Daily Paintings The First Two-Hundred by Darren Maurer

Daily Paintings - Soft Bound Cover, Shipping is Included - Price - $63.00.

Introducing a new coffee table book featuring my first two-hundred Daily Paintings. The book shows each painting in full color along with the title, date of creation, size and the original commentary from my blog page. I have also added further additional commentary on each painting at the time of writing the book. Everyone that has reviewed the proof copy of the book has really enjoyed it. I am taking orders previous to final publishing until June 15, 2008. I will order the books on June 16 and plan on haveing them all shipped and delivered by the middle of July. The book is also available in hard bound cover also. Email me for pricing or ordering a hard bound book.

Fresh Farm Egg by Darren Maurer

6" x 8"

Here is another commission painting finished. We recently bought some farm fresh eggs and I used one as a model for this painting. My client had seen some of my other paintings of raw eggs and decided to have one of her own. I really like painting these. I think it would be fun to paint as many as possible over a brief period of time and then post them all at the same time. This painting 119 in Painting A Day Series. This painting is a Sold commission piece.

Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich by Darren Maurer

8" x 8"

I'm on a roll! I have been working on several commission paintings over the past few weeks and I finished another one tonight. This painting shows yet another look at the all time favorite Darren Maurer sandwich, the PB&J. The jelly looks so cool after the little crisp white highlights are added to it. I have to contain myself throughout the entire painting to not put them on until the end. This is painting 218 in my Painting A Day Series. This painting is a Sold commission piece.

Chocolate Covered Strawberries by Darren Maurer

6" x 8"

Here is another one of the commission paintings finished. I'm still amazed by the color of chocolate. My client sent the correct combination of different chocolate chips for the recipe to make the chocolate mixture. I just heated it until it liqufied and then dipped the washed but dry strawberries into the mix. My client uses a cookie sheet covered with wax paper when she makes these. Painting and capturing the color and texture of the wax paper was as much fun as painting the strawberries. This is painting 217 in my Painting A Day Series. This painting is a Sold commission piece.

Champagne and Crystal by Darren Maurer

6" x 8"

Another commission painting finished! Painting the many facets of the cut crystal champagne glass was challenging enough. I painting this piece with my eyes squinted shut most of the time. When you looking at your still life set up with your eyes squinted it forces you to see the shape and color and not get hung up on small unimportant details. Little details can be added right at the end of the painting but the shape, structure and color of the objects is the most important part of the piece to get a nice likeness of the still life. I cropped off the top and bottom of the bottle but it is still unmistakably a champagne bottle. I did add the small details of the bubbles in the champagne at the end and they look so cool. This is painting 216 in my Painting A Day Series. This painting is a Sold commission piece.

Poker Chips with High Pair - by Darren Maurer

6" x 8"

Here is another of the several commission paintings I have been working on. I enjoy working on commission paintings for people but they do take me more time to complete due to the specific subject that must usually be researched or extra time searching for props. This was a fun one to paint. This is painting 215 in my Painting A Day Series. This painting is a Sold commission piece.

Green Eggs and Ham with Fried Eggs by Darren Maurer

6" x 8"

This is a commission painting that was inspired by my earlier Green Eggs and Ham painting. My client wanted two fried eggs shown with the book. I worked with a few different compositions with the book and eggs. I decided on this composition because I felt it focused on the book and the eggs are a secondary focal point. This is painting 214 in my Painting A Day Series. This painting is a Sold commission piece.

Yahtzee - Daily Painting A Day - by Darren Maurer

6" x 8"

Painting a bunch of dice is very challenging. I worked on this piece in stages rather than finishing it in one sitting like I usually do. I wanted the under painting to partially dry so I could get the dots on the dice to pop off of their background. Oil paint never dries fast unless you don't want it too. I am also working on several commission paintings that I will be posting as they are finished. This is painting 213 in my Painting A Day Series. Painting Sold

Fried Egg- Daily Painting- by Darren Maurer

5" x 7"

I really like painting eggs. I decided to fry an egg tonight and paint it. While I was working on this piece my wife, ShLoe, came into my studio and said, "Are you going to eat that egg?" I said, "No." and she responds back, "Do you have any idea how much eggs cost now?" Well, I found out eggs cost a lot more than they used to but I still didn't eat this egg. The violet toned background makes the yolk the star of this show. This is painting 212 in my Painting A Day Series. Painting Available $100 - Click the Buy Now button above for purchase information.

Pencil & Crossword Puzzle - Daily Painting by Darren Maurer

6" x 8"

A simple composition of a yellow #2 pencil. I used the crossword puzzle as a background feature and like the simple lines and color it creates. Crossword puzzles have never been my thing. I always go through them and write in the words I know easily and then that is the end of it for me. This is painting 211 in my Painting A Day Series. If anyone is interested in purchasing this piece send me an email by 7pm CST Thursday evening. As always the first email gets the painting. If it is still available tomorrow (Thursday) evening at 7pm I will post it on eBay. The pre-auction price of this painting is $120. UPDATE: Painting sold at 11:57pm Wednesday night. I didn't post this piece until after 11pm so it wasn't on my blog very long before it was purchased.