Pretty Purple Primula oil palette knife painting

Pretty Purple Primula

palette knife painting

oil on gessoed MDF panel

15x15cm (6x6inch)

Available in auction on daily paintworks

My neighbour and friend bought me a heap of different coloured primulas the other day. She saw all the different colours of the primulas and thought of me.  How nice is that? This is the first to be painted.

Deconstruction - abstract painting in turquoise, peach and purple

Deconstruction

Abstract in turquoise, peach and purple

palette knife painting

Oil on MDF panel

15x15cm (6x6inch)

Available by auction on Daily Paintworks

This little abstract started life as left over paint. Using my palette knife I laid in the left-over paint in large blocks. I put it aside for a while and yesterday I noticed it again and I was drawn to it and this idea of girders/construction site came to my mind. Needless to say, I had more left over paint when I had finished.

Being abstract it will look good any which way - which way would you choose?

Red Tulip Still Life and Juicy Duo by Marion Hedger - SOLD

Red Tulip Flower Arrangement

Oil on box canvas. 6x8inch

SOLD

This painting is on the way to the UK

Juicy Duo

Oil on box canvas, 5x7 inch

SOLD

This painting is on the way to the USA

Tango Tangerines Still Life Painting in Oil

Tango Tangerines by Marion Hedger

Still Life painting

Oil on MDF panel

Available  on DailyPaintworks

Another clementine painting, this time with a dark red/brown background. To keep the background translucent I mixed the paint with liquin. This was very effective and I think I will use this again. I also manage to keep the background from getting too heavy which is sometimes a problem for me. Different styles call for different approaches. When using my palette knife I generally like a highly textured thick background but I thought that would be too much for this painting.

Lemon duo still life painting in oil

Lemon Duo

Oil on MDF panel

15x15cm (6"x6")
Available on Daily Paintworks

I have a lemon tree, clementine and orange tree in my garden planted by the previous owner and they must be over 40 years old. This year the fruit on each of them is abundant, so I have plenty of willing citrus subjects to paint. Their shapes aren't perfect, in line with supermarket conformity, making them interesting to paint. Stay tuned for some more citrus still lifes paintings in the next few days.

Related Painting of some of the clementines

There's always one

Clementine still life

6x6" oil on MDF panel

Sweet Chestnut walk and Coastal Pines sold

Sweet Chestnut Walk

Coastal pines

Both these paintings are now sold. Thank you Liz and Ruth from New Hampshire and Indiana, respectively.

The third painting of this trilogy is still avaialable

Cork Sentinels Palette Knife Painting

18x24cm (approx 7"x10")

Impasto oil on MDF canvas panel

Available on Daily Paintworks

Red Roses for St Valentine's Day

Valentine Roses, Red roses still life 

Palette knife painting by Marion Hedger

Oil on box canvas

30x30x 3.5 cm (12x12x1.5 inch)

The sides are painted blue so it can be hung without a frame for a contemporary look.
Available for purchase

I couldn't resist painting red roses for St Valentines Day. Apologies to those of you who read both of my blogs for the duplicate post.

Some close-ups of the knife work

There's always one - Clementine Still life with vase oil painting

There's always one - Clementine Still life with vase

Oil on gessoed MDF panel

15x15 cm (6x6 inch)

Available on Daily Paintworks

Another still life with the clementines from my garden. This little vase is one I made when I took pottery lessons about 20 years ago. I'm sure that anyone who has ever done pottery has something similar - Iron oxide glaze at the top and cobalt blue glaze at the bottom, with the iron oxide glaze running. The excitement was to see how the iron oxide had run down the vase!

About this painting
This painting is painted with a brush. I'm trying to rekindle my brush skills as since using a palette knife it is my tool of choice.

I am not sure about the effect I've achieved. It seems quite static to me and I'm wondering if I should go over every thing with more paint. I'd be interested in your opinion

 See my last clementine painting here

Irises galore - Miniature Treasure, original palette knife oil painting, 6x4inch

Irises Galore  Miniature Treasure Painting

Palette Knife Painting

Oil on MDF panel

15x10xcm (6x4inch)
This painting is Sold

I can't wait for the irises to come out in my garden. I have some small ones that are the first indications that Spring is round the corner. Maybe then, the rain will stop!

Another fun miniature treasure painting. I was trying to use a limited palette of  pinks and blues to give an idea of a mass of irises.

White Hibiscus oil painting and reworked Pink Hibiscus painting

White Hibiscus Palette knife painting

Oil on MDF panel

15x15cm (6x6inch)

Bid now in the Daily Paintworks auction

Another hibiscus painting for the wetcanvas.com monthly challenge. This painting has a good impasto texture. The edges of the board have been painted black, making it ideal for display on a plate stand or framed in a floating frame.

Reworked Pink Hibiscus

Pink Hibiscus palette knife painting

Oil on MDF panel

15x15cm (6x6cm)

Available for purchase 62€ int. shipping included

I made a few changes to this - I altered the stamen on the top flower, slightly changed the twigs and added a touch of green to indicate leaves. See the original post here

Last day to win this sunflower miniature treasure painting

Sunflowers Miniature Treasure painting

Palette knife painting on loose canvas

10x10 cm (4x4 inch)

View my other Miniature paintings HERE

Today is the last day to sign up to my monthly newsletter to be in the draw to win this lovely miniature painting. See the top of the right hand column to subscribe.

Pink Hibiscus still life painting palette knife painting

Pink Hibiscus still life painting

15x15cm (6x6inch) 

Palette knife painting on gessoed panel

This month's challeng in the floral forum of wetcanvas.com is Hibiscus. I searched through my hibiscus flower photos, and sketched out a couple. I eventually I came up with this arrangement. I see a few things I might change tomorrow. What would you change?