Pears And Grapes-Fruit Still Life Oil Painting by Marina Petro

Pears And Grapes

6x8

Oil Painting on stretched canvas-painted around all sides and does not need a frame.

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Artist~Marina Petro, Saratoga Springs, NY USA

When all else fails, I paint pears...my favorite fruit to paint besides lemons. I made a lame attempt to clean up my studio this afternoon with some help from a friend....but, decided to wait until most of my work is off the walls and floor, visiting the Jonesville Country Store in Clifton Park and Fortunes at the Racino in Saratoga Springs. The exhibit at Fortunes is the larger one and will feature a variety of paintings in my different styles...including four paintings from "The Zone" I'll take pictures once it is up and post them.

Today's Quotation: "Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts."
-Arnold Bennett

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Tagging Along~Oil Painting of Pear and Grapes Still Life +An Angel A Day by Marina Petro

ARTIST~MARINA PETRO, SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY USA 

"Tagging Along"

5x7 Oil Painting on Raymar canvas panel

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I know it's a painting of a pear and grapes but when I look at it I see a mother duck with her babies following.

For my new subscribers and those of you just tuning in here, I am posting An Angel A Day from my new book along with the inspirational quotation that goes with it. May you be surrounded by the presence of angels.

ANGELS~Guardians From Heaven And Their Habitats

Book by Marina Petro

"Cosmic Angel"

5x7 Oil on archival Raymar canvas panel

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Cosmic Angel is one of the few original angel paintings I've created that is still available for sale. It was another nice surprise created in an intuitive painting session. You can preview the entire book at the link above. FINE ART PRINTS and CARDS are available with FREE SHIPPING to U.S. through December 31, 2009. The quotation below is one of my favorites that never fails to bring tears to my eyes and send chills through me...

Quotation from the book: "I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world. I may not ever complete the last one, but I give myself to it. 

I circle around God, around the primordial tower.

I have been circling for thousands of years, and I still don't know;

am I a falcon, a storm, or a great song?"

~Ranier Maria Rilke

(Today I know I am a storm-no question about it.)

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"Tagging Along" by Marina Petro

"Tagging Along"
5"x7" Original oil on canvas panel
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It's just fun when a catchy title comes to mind. It's better than 'pear and two grapes' which is what is depicted here, don't you agree?

Today's Quotation: "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
-Anais Nin


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Pears & Grapes by Marina Petro

"Pears & Grapes"
6x8 inches
Original oil painting on gallery wrapped canvas, painted around all sides.
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I am not crazy about the background color with this painting but decided to leave it regardless. What I have found consistently is that very often, what I don't particularly like is something someone else loves. Paintings I thought would never sell, sold sooner than the ones I thought would fly out of here, or wherever they were. I thought the very first angel painting I did years ago (Angel Descending) was terrible. It sold immediately and continues to be one of the most popular cards and prints I have.

Today's Quotation: "Painting seems to be my obsession. I feel some resentment at all the other things in life that take me away from my studio. This obsession constantly judges all other calls on my time and energy."
-Sue Cowan

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