Lisa McShane Art

Heirloom Tomato. Oil on Gessobord. 5" x 7". SOLD We have had a bumper crop of tomatoes in the garden this year. Yesterday evening I went out to pick a big bowl of them to make sauce and found this giant one dangling from our heirloom vine, hanging over the alley. I had to paint it. I love the satin smooth skin with the bulging sides. I'm planning to have this one for lunch.

3 August Tomatoes. Oil on Gessoboard. 5 x 7. $90. We have a lot of tomatoes in our garden this year. Or at least, a lot for a garden in Bellingham Washington. I have a bowl of plum tomatoes that I'm planning to roast w/ olive oil in the oven to save for winter. And note to my future self: two plants of sungold cherry tomatoes should be more than enough next year. Five plants is just too many!

Three Different Tomatoes. Oil on Gessoboard. 5 x 7. $90- Tomatoes are starting to ripen in our garden which is always a cause for celebration here in the far northwest. Sungold tomatoes are coming along, the mystery tomato on the right produces a fruit about once every 4 days and then the 'Early Girl', the green one, has not been early.

Five Sungold Tomatoes. Oil on Gessoboard. 5 x 7. $90- I've been working on two large landscapes this past week, but did pick some sungold tomatoes from my garden for a quick painting. I like to finish things and sometimes just need to complete a painting. For that I can turn to my garden and my stack of gessoboards. I'm happy with the translucent look of these little gems.