Apples

Apples       7" x 8"     Pastel

A couple weeks ago I decided it was time to go into our storage room and regroup.  I went through a lot of old stored paintings and materials and did a pitch and save.  Some of the work I had forgotten about and looked at it with new eyes.  Other pieces I looked at and thought WHAT WAS I THINKING!!  There is a saying that everything you need to learn is in your last painting.  The good news is that some of these old stored paintings indicate that I may have learned something along the way.  It definitely is a journey of learning.

Apples was painted a couple of years ago.  The two apples were part of a larger painting, but I can't say that the composition was all that great.  I thought that the apples were worth saving.  I cut down the painting and added a couple swipes of color and bingo, I had a new painting.  It is done on Wallis paper and rather than blending the pastel colors, I chose to layer the pastel and leave some of the texture of the paper to show through.

Who knows, maybe if I dig a little deeper in the midst of my storage, there may be another little gem!