Libby Anderson Daily Painting

This painting shows a little more perspective than I usually do when just painting a floral. As a landscape there is a bit more depth show...

There seems to be a trend now for paintings of whote flowers. I think it is because gheyare looked on as being neutral which fits into a l...

the varirty of blues in the world is amazing. The good thing is that when using them in a painting  you really can’t go wrong. The colors ...

i painted this large 30x 40 acrylic painting for my solo show at the Botanic Garden. The flower theme was perfect for the setting on the g...

When I first started painting it was the shapes of the flowers that was intimidating.After I felt comfortable with those it was glass that...

Backgrounds can totally make or break a painting. Originally this painting had a solid blue background. It seemed a good choice because th...

One kind of balance is called Asymetrical. This means that if you divided the painting down the middle it would not be equal on both sides...

There is a dilemma when painting a bouquet of multiple kinds of flowers. The many kinds and colors of flowers can be beautiful but als...

This painting is different from my usual because it is all acrylic. I often do an acrylic underpainting but this time I was satisfied with...

My favorite kind of painting is one like this that is often called an intuitive painting. They are most often totally abstract but I like ...

My favorite compositions are close ups that run off of the page. This one qualifies. The white flowers are the stars of the painting becau...

the title of this painting comes from the song “Imagine” by the Beatles, lyrics written by John Lennon. There is a reference to someone re...

For some reason, this painting reminded me of the Beatles  lyric “ she was just 17,if you know what I mean..... I saw her standing there”....

October has slipped up on us . I had a successful solo show at the Memphis Botanic Garden and will participate in a group show at St. Geor...

This painting started with a hot pink background. I knew that I wanted to portray a wildflower scene and I just kep adding shapes of flowe...

Painting white flowers is often a challenge until you realize that they are anything but pure white. Of coutrse white paint is used but so...

It is well past lilac season but I say there can never be enough lilacs or paintings of lilacs. I am glad for many reasons to be back in t...

I could paint one of these blue and white vases every day and never run out of a different pattern. They are so pleasing , especially when...

As Paul  Simon said, there are 50 ways to leave your lover. Well, there are apparently more than 50 ways to paint hydrangeas in mason jars...

i was listening to Marvin Gay’s Inner City Bues and the lyric in the title came up and I knew it was perfect for the title of this paintin...

Drama is the name  of the game. I recently looked back on some watercolors of mine from about 20 years ago. There was nothing really wro...

There is something calming about blue and white with blue hydrangeas. The cool and smooth vase with the formal pattern is a good backdrop ...

These two pots seem to be having a conversation about something. Of course that is a fantasy, although plants are living , we know that th...

This  acrylic painting is quite a different style from many of my other paintings. It is a more modern appproach but in a way similar to t...

i like this outdoors view of a garden table of geranium pots.It is an arrangement set in sunlight near a garden showing a variety of sizes...

This 36;x 48 painting may be part of the Botanic Garden Show. It is a walk through a garden or meadow, encountering the different plants a...

I have been painting meadows and wildflower fields lately as a big picture theme. This painting takes  a close up view of the meadow type ...

It is not just enough to paint the flowers when painting a meadow; it is important to try to show some movement. Most of the time there wi...

The temperature of a painting depends on the colors used in the painting. This painting has a warm tone because of the colors used. The ye...

I worked on this painting a few times before I was satisfied with it.I just couldn’t figure out what was wrong with it until I finally rea...