"Dogs" by Lesley Spanos. Acrylic painting on Multimedia Artboard, 5 x 7". Copyright ©2010 Lesley Spanos, all rights reserved. It was early morning at the State Fair, and the food vendors were setting up for the day. This brightly colored hot dog booth glowed in the sunlight. My favorite...

"Candy Apple Reds" by Lesley Spanos. Acrylic painting on Raymar canvas panel, 12 x 9". Copyright ©2010 Lesley Spanos, all rights reserved. One of the things I’ll be painting this summer is Fair Food. My diet is very controlled so I’m painting things I’d never dream of...

"90 on the last 10" by Lesley Spanos. 9 x 12" acrylic and oil on Raymar panel. ©Copyright Lesley Spanos 2010, all rights reserved. Reference material kindly provided by A Day Not Wasted. Is it just me, or do other artists spend 90% of their studio time working on the last 10% of the painting?...

"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.