Onion

Onion oil on board 4" x 6" May 2009

This is the first of many small paintings I'll be posting. There are ambitious artists practicing daily painting, generally working on a small scale so that they can do something quickly. Inspired by this I prepared a few dozen boards, but knew I'd never be able to do a painting daily.

I enjoyed doing this particular work; I thought the color was nice and it was a challenge to try to recreate the feeling of the thin, crispy paper skin.