Orange and Black

By Anita Murphy / January 26, 2009 /

oil on canvas, 10″ x 10″ I’ve had a lovely day off today – didn’t accomplish as much as I had hoped but on your birthday its good just to chill a little! I have been really enjoying doing reflections so thought I would tackle this mug again. I thought lemons were hard to paint…

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Green and Black

By Anita Murphy / January 14, 2009 /

10″ x 10″, oil on canvasTempting fate by putting another apple in this set-up. Quite enjoying playing with green here – never thought I would hear myself say that! More fun with the reflections. I forgot to say yesterday about how I came by the apples. The wonderful secretary in my office, Maria, bought them…

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Black and Green

By Anita Murphy / January 13, 2009 /

10″ x 10″, oil on canvasWorking with a limited palette of viridian, cadmium yellow light, cobalt blue, alizarin and titanium white. Applying more paint and using a larger brush – the problem as usual was not tweaking with a tiddly brush at the end. I have to get over the idea that all edges have…

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