Pomegranite

This was my final painting for the 2009 Thanksgiving holiday in Gainesville.  I was reading the book by Sue Monk Kidd entitled "Traveling with Pomegranites".  The book explores the mother daughter relationship and I knew as I was painting this that I would most likely give it to my daughter.  The pomegranite slice was fairly difficult and I had to finish it when I returned to NC. 

All three of the walnut ink still lifes were set up on a book shelf in my daughter's living room that caught beautiful light out of a north facing window. 

Snowflake Jug

This was my second effort with walnut ink.  It was also painted during the Thanksgiving holiday at my daughter's house.  The snowflake jug was a gift from her mother-in-law and one of her favorite things.  It is also a very small format and is "float-framed". 

White Pumpkin

In the fall of 2009 I began a serious study of pen and ink under the direction of Mark Henry.  This little fall pumpkin was my first effort.  It is on 5"x6" sized paper and has very little pen work.  I began with a light pencil drawing and then started layering tones of walnut ink with a brush.  The walnut ink was made the year before from walnuts harvested in my back yard.  I painted this in my daughter's living room in Gainesville, Fl., while visiting her at Thanksgiving.