Frost Tomatoes
24"x 36", acrylic on canvas

Thanks to those friends (you know who you are) who have tactfully reminded me that it's been awhile since I last posted. I've been working on this big painting (big for me, anyway!) of tomatoes from my summer garden on the morning after the first frost, for the past few months, building slowly with glazes, one color at a time. I'm at a stopping point now. Maybe it's finished, or maybe a few weeks on my wall will change my mind. At any rate, I'm leaving it alone for awhile; I'll only add more to it if I really know what it needs. In the meantime, I'm stretching canvases, big and small, and making charcoal and pen-and-ink sketches for my next painting, a collection of hot peppers. This time, I plan to post a few in-progress photos so there's not another gap of three months in between posts.