"China Blue," oil on linen, 8"x16" -  SOLD

Here is a new painting I just finished.  I have wanted to paint this one for some time.  I happened to have my camera with me when I wandered into an antique store last year.  I saw this lovely china set stacked in a cabinet.  It was a still life waiting to be painted!  I loved the warm gray greens, also the color of the blue in the china.  I spent a lot of time deciding on and working through a specific and limited palette for this painting.  (No reaching for the Alizarin, Ultramarine, Raw Sienna shadow combo....this time.)  As I painted, I reminded myself to keep the brush strokes soft and painterly.  I had a clear vision of what I wanted the painting to look like, to feel like.....I just needed to have patience with this one.  Trying a limited palette of colors to achieve the color harmony, values and tones I was after was a great lesson and a welcomed challenge.  I hope you like it.  (This painting has was selected for the Salon International Exhibit 2011 held in April this year.)