Showing posts with label Cherries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cherries. Show all posts

Friday, July 18, 2008

'Red, White, and Blue'


"Red, White,and Blue"
12X9
Oil on Raymar Linen Panel
©Cheryl A. Pass
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Most of my Hydrangea blossoms have devolved to some green colors, due to the acidic quality of the soil, I guess. This one was one of the last really blue ones. I bought some sulfer additive that is supposed to bring the blue colors back, but the package says it will take a few weeks. Meanwhile, I grabbed this one to compliment the beautiful reds of the cherry. The colors are more intense in the actual painting. This reminds me to tell everyone that the color representation on everyone's monitors are different, so take that into account. I do try to get the best possible image for computer display, and it is usually pretty accurate, but intensity sometimes blows away in the digital process.

About the title....I think my heart is with the founders of the country these days, so the colors of our flag come to the forefront of my mind often. So much was given to us, and yet today, so many people are trashing our country that sometimes I just want to shake people's shoulders and say, "Wake up dimwits...you are throwing away the greatest gift you could have ever been given, i.e. the United States Constitution." So red, white and blue are the colors of my mind today and most days lately.

Monday, July 14, 2008

'Cherries on Blue'

"Cherries on Blue"
5X7
Oil on Gessoed Board
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These were called Rainier Cherries at the grocery...very pretty little things with yellow and red and most of them still had their stems. I was trying to do something with a different background color here (got out an old blue shirt and laid the cherries on it)...and really slapped on the paint for a more impressionist texture. I made myself back up and loosen the brush strokes. I honestly don't think this picture does it justice..much prettier in person.
There went Monday.....

Thursday, June 19, 2008

'Ba Da Bings"

"Life is Just a...."
5x7
Oil on Gessoed Board
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I'm dedicating this anti-oxident bowl of yummies to my Dad. "The Ancient One" at 90+ yrs.has been struggling lately, fighting off a bad crummy cancer and he deserves a bowl of cherries as much as anyone could right now. I think I'll have some myself!!

The situation has been distracting and my posts are maybe not as frequent because of it...
Plunging onward anyway....