Banana with Blue School Case

 

Bananas contain high levels of tryptophan which can apparently help with a small case of the blues.

Oil on canvas board, 12" x 16"

Old Milk Bar on Piper Street, Kyneton

The piper played a few bars.

Oil on canvas board, 12" x 16"

Still Life with Pumpkin and Enamelware Plate

 

This natural light painting was a bit of a challenge -- I had to find a compromise somewhere between painting the light falling on the pumpkin and maintaining the bright orange colour.  I'm not sure it quite worked, but I wonder if I should have stuck at it until midnight when it might have turned into a pumpkin all by itself.

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 20"

Tomatoes with Peacock Vacuum Bottle

 

These tomatoes were grown in my vegetable garden and are, by definition, the most organic element in this painting.  They appear to be snuggling up to the Peacock bottle, leading me to conclude that nature adores a vacuum.

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 20"

Green Apple with Glazed Jar

 

A duet between Fiona Apple and Julio Iglesias.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"