Day Nine through Eleven of the 30 in 30!

Baseball V

6" x 6"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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Pear XII

5" x 7" 

Acrylic Paint on Ampersand Aquabord

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On Point V

5" x 7"

Acrylic Paint on Ampersand Aquabord

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Day Nine, Ten and Eleven!  ~30 Paintings in 30 Days with Leslie Saeta   I'm done!  I really have to take a break.  Trying to keep up with daily painting and have a real job is killing me!  Kevin has been so good about taking care of everything around the house which gave me the opportunity to get this far~  I am still painting, I have two commissions to complete and I will paint as much as time allows~

Day Nine - Baseball V has sold~ 

Day Ten - Pear XII  has sold.  

Day Eleven - On Point V has sold.

One day I will be retired and can paint everyday~  I really look forward to that day!

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Day Seven and Day Eight~ Just Two Days Behind!!

 

Just Lemons II

6" x 6" 

Acrylic Paint on Ampersand Gessobord

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Pear Reflections III

8"  x  8"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas 

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Day Seven and Eight!  ~30 Paintings in 30 Days with Leslie Saeta   I am playing catch up!  Painting as fast as I can!  

Just Lemons II was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on museum quality Ampersand Gessobord with painted sides to allow for display without a frame. Painting can be placed on a small easel. Painting was finished with a light coat of varnish.  

Just Lemons II has sold.

Pear Reflections III was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality Gallery Wrapped Canvas with painted sides to allow for display without a frame. Painting was finished with a light coat of varnish.  

Pear Reflections has sold.

Day Nine is completed and just needs to be photographed~  Baseball IV will be posted tomorrow, but it has sold.  

I have to finish Day Ten and Day Eleven and it will be smooth sailing....or maybe not.

See you tomorrow!

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Day Six! Really Red Pears

 

Really Red Pears

5" x 7" 

Acrylic Paint on Ampersand Gessobord

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Day Six!  ~30 Paintings in 30 Days with Leslie Saeta   I love this one! 

Really Red Pears was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on museum quality Ampersand Gessobord with painted sides to allow for display without a frame. Painting can be placed on a small easel. Painting was finished with a light coat of varnish.  

This painting has sold.

Tomorrow, I smell lemons!

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Day Three ~ Saturday's Pear

 

Saturday's Pear

6" x 6" 

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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Day Three!  ~30 Paintings in 30 Days with Leslie Saeta   27 more to go!  

Saturday's Pear was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides to allow for display without a frame. Painting was finished with a light coat of varnish.  

This painting has sold.

Tomorrow, I am thinking of a landscape or maybe a bird nest~  

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

September Pear III ~ Day Seven!

 

September Pear III

6" x 6"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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Day Seven ~30 Paintings in 30 Days with Leslie Saeta   This is a smaller version of my Southwest Pear from 2013.

September Pear III was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides to allow for display without a frame. Painting was finished with a light coat of varnish.  

Tomorrow --more cherries!

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

September Pear I

 

September Pear I

6" x 6"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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Day Three! ~30 Paintings in 30 Days with Leslie Saeta    Just a quick post~ I have to paint! 

September Pear I was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides to allow for display without a frame.  Painting was finished with a light coat of varnish.  

This painting has sold.

Check back tomorrow to see if there is a painting!  HA~  now off to paint,

Thanks for stopping by,

Torrie

Fresh Picked

 

Fresh Picked Pears

5" x 7" 

Acrylic Paint on Ampersand Aquabord

Available for Purchase

It is so great to be back to painting!  As usual getting back in the groove with pears. Onward and upward!

Fresh Picked Pears was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery Ampersand Aquabord. Painting can be placed in a small frame and also be placed on a small easel for display.

This painting is currently available for purchase at my Etsy.com store.

Tomorrow~  Oranges!

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

The Single Red Pear

 

The Single Red Pear

6" x  6"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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Today, another new pear painting.   The Single Red Pear

The Single Red Pear was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas. Painting can be placed in a small frame and also be placed on a small easel for display.

This painting has sold.

I am thinking of painting something different tomorrow....lemons, onions...I will have to see what is in the kitchen.  I may just paint something totally different...a landscape or a seascape!

Thank you for stopping by!

Torrie

The Red Pear III

The Red Pear III

6" x  6"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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Day #5 of the Thirty paintings in thirty days in January  ~30 Paintings in 30 Days with Leslie Saeta.  

Yes, another pear~  It is tough trying to get good picture with the gloomy weather and no sun~ I seem to be painting colorful paintings to take my mind off the dreary weather.

The Red Pear III was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides to allow for hanging without a frame. Painting can also be placed on a small easel for display.

This painting has sold.

Tomorrow~ something different!

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Colorado Pear

 

Colorado Pear

6" x 6"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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Day #4 of the Thirty paintings in thirty days in January  ~30 Paintings in 30 Days with Leslie Saeta.  

Yes, that is pot growing out of a pear. Being known for my Pear Paintings, my wonderful Kevin suggested I paint a tie-dyed Colorado Pear. Yes, I think he is reminiscing about his college days~ 

Colorado Pear was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides to allow for hanging without a frame. Painting can also be placed on a small easel for display.

This painting has sold.

Back to painting!

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

The Spring Pear

 

The Spring Pear

6" x  6"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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Day #3 of the Thirty paintings in thirty days in January  ~30 Paintings in 30 Days with Leslie Saeta.  

I love this one!!  I got up very early this morning and started painting.  I surprised myself with how well this one turned out.  It was fun to paint a light Spring-colored pear with hopes for warmer weather soon!

The Spring Pear was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides to allow for hanging without a frame. Painting can also be placed on a small easel for display.

This painting has sold.

Tomorrow is Saturday~ and I will be painting all day!  I can't wait~

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

January Pears

 

January Pears

5" x 7"

Acrylic Paint on Ampersand Claybord

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Day Two!  Thirty paintings in thirty days in January  ~30 Paintings in 30 Days with Leslie Saeta.  I am keeping up~  28 more to go!!

You know there are always going to be pear paintings~  I love the way this one turned out.  I am thinking of not painting on canvas ever again.  I so like the way the paintings turn out when I use Ampersand Gessobord, Claybord, or  Aquabord.

January Pears was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on Ampersand Claybord.  Painting can be easily slipped into a standard size frame or  placed on a small easel for display.

Tomorrow is another day and another painting!

Thanks for stopping by!

Torrie

2014 Calendar~ Just Pears

Calendar Cover

The Twelve Months

This is my first Calendar! I love painting pears and thought my first calendar should be only pears. The calendar showcases my favorite pear paintings in the past few years. 

The wall calendar measures 8.5" x 11" cm closed and 11" x 17" open. Each month has one of my paintings printed on heavy weight glossy paper.

I only sell original paintings in my store~ here is a way to have prints of my favorite pear paintings to frame.

There is  a very limited supply and can be purchased only in my Etsy.com store.  $23 with free shipping.  The calendar is only available within the United States.

(Click HERE to purchase)

Thanks so much for stopping by~

Torrie

Pear Study with Lemon

Pear Study with Lemon

5" x 7"

Acrylic Paint on Ampersand Aquabord

Collection of the Artist

This is the study I did while working on a larger Pear commissioned painting.  

Pear Study with Lemon was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery Ampersand Aquabord. Painting can be placed in a small frame and also be placed on a small easel for display.

I have started working on the larger canvas as I had planned....going bigger with my painting-- it is sketched out, but no paint on the canvas yet. Hopefully, I will begin working on it soon.  It is going to be a West Texas landscape.

I took an Ink class this past week, it was quite fascinating. You just might see some small abstract ink studies in the near future~

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Southwest Pear II

Southwest Pear II

16" x  20"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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Thank you everyone for your patience~ It has been so long since I have painted.  Hopefully, my noncreative "dry spell" is over!  I started back with the familiar, a new pear painting.  I have a studio full of blank canvas that needs paint!  Onward and upward~

Southwest Pear II was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides to allow for hanging without a frame.  

This painting has sold.

Now, off to paint!

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Pears!

 

Pears!

Continuing to play with Leslie Saeta ~ ~ Leslie Saeta's 30 Marketing Ideas in 30 Days.  

Today we were asked to make a collage of some of our paintings currently available for purchase.  I selected my pear paintings for a very special reason.  It all started with pears.  About ten years ago, I decided to follow my dream of being a painter.  I started painting pears.  Pears in all shapes and colors~ loose and impressionistic, sometimes more realistic, but always colorful!  Whenever I am away from painting for any length of time or lose my inspiration to paint, I paint a pear.  It sparks my energy and gets me back into the artistic groove.  For this reason, there will always be pears.  Short fat ones, tall skinny ones, but always colorful!  ~ Interestingly, I don't eat pears...I think they taste bad~  HA!

These paintings are all available for purchase and can be found at my Website gallery or my Etsy.com store.

Tomorrow is another painting day~  I will be painting grapes, lemons, limes.....and maybe a pear!

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Red Pear with Shadow

Red Pears with Shadow

6" x  6"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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Red Pear with Shadow is #7 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days with Leslie Saeta.  I am getting a bit behind, so I painted something familiar that I love to paint ~

Red Pear with Shadow was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides to allow for hanging without a frame.  Painting can also be placed on a small easel for display.

This painting has sold.

Up next, more still life~ oranges, salt and pepper shakers, and definitely more pears.

Pear on Peach

 

Pear on Peach

6" x  6"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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It was the first really cold day of the season and I realized how much I wanted the warm weather back.... I painted something peachy and light to remind me of Summer~

Pear on Peach was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides to allow for hanging without a frame.  Painting can also be placed on a small easel for display.

This painting has sold.

I really enjoyed painting with the peach color and I am going to paint a group of peaches next~

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Pear with Caramel

 

Pear with Caramel

5" x 7"

Acrylic Paint on Ampersand Claybord

Available for Purchase

Thank you Gayle for the inspiration photo. She sent me a pear photo and I loved it.  Thought I would give it a try~ I love the way it turned out.  

Pear with Caramel was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on Ampersand Claybord. Painting was finished with a light coat of varnish. This painting can be slipped into a frame or placed on a small easel.

This painting is currently available for purchase from my Etsy.com store.

I am almost finished with large commissioned nest painting.  It is so hard to have enough time to paint with good natural light when the sun goes down so early.   

I have a small still life using my flow blue china and lemons.  I am almost finished with the Daisy painting.....so much to do....so little sunlight!

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie