Strawberry Reflections by K Henderson

 

Strawberry Reflections, 30 x 30, oil on linen

I love Strawberry Season! These strawberries overflow the silver Strawberry Boat (formerly a Gravy Boat) onto a reflective surface so you twice the strawberry beauty.

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Black Cat - Oil Painting by K. Henderson

 

 

Black Cat, 36 x 36, oil on linen

Yes, I love vintage toys. These tin wind up cats and lead dog are set up on a reflective surface. The Black Cat cigarette tin completes the composition.

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One Eyed Jack Oil Painting by K Henderson

 

                                            One Eyed Jack, oil on board, 8 x 10

My painting, "One Eyed Jack", was selected as part of the FAV15% (jury's favorite 15% of the entries) in the November 2025 BoldBrush Painting competition.

 

I did a similar painting to this last year and I enjoyed painting it so I decided to revisit the subject. These are some vintage toys from my collection. Wooden Blocks, spinning tops, playing cards, chess, and marbles are all toys or games that have been played with by many generations of children.  

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Mine is a Long and Sad Tale~Oil Painting by K Henderson

 

 Mine is a Long and Sad Tale, 12" x 16"

Those words were spoken by the Mouse in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 1865. This book has never been out of print since that time.
Mine is a Long and Sad Tale is oil on canvas, 12 x 16.

As many of you know I'm a huge fan of Alice in Wonderland. I've collected over 300 copies of this book, many with different illustrators. Yes, those are copies of the book in the painting (well, actually on of them is Through the Looking Glass). Since the book was written during the Victorian  Era I wanted to give the painting a Victorian feel.
You can see the Mouse has arrived after someone has extinguished the oil lamp and put her glasses down after spending an evening reading. The reader has stopped on the page featuring the Long and Sad tale which is written to resemble the shape of a tail.

Bronze mouse by Steve Worthington


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Peanuts and Gumballs

 

 

Peanuts and Gumballs is 18" x 24" oil on canvas.

 

This is one of my most brightly colored and most ambitious paintings. I love the bright pink gumballs and the texture in the peanut shells.

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Ball Jar and Marbles by K Henderson

 

Ball Jar and Marbles , 9 x 12, oil on board

Glass, Marbles and Reflections: these are three of my favorite subjects to paint. The aqua ball jar is back in the studio and will appear in a new painting soon

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Blue Vase and Silk- Oil painting by K Henderson

 

Blue Vase and Silk is 30" x 30" oil on canvas.

This painting took FOREVER to complete. I started it with a grisalle underpainting  (a black and white painting) and then applied layers and layers of color to the vase, each layer having to dry before the next layer was applied.
Many challenges in this painting. I had to paint the blue vase plus the fabric behind the vase  and the reflections in the vase.
And the silk! My favorite fabric. It seems to capture and reflect all the colors of the rainbow.
I can't wait to do another painting like this

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When the Dew Falls- by K. Henderson

 

When the Dew Falls is oil on canvas, 30" x 30"

When the Dew Falls is oil on canvas, 30" x 30". The cherries are in one of my favorite glasses, the sun is shining through the window and a piece of Battenburg lace drapes the table.

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Wholly Cow Oil Painting by K Henderson

 

 

Wholly Cow, 14 x 14, oil on board

This painting was great fun to create. It has my vintage blocks, marbles, a ceramic cow, a marionette and a photo of a cow. It's everything a Cow Lover would want in a painting.

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Cherry Cake~Oil Painting by K Henderson

Cherry Cake is 9" x 12"

I love painting food!  Cherry Cake is 9 x 12, oil on board. It is a layer cake with marachino cherries on a white plate and a linen napkin.



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Ride 'Em Cowboy - oil painting by K Henderson

 

Here is the finished painting.‘Ride ‘em Cowboys’ is 18″ x 24″, oil on canvas.The challenge of this painting was to put enough detail in the scarf in the background so that it would be interesting but not so much detail that it would become the focal point and overwhelm the painting. I left the colors muted and low key.

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Jack In The Box~Oil Painting by K Henderson

 

Jack-in-the-Box is oil on masonite, 16″ x 18″.

 The toys are from my collection of early 20th century toys. The toys include a jack-in-the-box, a spinning top, alphabet blocks, and a jointed doll with a china head. Also in the painting is an antique book.

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No Man's Girl by K henderson

 

 

No Man’s Girl ,oil on canvas, 30″ x 40"

 

You gotta love Cowgirls! The title comes from the pulp fiction book cover in the background. Red is my favorite color and this painting has plenty of it!

The painting includes vintage ceramic cowgirls, a dog (or is it a coyote?) cactus, a six-shooter and an Indian blanket to keep the cowgirl warm at night.
You gotta love Cowgirls! The title comes from the pulp fiction book cover in the background. Red is my favorite color and this painting has plenty of it!

The painting includes vintage ceramic cowgirls, a dog (or is it a coyote?) cactus, a six-shooter and an Indian blanket to keep the cowgirl warm at night.

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Cherry Turnover oil painting by K Henderson

Cherry Turnover, oil on canvas, 18 x 24

 

I love to paint pastry. I love to eat pastry. A marriage made in heaven.

The flaky pastry and the red cherries provide the perfect contrast against the antique bone china and the linen napkin.

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Cherries and Blossom Oil painting by K Henderson

 

Cherries and Blossoms, 9 x 12,oil on Masonite

 

  This is , obviously, an oil painting of a teacup with a beautiful flower filled with cherries. I love the dark fruit against the white china. I enjoyed painting the the doily with the lace. 

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Wings Like a Dove ~ Oil painting by K Henderson

Wings Like a Dove,

oil on board , 9″ x 12″. 

The painting is light reflecting through a transparent glass dove. It is surrounded by colored marbles.   I loved painting the light on the glass and the reflections on the surface.

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Forever Brave oil painting by K Henderson

Forever Brave, 12 x 9, oil on board

This little guy is one of my favorite vintage  ceramic figures . He's a little warrior with a tomahawk.
He is standing in front of a wool blanket. Can you tell that I love the color Red?

As I've said before, I love painting the different textures. The roughness of the wool, the shiny hardest of the ceramic and the satin reflections on the table all come together to make a nice contrast

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Summerfall Winterspring by K Henderson

Summerfall Winterspring, 36" x 30", oil on canvas

Summerfall Winterspring is another of my contemporary realism oil paintings featuring my vintage toys and ceramics. The main figure is the Indian Princess marionette,  Summerfall Winterspring, from the Howdy Doody television show. Also included is a vintage scarf, a chalk figure (the kind you used to be able to win at carnivals) and a mule from an 1800’s mechanical toy.

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Blue Skies oil painting by K. Henderson

Blue Skies, 18 x 24, oil on canvas

Stripes and Reflections! My two favorite subjects to paint.

I took many reference photos for this painting. I set up this still life on the deck of my house. The reflections show the Blue New Mexico Sky, my pink stucco house and black and white striped fabric. The vehicle for the reflections is an antique silver creamer that belonged to my mother.

 

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Strawberry Delight~Oil Painting by K Henderson

Strawberry Delight ,11" x 14"

This oil painting shows strawberries in a cut glass dish on a piece of battenburg lace.
For such a small painting, it was really a challenge. I like painting glass and I really had to keep focused to get all the geometric shapes just right.



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