to have to swat anything here in the studio while painting this version!

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"St. George Island Sunrise"

 

"St. George Island Sunrise" 8 x 10 oil on linen 

 

Just spent a great week on the Gulf Coast of Florida, painting with fellow members of The Plein Air Painters Of The Southeast (PAP-SE). http://pap-se.com/   I ended up staying in the St. George Island State Park, a magnificient and quite isolated park, some 9 miles long!  Here is a my plein air study of the rising sun, which only lasted a moment!