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This painting is based on photos I took in November 2012 of a pumpkin by the corner of my garage door. I love the setup for this still life for its strong, abstract quality. I first did an underpainting of the entire picture in cerulean blue and allowed a lot of the blue to show through in the final version to help unify the picture and to help in the modeling of the pumpkin.

I made my first attempt at painting with oils in 1977 and immediately fell in love with the medium. Since then, I have painted in spurts, often experiencing long periods of inactivity. But once I was exposed to oil painting I have thought about painting almost constantly. After I retired in 1996, I became active in the performing arts as a musician, singer, actor, theater set designer and director. Through all this, I never stopped thinking about painting, and now painting has become my primary creative outlet. I have never had any formal art lessons. From books, and more recently the Internet, I have learned a lot. Mostly, however, I figure things out for myself, and this is the most rewarding part of the experience for me. My...