In the Red

"In the Red", 6x6" oil on canvas panel

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No, this painting isn't about negative finances. It's about, red, one of my favorite colors to paint with. It's a color that really knows how to scream out loud. Red has the ability to conjure up a wide range of emotions from passionate love to violence and warfare. Red is the color of blood, energy, danger and fire, also known to stimulate and increase blood pressure, respiration, heartbeat, and pulse rate. In China, red is associated with good luck and fortune and in Singapore it symbolizes joy. It is the highest arc of the rainbow, the longest wavelength of light, and the first color you lose sight of at twilight.

According to "The Language of Stained Glass" at Armstrong Browing Library at Baylor University: When Dante spoke of the Seraphim - the first of the nine choirs of Angels - the color that "glows" was the pure orange vermilion which his fellow citizens and brothers-in-spirit (the painters, illuminators, and glassmen) knew as red. So, it may be said that pure red is the color of divine love, the Holy Spirit, courage, self-sacrifice, martyrdom, and all the warm impulses that belong to the great-hearted everywhere.  You can read more about red here.

So what does this rather strange combination of apple, radishes and Flowering Quince (Japonica) have in common? You guessed it...the color RED! Oh, how I do love red, the warmest of all colors.

Thanks for looking through rose colored glasses with me today. : )

nancy

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Time Out

"Time Out" 12x12" Oil on Wrapped Canvas
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If you are wondering what all the commotion is about here today? It's a parade! Some of the local citizens of Down the Highway are lining the streets, just as it gets underway, commemorating the First Year Anniversary of the founding of their colorful town. Spoon float is passing in front of the judges showing off her silvery sheen. Making her golden debut is Marmalade Redbeckia, a new star and latest addition to the neighborhood. She's the only one around who can, without a whimper, stand up to face the summer inferno. She rocks!!! In spite of her demanding schedule, I think it's pretty cool how she magically produced a diminutive clone of herself onto the face of spoon. Nearly everyone is out celebrating with the exception that little imp sachi who is seen pouting in time out. He was caught trying set off a bottle rocket in spite of the ban on fireworks.

You know, every now and then, I paint a little piece of something that seems to really work in a painting. Leaves are exceptionally tough to get right but check out that one little fellow who fell off the stem and is resting half in and half out of ruby red's shadow...that was a special "aha" moment for me! I love it when that happens!!!

Thank you to all of you who have continued to follow this digital little Peyton Place in spite of all the violence in these not-so-still lives...And, thanks for viewing my paintings!

nancy

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"Pairing Up"

"Pairing Up" 6x6" Oil on canvas panel

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Blogger seems to be having a problem and has deleted my last two postings so I am reposting both of them now.

When I set up this still life and adjusted the lighting, the apple's shadow created a brilliant warm reflection in the middle of the dark shadow on the side of the pear. I just love it when that happens...so much fun to paint.

One good thing about painting fruit is that it doesn't wilt as fast as flowers, so you can take your time and don't have to paint like a whirling dervish in the middle of a Texas bonfire in mid-August.

Did you notice that sulking pear inside the bowl? She's sitting back in the cool dark pouting because she didn't get chosen to stand up front by the red center of attention. Thank you for viewing my painting

- nancy

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