Fruits and glass

Happy new year to all, lets hope 2008 will be everything we've dreamed of!

Starting of this years artsy side with - a still life...well, ain't that just a big surprise, lol!
I'm getting 9 paintings framed and ready for exhibition in the cafe, and if everything goes as planned the paintings should be up on the wall Wednesday next week. Gonna be fun!
And if for some reason a little magic fairy should be reading this - I wish for more painting time...! Lets keep our fingers crossed for the new year...

Well, enough about that, and back to the new painting. Wanted to do another format and cropped a pic to this. Doing glass and reflections again, but bringing some new colors into the mix. Usually different greys and blues will do the trick and make for a realistic rendering of glass. In this piece I'm using some purples, yellows and red browns, as I'd like to get a warmer feel. Also decided to use another technique than the usual "tight" way, mixing a more painterly style with the limes. Some dabbing and layering with less blending. Gonna keep the background dark to make the glass and limes really pop.

And here's a close up from the stage I'm at right now: