The Fruit of the Vine

Autumn in Wisconsin is our most colorful month.  When I had the opportunity to paint this pumpkin field, I took it!  Painting the orange of the pumpkins was quite a challenge and I learned, early on in the painting, that using cadmium orange straight from the tube was not going to work.  I had to wipe that color off (thank goodness it was oil paint) and come up with another color game plan.
That is what I love about painting, you have to solve different problems in each and every painting you create.  The problem I tackled in this painting was how to paint orange pumpkins without using orange paint.  Exciting!

Fruit of the Vine

Today was pumpkin pie making day so they would be ready for Thanksgiving.  Pumpkin pie is our son's favorite.  I'll have to thank the farmer twice for my pumpkins this year.  Once for my pie filling and second for being able to paint them in the field.

You can purchase this painting at my one person exhibit at The Mosquito Hill Nature Center - Trivent Art Gallery, New London, WI .  Nov. 16 - Dec. 30, 2011