Gloria J Zucaro's "Race For The Eggs!"

6"H x 6"W Original Oil Painting on canvas panel

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Well, I am finally home and well enough to paint!  I had a wonderful 10 day trip to the pacific     Northwest to visit an old friend in Anacortes,Washington for 3 days then drove down Whidbey Island to the town of Langley.  The Whidbey Island Fine Art School operated by Cary Jurrians was hosting a Dreama Tolle Perry workshop for 5 days.  I was intrigued by Dreama's use of transparent oils in her paintings and her wonderful writings and paintings in her blog posts, so just forced myself to take a trip out to see her in person! LOL!  Any excuse!  I am so glad that I did because Dreama is a wonderful instructor and a fun and giving person.  I met lots of other artists from across the USA, too, and we hope to keep in touch.  Cary was an absolutely wonderful hostess with fresh fruit, coffee and homemade baked goods every morning.  Faye Castle , the class monitor was such a help with any questions about supplies, restaurants, and putting out all the goodies every day. Cary and her husband hosted us for dinner on Sunday with the most wonderful homemade breads, choices of pasta, salad and fresh berry cobbler for dessert.  I stayed at a lovely B & B called Country Cottage of Langley operated by Tom and Jacki Stewart.   A beautiful waterview room with delicious breakfasts every morning.  They were eager to arrange meal times and anything else you might need.  The last night I was there I came down with  "stay up all night" stomach issues.  They were so kind and brought crackers and gingerale, ginger tea, ginger chews to try to ease my upset.  I slept later than checkout and they gave me help with the suitcases to the car and insisted I take a banana to see if I could keep that down a little later.  That trip home was not the best I have ever experienced!  But all is well!

Now for the painting above...This is the weekly challenge from the Daily Paintworks site.  The theme is anything Easter.  So here is a still life of one of my Easter decorations.

Gloria J Zucaro's "Green Plate & Ham"

6"H x 8"W Original Oil on Stretched Canvas

$99.00  Framed    S&H to your ZIP
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The Daily Paintworks Challenge for the week of January 8- 14 is to paint a picture of your breakfast.  Well, this was not my breakfast because I couldn't cook in the studio!  I actually had 2 slices of bacon, two fried eggs, and a healthy juiced fruit and vegetable combo that was made from 1 beet, 1 carrot, 1 apple, 1 orange and a one inch square of fresh ginger.  Oh, not to forget the large cup of Colombian coffee  "straight"!
I painted this over a previously used canvas.  I have photos of the canvas and my value study below.

I haven't posted for a week because my children celebrated Christmas with me on the 7th. of January.  I was busy last week with some extra shopping and wrapping, and preparing or picking up food for the weekend.  So the ham in this picture is part of a Honeybaked ham we had.  I still have too much leftover, even though they each took some home.  Ham anybody?! 

Gloria J Zucaro's Abstract "One Turquoise Egg"

8"H x 16"W Original Oil on Raymar Canvas Panel

Email me @ gloria@gloriajzucaro.com

I love the strokes of texture in various colors under my eggs.  

Their little chunky nest reminds me of a log and it's splinters.

Gloria J Zucaro's " Egg Cup"

6"H x 6"W Original Oil On Raymar Panel

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      This painting is shown in the October 2011 issue of Southwest Art magazine

An exercise in white, reflecting the red background fabric and the cool light from the windows.  I love eggs!  They seem to have a personality and are versatile and willing to pose for you in any situation.

"Copper Eggs"

6"H x 6"W Original Oil on Raymar Canvas Panel.

$65.00 Unframed 

$80.00 Framed in Plain Black Wooden Frame  plus shipping to your location.

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Unframed/Framed

Option 1-Unframed $65.00 Option 2-Framed $80.00

In this painting it was a lot of fun to discover that two white eggs would actually look like two brown eggs when reflected in the copper teapot.

"Fish Eggs"

6 x 6 Oil on canvas panel $65.00 unframed, $90.00 framed and ready to hang in plain black wooden frame. Add S&H to your ZIP

I love things with an Asian influence, having lived in Taiwan for 18 months when I was a teenager. I bought this beautiful roof tile from the Linden Gallery in Ellison Bay, Wisconsin. It looks much better in person! I had some brown organic eggs, so, I thought "Fish Eggs" would be a catchy title. Hum! maybe I should have called it Caviar!



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