2008 – Fruit Tart – arghhhhh, those highlights!

I painted this painting in 10 concentrated days. I wanted to have it finished to enter in my first California State Fair. And I was totally vexed by painting the highlights on the apricots and strawberries. I hated how it looked. This is after I rubbed some of it out. (Can’t believe I’m actually posting this!) I did end up using white gouache and more orange to finish it. My first water lily painting beginning on the left.