Libby Anderson Daily Painting

Of course here is another garden painting. I feel there are endless ways to paint these garden or wildfire paintings.It is mostly intuit...

My good friend took a photograph near the Tennessee River Park in east Tennessee. I was struck by the wonderful movement that I saw that m...

I don’t know how many times I have painted hydrangeas, but I never tire of painting them.  At first glance they appear to be simple enough...

Paintings usually have a kind of temperature.A painting of a field of sunflowers or a fall tree scene would usually have a warm temperatur...

Geraniums seem to strike a chord in people. I think it is not just the bright reds and pinks but also the sturdy cheerful nature of the pl...

This painting called for a more subdued color palette. Because I was painting this old fashioned vase and roses the soct greens and pinks ...

I try to dabble in abstraction but it is not as easy as it looks. I love abstract painting because the colors and shapes evoke an emotion ...

I like  close up views more than far away views. This painting just shows a partial view of the bucket and some of the flowers.It gives a ...

Every painting is not an instant success.I finished this painting and looked at it for a few weeks but was not pleased with it.If I am not...

Certain color schemes cause a little thrill in me.I love the reds and pinks of the flowers but when combined with the blue and white vase ...

This floral painting of a field of poppies is what I consider to be mostly abstract. It is still recognizable as flowers but on close exam...

The thing I like the most about this painting is the immediate sense of pleasing color. I have to admit that I didn’t exactly plan it that...

I am back to the meadow painting again; this time with brighter colors. I started with a warm underpainting that sometimes peeks through t...

Zinnias are in my top five favorite flowers. Who am I kidding; my top five is much larger than Five. I love the shape of the petals and th...

 This small 8x 10 painting is a close up perspective painting. Although it doesn’t lead the eye down a long road as in a landscape, it doe...

The title Lost Meadow tries to convey the feeling that no humans are around or have had occasion to have been here. The beauty of the meadow...

I often finish a painting in one session and am satisfied with it. I thought I had with this one. I kept walking by it and a feeling like ...

There is something to be said for drama in a painting; especially when dealing with a subject matter like flowers. Flowers are by nature n...

Painting white flowers requires a restraint and a skill to use subtle color. If you look closely you will see many color in the whites inc...

I love bright colors but this painting is more about complementary colors. What pleases me most about the painting is the relationship bet...

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 ...