Summer Fête is a commission I just completed for a friend who gave it as a gift. I found the fabric when I was at a thrift shop recently and it’s the same print in different colors as one I used in a painting nine years ago. Go figure. Mangos are one of my favorite subjects. […]
Mangos
Mango on Americana crystal cup
Mangos are the yummiest fruit. There was a huge 30-foot mango tree in my backyard when I lived in Honduras. That’s when I discovered I was allergic to green mangos. Thankfully I can eat all the ripe ones I want. Yummm. This one sits atop an Americana crystal cup from my mother-in-law’s Sunday crystal.
Mango on striped cup
The beautiful reds and yellows of a mango perched on a simple striped cup with its reflection. Mangos are one of my favorite things to paint because of the beautiful colors and one of my favorite fruits because of the luscious flavors.
Mango on dominos
This is another in the ‘stacked’ series of works in which objects are stacked on unlikely objects. In this case they are wooden dominos. Dominos come in all sorts of materials including a kind of synthetic ivory. It was one of the games I remember playing with my grandfather. He was the first one to […]