Babas in Limoncello 10 x 8″ oil on birch panel $200
Well, it has been an age since I posted anything. Dial-up got to be just too frustrating. But the happy news is that recently we got a satellite dish and a somewhat faster connection. It’s not ideal but compared to what we had previously it’s wonderful. I can sit in bed and get email now.
Another reason for not posting in a long time is that I’ve been working on large paintings for a show this coming summer–all clouds all the time. I really have been totally obsessed with clouds and once we got a faster connection joined the (British of course) Cloud Appreciation Society. I don’t want to post photographs of the cloud paintings until the show is up in June. But since I’m about finished with all the work for the show I can turn to other subjects.
Today I was looking at art from Cloud Appreciation Society members and I found a wonderful painter, Barbara Kacicek. She does beautiful alla prima paintings–the whole thing in one fell swoop. So this afternoon I thought I’d try that over an old painting of mine. Alison and John gave me a pretty jar of babas in limoncello for Christmas and I’ve been guiltily snacking on them. I decided I should do a still life while there were still some left. I did the whole painting in a couple of hours this afternoon and put the jar back in the fridge. It probably would have been a little better with more babas, but hey, who could resist? Alla prima is good; now I can resume eating my subject… And I guess I’m not completely done with clouds.
Hooray for the fast connection! It’s good to see you back.
Comment by Jill — December 30, 2011 @ 4:47 am