Libby Anderson Daily Painting

I started this painting as an impromptu demo at our local art league meeting. Our guest speaker had to cancel at the last minute and I am ...

. I have a collection of baskets.some are baskets with a chicken head woven into it. In the last few years of my mother’s life we went t...

When I started this painting I wasn’t quite sure what direction it was going in. I had used a beautiful aqua paint for the base coat and I...

Landscapes for me lately have a flower theme.i think I am drawn to the flowers as a way to break up the monotony of all the green  of a la...

I was listening to something on television when an old video of Elvis singing the lyric about “ a little less conversation “came on.The wo...

Geraniums  have a personality all their own. They don’t belong to that elite group of cut flowers that are delicate and don’t last a long ...

I like to think of the subject of this painting as what I might see walking through a wholesale flower seller. The flowers are in buckets ...

This painting of zinnias reminds me of a homey place. I don’t think you would find these in a sleek Manhattan apartment at all. These jars...

I think there are millions of possibilities of bouquets of flowers. I enjoy painting these arrangements; often changing what I am looking ...

i took a lot of photographs while on a cruise that visited several islands. I loved the pastel colors of the houses and the bright sunligh...

I consider my landscapes as still technically floral. I always have to sneak in some flowers somewhere! This was a subtle scene at a time ...

Painting multiples of the same thing can make it hard to have a good composition without being boring.The way to make things different is ...

I could paint tulips every day and never tire of them. I like to do these smaller (8x8) paintings in between painting the larger ones. I...

I am trying to be more abstract in my painting. It is very hard! I know that I need to just jump in there but think maybe baby steps are m...

I tend to go from the panoramic to the close up; often in the same day. This painting’s composition makes a path through the gray tones of...

I have painted lilacs many times and will continue to do so. The wonderful fragrance of lilacs is one of those that is not easy to replica...

I switch  back and forth between light and dark backgrounds.The light background is great for creating an airy light filled atmosphere. Th...

A reason I like painting the Meadow series is a chance to show perspective in a landscape. The flowers close to the bottom of the painting...

B This is another of my new favorite subject —meadows.The  iris and other flowers in this painting have become wilder as in a non planned ...

I like to paint from fresh flowers but I do  rely on photographs too. I was in Kroger doing some grocery shopping last week. I passed by s...

Even  though we are having some colder weather here in the south right now, I can’t help getting excited about Spring.My husband planted t...

Drama is the name of the game. Value is important to make each color show up to it best potential. I always make sure to have a light, dar...

 This painting is being given away on Daily Paintworks.com this week. I have been chosen as the Spotlight Artist of the week.Those who have ...

I like the combination of pastel and bright colors in a painting. The pastels function almost as a neutral in the composition— giving the ...

We went to Italy a number of years ago and hands down my favorite city was Florence. I could have stayed there for weeks just wandering ar...

This garden scene had some great light and I wanted to capture it. Green can be boring but a varirty of shades can save it from that . The...

There are a lot of tulips for sale in the grocery stores right now. We have some bulbs planted but glad there are some available  until th...

Of course my landscape has flowers in it! I jhave done plenty without flowers but this type of landscape does give me a lot of pleasure to...

I have painted several meadow paintings lately and this one is too; only more of a close up.Iris  have always appealed to me so this was ...

I love painting bright colors but they always need a neutral color for a place to rest the eye.There are some beautiful paintings that hav...