Mixed media still life with red pot

I did this painting as a kind of experiment in newspaper collage - I don't think it's worked so well, but I like aspects of it!

Oil paint and newspaper on board

Afternoon tea with lilies

This painting was commissioned by a lovely lady in Scotland. She asked me to paint a few specific things of sentimental value to her, and left the rest up to me. I had always wanted to paint the black chinoiserie cupboard I have in my living room, and I thought it would look good in the background behind the lilies, giving the painting an Oriental feel. But painting that chinoiserie cupboard wasn't as easy as I had thought! I enjoyed painting the lilies, although for me, that was the hardest part. I used only 5 colours of paint in this painting - white, cadmium red (deep), prussian blue, sap green and yellow ochre.

Here are some photos of the progress of the painting:

Mother and Child painting

This Mother and Child painting was painted jointly by both my husband and myself as a gift to HH Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi on the occasion of Christmas celebrations in Rome 2009.

works in progress

This is what I'm in the middle of right now - my first ever 'house' landscape. I love this view from my son's window looking over the other backyards and backs of the houses in the next street. I'm trying to paint this at about 9-10am when the sun is just coming round onto the back gardens. There's a lot of work still to do - it's hard enough keeping my colours from getting muddy, let alone getting the right shade of grey/brown for the fences!

I started this one about 3 years ago in my living room and have never finished it. Now I will never be able to set this still life up again because I don't have those eucalyptus leaves anymore! Unfortunately I don't have a photograph either. Excuse the moiré - difficult to avoid it shooting at close range.

I have no idea where this painting came from or where it's going... I touch it up every year or so but it tends to remain the same. It's one of those that come out of one's head without knowing why!

Interior with Red Wall

Oil on canvas 40cm x 40cm

Still life with paint brushes and pulses

Oil on canvas, 60cm x 40cm

forest

oil on canvas
50cm x 50cm