Clam Shell

Oil on Canvas Panel

6x6

NFS

This clam shell painting is a birthday gift for my amazing father, Lt. Col. Peter G. Scharf, USMC-Ret.  I spent my childhood along the Eastern Seaboard, from North Carolina to Maine.  As a result of our proximity to the Atlantic, shellfish was commonplace in our home.  I fondly remember Dad leaning over the sink, shucking clams and slurping out the delicious meat and juices--as a snack.

Dad eventually taught me how to eat them.  At first, he paid me for each one I managed to "stomach."  After the first or second one though, I quickly realized how delicious they were!  I made some decent money that day....  Happy Birthday, Dad!

Clam Shell No. 4

Friday, November 9, 2012

KRISTINE KAINER: Clam Shell No. 4

Oil on gallery-wrapped canvas

10x10x1-3/8

Available

Imagine digging for clams in the surf with your tootsies; then prying them open with your handy dandy knife to enjoy the salty, delectable morsel within. In memory of clams on the half shell!

Clamshell

Oil on Gallery Profile Canvas, 20x20 -- View eBay auction

How I miss the Atlantic Ocean and its shellfish!!!!!  If this painting doesn't sell, I'm hanging it over the clawfoot tub. (Yes, original art hanging in the bathroom.  Why not?)



Empty Clamshells with Lemon

Oil on canvas mounted to panel, 6x6--SOLD

These succulent little morsels beckoned me from the seafood counter. They had JUST ARRIVED and I promptly whisked them home to steam. Needless to say, the painting began AFTER my feast.

Mussel Shell

Oil on canvas panel, 6x6--View eBay Auction Listing
This is a remnant from New Year's Eve's gourmet lobster bake which was cooked on my wood-burning stove in Schulenburg. My husband was actually able to find clams and mussels in Georgetown, Texas earlier in the day. A friend from Houston brought the lobsters. Along with shrimp, red bliss potatoes, corn on the cob, artchoke hearts, and poached garlic cloves--all in a white wine-based broth, this was sheer gustatory magic!

Empty Clam Shell, No. 4

Acrylic, 6x6--Bid on eBay

After tossing several irreparable paintings that just didn't meet my personal standards, I finally used one of my "tried and true" subjects: a clam. Note: If you look at the previous ones, you'll note that I am still fussing with backgrounds. I think this is the prettiest yet....

Empty Clam Shell, No. 3

Empty Clam Shell, No. 3--Acrylic on Panel, 6x6--SOLD

Ahhh, something less challenging than an abalone. I love clams and hope to find some fresh ones in the market soon....

Clam Shell No. 6

This 6x6 daily painting is another one of my heavily textured ones (like an earlier one I posted), but shows the inside of the shell instead of its reverse side. Again, it uses acrylic modeling paste for the water, fine garnet gel for the sand, and is heavily varnished on only the water and shell for that "wet look." We acquired this shell (along with many others) while living on the East Coast. Makes me yearn for steamed clams and drawn butter!

Empty Clamshell

SOLD
This 6"x6" daily painting is of a clam that I enjoyed eating, scrumptiously stuffed, last year. My daughter insisted on saving it (along with several others) so that we could paint Santa faces in the concave parts. We actually did make "Santa Shells," but her artistic interest waned and I still have the "unadorned" shells. This is one of them....