A 30 year old painting and a preview of my new kitchen

My new kitchen is nearing completion. I hung some art and thought I would share what I chose with you.  One of the paintings is something I did at least 30 or more years ago.  It is a still life done in oils on a wood plaque.  I painted it before I switched to using acrylics.  The pattern is not an original drawing done by me but a pattern traced from a pattern book.  That was back in the days when I taught decorative painting classes and all my students used patterns from books.  It is so long ago that I don't remember which book it was from or who the artist/author was. If I remembered I would give her credit for the drawing.   I did my own take on the painting with my own color palette.  Here is a photo of the painting.

The other painting I hung is a cross painting I did a few years ago titled "Cross in Colors of the Southwest".  Here is a photo of it hanging in my new kitchen.  I am not ready to post photos of the whole kitchen because it is not finished yet.  The back splash still needs to be installed.  Once that is done I will share pictures with you.

It is hard to get a good photo without all the light reflections.  At some point in the future, after we get our new work shops built in the basement, Roger will make stained glass windows for the back door and the windows over the new cabinets.  I had the island and cabinets painted in a contrasting color to the other wood finished cabinets in the rest of the kitchen. The color is called "Winter Wheat".  We painted the wall you are seeing in a deep burgundy color to add some drama. It is the same color as the entry wall with the coat hangers from a few posts back.  The rest of the kitchen is painted in two shades of tan.  When the project is done I will post before and after photos.

I haven't painted in over a week because I have been busy with other things but today I don't have much to do so think I will change the color of a napkin holder that I used in Tucson to match my new kitchen color scheme.