Tree-top 2

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A peak up, looking at trees around me in the park, taking pictures. This is the result of one of those. Was a little bit too "realistic", at least when my art is concern, had to simplify it, and going more to the graphic and abstract approach before I was satisfied with it.
And a warning for those who have week stomachs. I have painted Horse-chestnuts again, so that is coming up soon.

A pile of apples

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Doing still life always make me ask myself if it is the right thing for me to do. Not still life as subject, but how and what I paint. My favorite still life painter Carol Marine has a wonderful eye for color, composition and has a little whimsical touch. I get inspired, but I also get warning bells, I must keep my identity. I fooled around with apples, photographing different compositions and ideas. I tend to like close-ups, to work with shapes that overlaps, lines that meet and negative spaces. This isn't one of those, so I was in kind of out of my comfort zone. I think it still is me, but I had to work to find the balance in the background between creating energy and just being messy.

Birch Trees 4

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Didn't know if I should name this one "Looking up" or "Birch-trees 4", well I chose the last name. The painting is the same approach that I did on my "That time of year 2 "-painting, but not as abstract and with birch-trees. My first attempt on this failed. It lacked the graphic feeling I wanted and it felt messy, so that one will be painted over later.

Last harvest of the season 2

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Since it is getting cold now, especially at night, we have harvest all the tomatoes left on the plants, and put them to ripe on a big plate. Most of them were green or green-yellow in the beginning, but slowly a lot of them is changing color to yellow, orange and red. I have taken photos of them at different times, and I do like to paint close-ups of fruits and vegetables. Finding a composition among the chaos.
My tomatoes are more fun than appetizing. If you like to see appetizing ones, take a look at Kara Bigda's tomatoes , they look tasty.

That time of year 5

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Well, this is a new take on a old composition and idea. This is a larger version of That time of year 4, and painted on Canvas Hardboard-MDF.  The format is a little different, so I had to adjust the composition.
There are things I like better in this version, but there is also things I like better in the old ones, but over-all I am satisfied with the result.

Birch Trees 3

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I finished the larger painting today and did also a small painting. The sun sets so early at this time of year, that when I got out to photograph the paintings, the light was so bad that I only got an "OK" photo of the smaller one, so that is the one I have to post. I will probably take new pictures of the paintings tomorrow, but this one have to do for now. (Have changed the photo, so now it is a more accurate photo).
The painting is a continuation of my first Birch-trees painting. This time I changed the palette and played a little more with it. I wanted it to be graphic and simple. I like the result.

Looking up - mini

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Not much else than my big canvas board-MDF painting is going on right now, but I got this small painting from a few days ago. Like the last post, this is also one of those exploring paintings.

Birch Trees - mini 1

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This is a simple birch-tree painting I did to test some things out. I will probably make a larger version of it, but right now I am working on a bigger painting on "canvas board-MDF".  I got the suggestion from someone, that she would love to see one of my tree-paintings on a larger "canvas board-MDF, so I got inspired and bought a 19.7" x 24" canvas board-MDF, and am now working on a new interpretation of the motive used in "That time of year 4".

Tree-top 1

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A few days ago I went to a park near where I live to get inspiration and some reference photos to work from.
The photos that was taken was mainly fall/autumn trees, a lot of warm colors. This paining is  inspired of a tree's character and my way to interpreter it. I kept it clean and simple, I thought about going more wild with it, but I liked it as it was, and I can always do another where I let go more.

Horse-chestnut on the top

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It started with me walking around photographing things around me and doing a 2nd version of a DPW challenge, I fell in love with the Horse-chestnut. Can't promise that this is my last one, but it is at least my last for a good while.

Birch Trees 2

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When I did the first Birch-tree painting, I kept it simple with a restricted color palette. After that one I did a small (8" x 8") more colorful Birch-tree painting, to be shown later, and then I did this one.

colorful flower

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I have had the idea for some time. An object with form, but without color, and the negative space full of color, over the top of color. So I tried the idea out on this 8" x 8" painting. This is something I might explore later. It's a little over the top perhaps, but I like it.

That time of year 4

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After I did the first "That time of year" painting I wondered what it would look like if I had painted it bigger. I think I do have a better flow in the lines when I go up in size. This is the answer to that question (what it would look like....).

Birch Trees 1

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Thought I would go back to nature. I continued with my quest to find my way to capture nature. Birch-trees are graphic and stunning, and you can find many artists painting them. Do I do something new? Probably not, but hopefully I will put my twist on it in the end. 
I kept this one simple, held back on color and let it have a graphic feel.

Sunflowers

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Lets mix things up. For a long time I have wanted to paint sunflowers, but doing so can result in shooting myself in the foot. No secret that one of my all-time favorite painters is Van Gogh, and sunflowers is one of his most known and loved subjects. Sunflowers is also a very commons subjects artists paint overall.

Finally I tested my wings with this sunflower painting, and I know now that there will be more, had a lot of fun painting it.