All the Good Things Red

I feel that I have a certain acuity for certain color ranges. Green, as it goes yellow or blue, and as it goes gray with red, comes easily to me. Yellow and the tints of warm and green and the magic of pale violet seems to also be well within my vocabulary of color. Red, however, always seems to confound me. Warmth tends to also emulate light or luminosity, and cool tends to become more than a lack of light, but a lack of body, and green seems to go into a place of darkness and mystery. Juggling these three aspects has always been a challenge for me, but that doesn't stop me from continuing to attempt to learn something from some vivid red subjects. 

A Red Plum

5 by 7 inches

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A Red Pear

5 by 7 inches

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A Ripe and Delicious Mango

Until December 25th, I will be making available twenty five very small framed 5 inch by 7 inch paintings, for a special promotional discount price of $240, just in time for the perfect holiday gift. As though that weren’t enough of a holiday miracle, included with each painting will be a gift certificate for $240, good toward the purchase of any piece from my current and upcoming available inventory of full-sized paintings, valid from the day you receive your very small painting until December 31st of 2017. As many certificates as you collect can be combined together for any purchase, although these cannot be used in combination with any other offer or promotion, including other Very Small Paintings. The paintings will be listed as they are finished, here on the Very Small Paintings page, as well as on the Paintings of David Oleski Facebook Page, to be sold through the modern miracle of Ebay.

Nothing says happy holidays like a ripe and delicious mango.

A Ripe and Delicious Mango
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