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Last days of winter Christmas memories are nice even when it is (cold) March outside. I like to bake my own version of Christmas pudding with lots of fruit, both dried and fresh. I took some photographs last December and now I find them worthy of making a small painting. Still using the limited palette of Cadmium Red, Cadmium Yellow, Ultramarine plus Burnt Umber and Titanium White. Well, happy Christmas then! So it became the Festive Season, acrylic, canvas 24x30 cm. The result is to be seen in My gallery .

Back to still life When life literally gets almost still, you sometimes need a good shot of old single malt. Well, I do. And I like how it looks in a crystal glass. So, using again the limited palette of Cadmium Red, Cadmium Yellow, Ultramarine plus Burnt Umber and Titanium White, I tried to catch and paint the warmth of that noble liquid. Well, here's to us! So it became the Glass of Whiskey, acrylic, canvas 30x24 cm. The result is to be seen in My gallery .