Monday, February 11, 2013

Original Still Life Oil Painting of Eggs by Cheryl Ratcliff

"Just Eggs"
12" X 9"
Oil on board
SOLD

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Sunday, October 7, 2012

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Still Life Oil Painting Original of Red and Yellow Onions by Cheryl Ratcliff

"Onion Trio"
Oil on board
8"x10"
$80.00




Cry

 Searing Tears
 Erupting From my depths
 Repressed emotion
 That will on longer lie Dormant

 Cry

 Bittersweet Tears
 Finding the fissures Of my shell

 Cry
 For loneliness
 For heartache
 For loss
 and failure
 Because of cruelty and indifference

 Cry
 Because of beauty
 For hope and longing
 Because of gentleness
 For sweet success

 Anguish And Love
 Running down my face
Never am I more alive
 Than when I

 Cry

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Portrait Study #6 by Cheryl Ratcliff

Portrait Study #6
Oil on board
5"x7"
$35.00




Thursday, April 12, 2012

Original Apple Still Life By Cheryl Ratcliff

Apple
6"x6"
Oil on board
Sold


“Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.”
― Rumi

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Portrait Study #3 by Cheryl Ratcliff

 "Portrait Study #3"
Oil on board
"9"x12"
$120.00




Monday, February 6, 2012

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Portrait Study #1 by Cheryl Ratcliff

"Portrait Study #1"
8"x10"
Oil on gessoed board
$80.00






My goal for the next year is to paint 100 portrait studies.  To me they are the most difficult thing to paint and  something I would like to master, so I need to practice, practice, practice.  Here's the first.  

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Original Still Life Oil Painting of Old Teddy Bear and Toys

"Bedtime Stories"
Oil on board
10.5"x11"
$100.00

My dad was a story teller.  He could make a story out of anything.  He lived an adventurous and passionate life.  Every night when I was a little girl I went to sleep to the sound of his stories.  At family gatherings, at Christmas one of my grown up joys was staying up late and hearing again the beloved stories that made me. These are my dad's old toys and a piece of the train set that he wanted for Christmas as a little boy.  He couldn't read but he found a box under the bed and copied the letters and had his brother read them.  The letters were 'TRAIN".  He was very happy to know he was getting his train, but found it ruined the joy of surprise.  Thank you Dad and Grandma for my rich heritage and giving me my love of stories.





Sunday, December 11, 2011

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Original Still Life Original Oil Painting of Sunflowers, Fruit, Books, and Elephant

"Sunflowers and Elephant"
Oil on stretched canvas
16"x20"
$120.00



"Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfful to seek other than itself." -  --  Khalil Gibran




Sunday, November 20, 2011

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Still Life Original Oil Painting of Fruit and Tea Cup by Cheryl Ratcliff

"October Tea"
Oil on gallery wrapped canvas
6"x6"
$35.00

A Cup of Tea
When the world is all at odds
And the mind is all at sea
Then cease the useless tedium
And brew a cup of tea.

There is magic in its fragrance,
There is solace in its taste;
And the laden moments vanish
Somehow into space.

And the world becomes a lovely thing!
There's beauty as you'll see;
All because you briefly stopped
To brew a cup of tea.

Tea helps our head and heart.
Ted medicates most every part.
Tea rejuvenates the very old.
Tea warms the hands of those who're cold.

(J. Jonker, Amsterdam, c.1670)