"Chocolate, Vanilla, Chocolate" by Lesley Spanos. Oil on diagonal 6 x 6" Gessobord panel. Copyright ©2009, all rights reserved. Our Different Strokes From Different Folks challenge subject this week is cupcakes. Now, I love cupcakes, even if I don’t eat them. In fact, I firmly believe...

"Sweet Georgia Grown" by Lesley Spanos. Acrylic on paper, 14 x 7". Copyright ©2009, all rights reserved. Sometimes the paint flows, and sometimes it doesn’t. This was one of those weeks when the paint was not my friend. When I saw the reference photo on Karin Jurick’s Different...

"Kalifornia Roll" by Lesley Spanos. 12 x 9" oil painting on panel. Copyright ©2009 Lesley Spanos, all rights reserved. A California roll is to sushi what Tex-Mex food is to Mexican cuisine – a Western adaptation of a traditional food using local ingredients more suited to the American...

"Chocolate Mousse Heart Cake" by Lesley Spanos. Oil painting on 5 x 5" Gessobord. Copyright ©2009 Lesley Spanos, all rights reserved. So for Valentine’s Day, I watched my husband eat cake. We searched several bakeries to find just the right cake. Something oooey-goooey and yummy...

"Chocolate Caramel Lava Cake" by Lesley Spanos. Oil painting on 5 x 5" canvas on panel. Copyright © Lesley Spanos 2009, all rights reserved. The hubby has fully embraced the idea of me painting desserts and him eating them. Thanks to his enthusiastic purchases, I already have hundreds...

"Tiramisu" by Lesley Spanos. Oil painting on 5 x 5" canvas panel. Copyright ©2009, all rights reserved. My husband tells me he’s “on board 100%” with the idea of me painting more desserts. He gets to eat them, I get to photograph and paint them. Years ago, it would...

"Pastry #1" by Lesley Spanos. 5 x 5" oil and acrylic painting on canvas panel. ©2009, all rights reserved. After the problems I had with the last painting, I needed a small victory, so I pulled out some photos I took over the weekend. This is a chocolate almond pastry my husband had for...

"Oh, My Darlin'" Oil painting of a peeled Clementine on 5 x 5" panel by Lesley Spanos. ©Copyright 2009, all rights reserved. It’s that time again – Virtual Sketch Date time! I had an awesome time with last month’s challenge, so here we are again. This month’s...

An oil painting of minature white pumpkins by Lesley Spanos, copyright 2008. “Shhhh! She’s coming!” 8 x 6″ oil painting on Raymar archival panel When I saw Karin Jurick’s photo on this week’s Different Strokes From Different Folks challenge, the image that stuck in...

“Red Bell Peppers at the Farmer’s Market” Oil on Raymar canvas panel, 6 x 8″ These red bell peppers were catching some sun at the local farmer’s market.