Thursday, July 10, 2014

For fruits' sake

For fruits' sake
Acrylic on birch panel
5 x 7 inches
Barbara Muir © 2014
We had a great dinner tonight with friends.
Lots of animated discussion about art. I
understood vividly that when you're making art
you think very differently about it, than
when you are a collector.

This small study of nectarines and one
lemon in a glass bowl, helped me relax
 because I am working on something so
slow and painstaking that I needed the
freedom of a small painting.

Plus I want to eat a nectarine, and made
a deal with myself.  I could eat one, when
I finished the painting.  So I did this
painting for fruits' sake.

Have a loving-the-summer day.
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4 comments:

  1. Mary Sheehan WinnJuly 11, 2014 at 11:22 AM

    Bam. I love this one Barbara.

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  2. Barbara MuirJuly 12, 2014 at 12:36 PM

    Hi Mary,

    Thank you so much. I am delighted that you do! ;-)

    XOXOXOXO Barbara

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  3. UnknownJuly 14, 2014 at 5:13 AM

    now that is dicipline! ha ha . dont ya just love working on small panels, i love it (like eating chocolates)and have to push myself for big ones. good for you for doing a wee one to loosen up. cant wait to see the painstaker too.

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  4. Barbara MuirJuly 14, 2014 at 12:23 PM

    Hi Sally,

    Thanks so much. It isn't so much painstaking as slow. When it's done it will look as lose as the small ones, it's just more canvas! I love your work and you know it!

    XOXOXOXOXO Barbara

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