Antique Coffee Grinder

"Red Coffee Grinder" is an 6x6" oil painting on masonite hardboard. This is a painting of a collectible antique coffee grinder that was made by Elgin National Company. Usually I sign my paintings at one of the lower corners, but there was too much going on down there, so I signed it at the top. Although red is my favorite color it is harder for me to paint than other colors, because it is difficult to isolate one specific color of red and just add it's complement and just paint with that. If an item is red it seems to require different colors of red for some reason. Also it never seems to photograph just like the original. This photo however gives a fairly accurate likeness of this painting.