Orange and Baby Spoon

“Orange and Baby Spoon”
6” x 8”
Unframed - Oil on prepared Masonite
Available at $100.
Laura Marie Anderson © November 25, 2006

I am starting to feel better. While I wanted to paint something simple today, I found the orange by itself to be less than challenging. So, I tried to add an egg, but instead of adding to the composition, it competed for the space and attention. Then I tried this baby spoon. The spoon I found long ago at a junk store. It is engraved “Donald, April 21, 1967.” Donald would be 39 years old this year. When I found it I thought about being born with a silver spoon in your mouth and then I thought about what it would be like to have been born with one and then to have lost it. I wonder what Donald’s life is like now? I couldn't resist bringing the spoon home or putting it in this painting. I find this to be a delightful little painting.

Oil Can

“Oil Can”
8” x 6”
Unframed - Oil on prepared Masonite
Laura Marie Anderson © November 24, 2006

I have been sick for some days now, a very bad head cold. Wednesday I got up the energy to set up my paints and a small silver teapot. This morning it was still sitting there. I switched it out this afternoon with:

This Oil Can brings back memories of the old treadle Singer sewing machine I used as a child. Every now and then it needed some oil as did dad’s hair clippers. That sewing machine brought us many hours of entertainment, as well as pride in the pieces of clothing that we would make. I remember my red, black and white pinstriped plaid hip hugger bell bottom pants, now those were styling.

East Rosebud Lake Falls

Old
New- Not Finished
“East Rosebud Lake Falls”
8” x 10”
Unframed - Oil on prepared Masonite

Laura Marie Anderson © November 20, 2006

I painted this painting this past summer. It had to be the most boring painting. Since I have a cold, my energy is drained and it seemed easier to try to fix than to start from scratch. I changed the color scheme thinking I could go with the complementary colors, blue and orange and purple and yellow. Still it was a boring painting. I tried adding this goat. I got the best pictures to work from this fall when I came upon three goats. They were bright white from a recent rain and fat from a hardy summer. I would like to add some yellow to the fur but the paint is to thick and wants to blend with the blue/purple color underneath. I will leave this painting again for yet another day. As for today, it remains unfinished.