Three Peaches on a Blue Block from Patmos, Greece

 

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"To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts." ~Thoreau

I am back to posting a few smaller auction paintings, and will also be sharing some of the larger works that I've been focusing on. 

If you enjoy this painting, you may also like to see pear on a blue block from patmos, greece (the light / the shade) (2018), which is available for sale (just email me). You may also like Two Pears on Blue Block from Patmos, Greece (Yin & Yang) (2018), Fortune Cookie with Blue Block from Patmos, Greece (2017), or a bunch of my paintings of peaches or this blue block from Patmos, Greece. If you want to read some other quotes I've posted, those can be found here.  

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Two Pears on Blue Block from Patmos, Greece (Yin & Yang)

Two Pears on Blue Block from Patmos, Greece (Yin & Yang)
oil on linen on panel, 9"x12"
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Heirloom Tomato on Blue Block from Patmos, Greece (+ Wendell Berry on “Rugged Individualism”)

I've been away from posting auctions the last week because I've been focusing on painting larger more complex paintings. I will be ready to start posting some of those larger works in the next several days.

Related to my postings on mindful studio practice, I often read renowned writer Maria Popova's work (my previous mentions here). As I often spend my time closely observing the beautiful fruits of our planet, her piece on "Wendell Berry on the Grandeur of Small Places and the Perils of Our 'Rugged Individualism'" caught my eye. This is an excerpt towards the very end of the piece:

"Under the tyranny of 'rugged individualism,' this profound disconnect between our personal interests and our world’s wellbeing is a rift rooted in pitting the wilderness as an antagonist to human progress and seeing the welfare of the two as mutually exclusive — a pie fallacy which began at least as early as the Industrial Revolution and which Bertrand Russell bemoaned in his 1930 classic, observing that we’ve come to measure our progress by our 'separation from the life of Earth.'" Read more.

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pear on a blue block from patmos, greece (the light / the shade)

pear on a blue block from patmos, greece (the light / the shade)
oil on linen on panel, 2017, 6"x4"

the light / the shade exhibition at Arcadia
If you enjoy this painting, you may like to read more about abbey ryan: the light / the shade, my exhibition in the Harrison Gallery at Arcadia University on view from April 16 - June 16. If you enjoy this painting, you can also see other paintings from my the light / the shade series.

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Fortune Cookie with Blue Block from Patmos, Greece (+ update on my parents' new book)

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24-hour auction ends at 8PM EST on Thurs. Oct 19th

I want to wish my mom a happy birthday today! I had the best fortune having her as my mom. ; ) If you're interested, there's been so much awesome buzz about my parents' newly published children's book, The ABCs of Thomas Merton: A Monk at the Heart of the World. Check out some of the press here and the book is for sale on Amazon -- the reviews are ALL 5 stars!

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Heirloom Tomato on Blue Block from Patmos, Greece (Solar Eclipse, August 21, 2017)

I painted this heirloom tomato yesterday in honor of the solar eclipse. It's sitting on a wood block I found on Patmos during my month in Greece in June.

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