Over the holidays, I ventured into oil painting. It has been a blast. They aren’t dry yet, as you can imagine — and the color in the house is not giving me the best frame for the picture. This is the first one…

This is the second one. As it dries, it is actually revealing more color, so…

This is one of them both.

The first one I would like to call “Eve” while the second is “Yael/Judith.” There is purple tent becoming more pronounced as it dries. Each one is like a puzzle because I get to figure out the shapes, the colors, and the textures.

I really, really like oil. A lot. Not simply because of the smell of the linseed oil either.

You can click on the pictures to see them larger — but not too large.

I don’t claim that these are good, only that they are mine.