Summer strawberries, oil on canvas panel, 8 x 8 in. (palette knife painting)I've been wanting to paint this little plate for a long time. I bought it at the thrift store as part of a set with a little matching teacup, but the teacup had an invisible crack in it, and when I poured tea into it, it broke apart. I kept the saucer, and it floated around my piles of art props for many months, never seeming quite right for any setup...until today. These strawberries felt just right against the pale…
