Painting the Colors of Life

I thought it might be interesting to compare these two sunset paintings.  The first("Sunset Sky")  is an oil 12 x 12 gallery wrap canvas painted conventionally with brushes.  The second ("Soft Sunset") is also an oil done on gallery wrap ( 16 x 16), painted quickly, using only paper towels  - I like its softness.  Do you?

I  love roses, but I hate to paint them.  Over about 1 1/2 years, I pulled this painting out of storage and painted over the roses 3 times.  The good news is that it resulted in a heavy impasto (people seem to really like impasto).

The painting was  donated t0 Birmingham AIDS Outreach, a non-profit organization that assists people living with HIV or AIDS and has a strong education program about prevention.  They sold the painting in a live auction for more than I expected it to bring, so it was worth the three tries!

"White Roses and Pears" is oil on canvas; 30 x 30 inch.  Painted primarily with palette knives.