SOUTHERN FAVE
This is my last painting for my Painting 1 class. Next semester I will have a special studio for painting with Ms. Atkinson since I could not fit in her regular painting class due to demands of my graphic design major. When I told her I would not be coming to the Art Department next semester she offered the special studio idea and I was thrilled!

I think this piece is my favorite painting of the entire semester; okra and purple onions on a white pedestal table laid sideways. That okra had been laying around awhile, and that onion on the left had been laying around awhile too, and it had a nice sprout on it. I'd been thinking it would make a nice painting subject when by chance they had gotten laid together and I noticed the colors looked really nice together. Finally, to my delight, it was set out for us on the last day! I think it was mostly for the lack of anything else being available, but how nice!

9 X 12 oil on masonite board.

GRANNY'S VASE PAINTED IN OILS
So here's my Granny's blue vase painted in oils along with Ms. Sally's vintage glass pieces. I did this one on a 20 X 24 masonite board. It turned out good, though I am not crazy about the composition. Not a lot to work with, just a few pieces of glass sitting on a white pedestal, so given that, I think it turned out pretty ok.

VINTAGE GLASS
Here's my final project for drawing II class. It's a pastel drawing on a piece of 16 X 20 black mat board. The still life is mostly vintage glass. That piece on the left is a vase that my grandmother has had for as long as I can remember, which she gave to me recently. The orange vessel belongs to my classmate, Ms. Sally Walton, and it belonged to her mother. The clear piece is just a piece that belongs the art department. I've also done a painting of these two beauties in oil along with a vintage yellow glass canister. The painting is still at school drying; I'll post that one later.