Big butter avocado #265

Daily painting #265. 6"x8" oil on primed canvas panel

Today I am 100 days away from completing 365 paintings in 365 days!! A whole year of little daily paintings.....almost!!

I love avocados ....we eat them all the time and yes I am one of those stupid people that pay crazy prices for them at times because I just can't resist!!! They are normally the much smaller hard skinned avos that we find in the shops but this week my Mum bought me some of our local grown big butter avos straight off of a tree. Many homes in Durban have large avo trees growing in their garden....sadly not mine! As can be expected straight from the tree, these avocados were delicious .....just nothing like them! They are smooth, creamy and just so full of flavor. I could eat them breakfast, lunch and supper....and now I have painted them too! 

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Winter sun #264

Daily painting #264. 5"x7" oil on primed canvas panel

I promise not to bore you with too many 'chocolate box' sunrise paintings but the mornings on the East Coast have been so beautiful lately that I just want to share! This is what I wake up to everyday, the most awesome view over the ocean....it makes me feel like the luckiest person in the world!
As I said yesterday, this has to be the most soulful way to start the day!

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Sun or clouds? #263

Daily painting #263. 5"x7" oil on primed canvas panel

A battle on the horizon of bright penetrating sunlight and low lying heavy cloud....what will this winters day bring?
This has to be my best way to start the day ....no therapy could beat it! Soaking up such beauty in the company of my paints and brushes. Oh and a good cup of coffee made by my husband ....

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(Almost not a ...) Spoon No. 3 #262

Daily painting #262. 5"x7" oil on primed canvas panel

Today was one of those days....not a moment to spare and the only time I spent in the studio was for my Painting class in the morning! Thereafter I rushed off to a hockey match which my son, Ross was involved in. We are also hosting 2 boys from Bishops School in the Cape. They are in KwaZulu Natal on a 10 day (but only with us for 1 night) sports and cultural tour and their first stop was to play hockey against our boys. So having 2 extra hungry and busy boys in the house kept me on my toes today! It was only once they finally went off to bed that I managed to sneak into my studio with a giant kitchen serving spoon (my day revolved around serving food to hungry teenage boys) that I managed to paint. The randomness of the object and the fact that sometimes sitting down to paint has to be a choice you make or else everything just takes over kind of encapsulates what daily painting is all about for me....the focus is not on what you paint...it's on the fact that you made the choice to paint at all even when it would have been easier to 'leave it for tomorrow'.....

The amazing thing is that as tired as I felt and as grumpy as I was with myself (coupled with the fact that I was resisting painting at all), once I sat down and lost myself in the brush marks and paint.....it just felt right!

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One yellow blossom #261

Daily painting #261. 6"x6" oil on primed canvas panel

These yellow rose heads have opened up into full heavy blossoms and they will probably only last another day or so until the petals start to drop.....so into my studio one last time!

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Three matches and a happy Dad #260

Daily painting #260. 4"x6" oil on primed canvas panel

Today was Father's Day and Fathers Day in our house just wouldn't be a celebration unless of course my husband was able to celebrate in typically South African fashion with a braai. For those of you new to my blog a braai is South African version of a barbecue only no gas barbecues.....the cooking has to happen over hot coals and flame! My husband loves nothing better than to crack open an ice cold beer, stoke up his fire and toss and turn and nibble off of the meat cooking over the coals. So yesterday in celebration of Fathers Day the charcoal was out, the matches laying about and the fire was roaring.....and we had a happy Dad! I hope all the special Daddy's out there had an awesome day too....!! We love you madly Andrew Shedlock and I am so grateful for everything you bring to our little family. You are a wonderful role model to our kids and your love is immeasurable....thank you!

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Yellow roses #259

Daily painting #259. 6"x6" oil on primed canvas panel

Something different....I don't normally choose yellow roses if I am going to buy them for home but these are quite pretty!  

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