Ok, so I haven't cooked them yet! Probably won't get to at this point. They would have been great eating I'm sure. And today is Studio Saturday, I'm kind of giving you a sneak peek into ONE of my studio paintings I'm working on in the photo here along with today's painting. Which when it dries in a couple of days I will ad a scan of it here on this post. When I mentioned one of my studio works, I probably have 7-8 going at the moment! And when I say studio painting, I'm just referring to larger works than the ones I post here usually ( try to ) every day. You may have noticed I love to use the term study in my titles sometimes & they ARE studies, but then again isn't every painting in a WAY!  But even though it may not look it this is a finished piece. Kind of a style that I adopt at times in my work, having that unfinished look to it, thanks Cezanne! One of my favorite painters by the way. Oh and another thing on this one I was excuse the pun brus...

Ok, so I have gone a bit more abstract on this painting.  I really had fun painting it though! I applied the paint very thickly throughout the entire canvas panel! I would like to hear your thoughts & opinions on this one. Sorry to make this so short to day, but I'm going on about 3 hours worth of sleep if that! I've been up since midnight painting & you probably already noticed the NEW Pay Pal option that's been put into place here... well for the most part anyway LOL. I still have about half of my archives to set up still. Well time to go make another pot of coffee :) Let me know what you think of this one. Oh, and yes, that is the white of the canvas you see in spots!      Thanks for stopping by today! Best wishes! Dana 2010 Oil on Canvas Board 5"x7" Collection the Artist E-mail me at danachabino@gmail.com

Inspiration for this painting came from the color and the shape of the cup handle. I paid very little attention to the back ground & focused primarily on the cup itself. In fact the background is mostly wiped out to the point of having bare visible canvas peeking through! The colors may be slightly different from the way they appear here but not by much. I think it's a pretty solid painting, but I'll leave that decision up to you. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me, either by E-mail or by phone. I look forward to hearing from you! Thanks for dropping by today! I hope you like viewing this painting! Best Wishes! Dana 5" x 7"  Oil on Canvas Panel  2010 N.F.S. E-mail me at danachabino@gmail.com p.s. It just dawned on me, this is my St. Patricks Day Painting :) p.p.s. I've  been dinking with this painting off & on all afternoon. And I think I'm finally satisfied with it. the changes have bee...

I was real inspired to paint these peppers because of there size and colors, they are enormous! I use a scumbling method -  technique quite often in my water color paintings, it's a lot of fun & I think it creates a very unique effect. I'm just glad my friend brought these wonderful peppers home from the store the other day! Now I can go eat them for dinner tonight :) Anyway thanks for stopping by & looking today, I hope that you like this one! I'm also posting the quick sketch that I did of this still life which is also for sale. Feel free to contact me with any questions that you may have. Thanks again! Dana 6" x 8"  Study Sketch for " Still Life - Three Peppers " Graphite on 80Lb. Strathmore Paper " Still Life - Three Peppers " 6" x 8"  Water Color & Graphite  2010 Done on 141Lb. Arches Cold Pressed Paper danachabino@gmail.com

Good morning everyone! Don't know about you all but I think I'm going to be having an all out coffee day today! I've been up since 3 this morning, and didn't get to sleep till 11 last night! I just love going on about 4 hours sleep don't you? Any way not sure if you remember the small oil painting I did a while back or not titled   Dead Yet  ? But this is a larger water color & gouache rendition of that painting based off another one like this one I did years ago &  decided to do it again. So I'll let you all be the judge & jury on this one, while I go put on another pot of coffee!! :)  I do hope you like this painting though, feel free to leave a comment if you wish, or send me an E-mail   with any questions you may have, I'll be up all day LOL. Have a great day & thanks for stopping by! Dana 12" x 9"  Water Color & Gouache   Done on Arches 140Lb. Cold Pressed Paper E-mail me at  danachabino@gmail.com ...

This is what I woke up to this morning! Kind of a wet & dreary day! The sun hadn't even fully come up yet! But I didn't let the weather effect my mood, quite the contrary actually, I'm in a great mood despite what the weather decides to do! I'm just glad I didn't have to actually go outside to paint this scene :)  I just opened up our front living room blinds  & had at it! I hope your day is much brighter than my painting! Even though I am very pleased with the way this one turned out! I usually don't paint these kinds of scenes very often. Any way I hope you like it for it's artistic value :) And may your day be sunny & bright!   Thanks for stopping by & looking today! If you have any questions please feel free to E-mail me & I'll be happy to try and answer them for you. Dana p.s.  I live right on the corner of a very busy street, wasn't much traffic this morning though. LOL. 6" x 6"  2010   Water Colo...