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After the Long Weekend

I started this one yesterday. It's a composition that I've worked with several times, each time taking different elements of the still life and giving it a new life. I think the colours here are more vibrant. I suppose it looks and feels like a celebration. Perhaps it was the influence of so many fireworks blasting off over the weekend. 


Berry Blast 
9" by 12"
oil on canvas board

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With all my canvases, I now paint the sides at the same time (except bottom, I do that 2 days later) so that they match exactly. It just continues as the painting. 


Kendra (my wonderful daughter) helped me with the canvas name. 
She is always so much better at those things than me. 

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