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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Indian Artifacts by K Henderson

Indian Artifacts, 16 x 20 oil on canvas

The subject of this painting is figurines you may have found in the "Olden Days": a plastic Indian, a Chalk figure like you could win at the Fair, a tin horse with a Brave on his back and a ceramic American Indian salt and pepper set.


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I've just Got to be a Cowgirl by K Henderson

I've Just Got to be a Cowgirl, 20" x 16"

Cowgirls! This painting has cowgirls, a cowboy and a horse (ok, its a mule) . What more could you want in a western painting?

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Buck Rogers Crayon Ship by K Henderson

 

 

Buck Rogers Crayon Ship, 24 x 18, oil on cradled board

I enjoyed painting my Felix the Cat pencil box so much that I went looking for more pencil boxes. Buck Rogers Crayon Ship caught my eye because of the bright colors and, well, it's really cool!

I'll be creating another painting using this box because it has great graphics on the back, too. The 'chalk drawings' (yes, these are painted with oil paint) are also based on the graphics from this box.

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Magenta Kiss, oil on Canvas, 16 x 20

I've done several 'Kiss' paintings in the past.

I recently had someone request a new one so here it is!

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The Hive and The Honey Bee,

 oil on canvas, 16 x 20

You may or may not know that we keep a few hives of honey bees.

This painting shows my love for the little critters. The still life includes a honey bear, a few vintage bee keeping books, and a ceramic honey jar. Also in the painting is a mechanical bee toy from my vintage toy collection. She walks and flaps her wings when you wind her up.

The painting wouldn't be complete without a honey bee flying by.

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Good Enough by K Henderson

Good Enough, 30x 30, Oil on canvas

This oil painting is all about Vintage Kitchen. And red handles.
Red handled Kitchen Ware was especially popular in the 1930s & 1940s

The red striped cookbook from the 1940s sits on top of a wooden recipe box.
It shares that spot with wit a metal lion cookie cutter that has a red handle.

To the right is a rubber spatula also with a red handle  and an egg beater,
Does anyone else still own one of these?

Also included in this ensemble is a crocheted hot pad and a metal biscuit
cutter.Yes, with a red handle.

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