Butter Finger & Simply Delicious

 "Butter Finger #2" -- oil on canvas 6x6 -- Margie Guyot

"Simply Delicious #2" -- oil on canvas 6x6" -- Margie Guyot

Realized I've been running behind on my posts!  These are the most recent cupcake paintings.  I'm trying to do at least 3 versions of each variety, seeing as how I've got 3 art shows coming up to paint for.  Each time I paint a cupcake, I turn it a little to get a new angle.  Doing identical paintings wouldn't appeal at all to me.  These are actually kind of fun to do.  Challenging, but fun.  A nice switch from the big still lifes, which I will get back to.

These are wonderful, gourmet cupcakes from Simplycupcakes in Traverse City, Michigan.  NOT like those nasty cupcakes from the grocery store!  Len, the owner, gives me these for free.  I've taken a few paintings down to him and he's got them up on the wall of the bakery, for sale.

Butter Finger

"Butter Finger" -- oil on canvas 6x6" -- Margie Guyot

I think my waistline is growing thicker, just by LOOKING at these things!  This one is called "Butter Finger", described in Simplycupcakestc website as: dark chocolate cake topped with Peanut Butter buttercream and sprinkled with butterfinger candy.

This cupcake is safely tucked back into its box, in the refrigerator, waiting to be painted again.  I've got jazz ensemble rehearsal this morning, but maybe I can get back to my studio again this afternoon.

chocolate donut

"Chocolate Donut" -- oil on canvas 6x6" -- Margie Guyot

OK, a little break from the cupcakes!  My friend, Gail DeMeyer, came over to see my studio and she brought a huge box of donuts from Johann's Bakery in Petoskey.  Egads!  We OD'd on coffee and donuts.  She had a gay old time, photographing my chickens. 

Then she watched me paint "Butter Finger", another of the cupcakes from Simplycupcakes of Traverse City. 

After Gail left, I grabbed this chocolate donut and painted a view of it.  The sun was out (a rarity here in winter) and I loved the shadow pattern and the glare on the frosting.  When finished, I took the donut straight out to the chicken coop.  No more donuts for me!!!!  The chickens were quite thrilled.