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Studio Sale - save on this original painting. "FRUIT AND SILVER"

"FRUIT AND SILVER"
11X14 oil

This original oil still life will be on sale at 30% off the regular price of $400. For further information, or to purchase for $280, INCLUDING shipping (in the US), please email me at carolnelsonfineart@comcast.net.

Sale ends 7-31-2010

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APPLE TRIO, 9105, textured palette knife still life © Carol Nelson Fine Art

Notice that little copyright sign in the title of this post? All you have to type is the following three symbols or words with no spaces: & copy ;
I think that is very cool, although it won't stop the Chinese from copying your work.

This painting was difficult to photograph because of the red. There is a lot of alizarin red (Golden's Alizarin Crimson Hue fluid acrylic) in these apples and, for some reason, instead of getting that gorgeous deep, rich red, it wants to show as brown. I had to tweek the colors to get a fair representation of the painting, but I lost a little of the purple tones in the background in the process.

I used four other red family colors in these apples - Golden's Primal Magenta and Pyrrole Orange, and Liquitex's Napthol Red Light and Quinacridone Crimson.
Those colors are SO LUSCIOUS. I was outside varnishing the painting yesterday and when the sun shines on this piece, it literally knocks your socks off. Actually, I wasn't wearing socks at the time, but I know they would have flown off if I had been.
For purchase information on this painting, please see my website or email me at carolnelsonfineart@comcast.net

Divergent Opinions, 00409, pear still life

I'm amusing myself with the titles of my pear paintings. These three seem to have their backs to one another after a heated argument. Three more members of my giant Costco bag of pears.

For purchase information, please see my website:

http://carolnelsonfineart.com/works/260852 SOLD

Lean on Me, 00309, pear still life

I haven't done any still lifes in a long while. I bought a bag of pears at Costco - so I have a TON of pears. I put them on a bronze charger plate so I could see their reflection. This is my second ever pear painting. I'm not sure what it is about pears that makes them so PAINTABLE.

Maybe it's that they seem to RELATE to one another.

I have a couple more pear paintings in the planning stage.

This original oil is on 5x7 gallery wrap canvas. For purchase information, please see my website:

http://data.fineartstudioonline.com/dataviewer.asp?keyvalue=3851&subkeyvalue=260469&page=WorksDetail

Orange 2

My online gallery, Daily Painters, is having an "orange theme" for Wednesday. What could be more orange than this?
For purchase information, please see my website
http://carolnelsonfineart.com/works/100977

Cherry Boat, 4x12 oil

I took this picture of cherries in a silver olive boat a couple months ago when the Bing cherries first hit the market. I like the way you can see the cherries reflected in the side of the boat. Cherries make a great subject because of the intense shiny color. Eating the subject is always an extra perk. Painted on gallery wrap (no frame necessary) 4x12 canvas. To purchase for $100 with Paypal, please see http://www.carolnelsonfineart.com/, click on "works", then "small paintings."