Libby Anderson Daily Painting

this view of Iris makes me feel like sitting in a bed with a bird’s eye view of iris of many colors and all stages of blooming. The beauty...

At the end of summer there are always flowers that surprise us with their strength to bloom just one more time. Because they are often sol...

The title of this may sound odd. My family lived in Maine when I was a child for 5 years. Every summer we traveled to Tennessee to visit r...

One of my favorite things to paint are mason jars with flowers. The informal containers are elevated by adding beautiful flowers to them s...

I love to paint zinnias; not only for the shapes but for the colors. The colors go together so well because of the harmonious color scheme...

This painting was dedicated to my Aunt Willa who left us more than a year agonat the age of 90. She was a smart, beautiful and witty lady....

i enjoyed painting this 24x30 painting on canvas. It is a meadow with flowers that are based in reality but also in fantasy. It is the kin...

I gave this painting the title of Electric  because of the lighting on the flowers. It seems to sparkle and bounce around to cause movemen...

This  hot August day seems  like a good time to post a wintry landscape scene.Just looking at it lowers the temperature about 10 degrees. ...

This time of year I tend to change the colors I use to the colors associated with autumn. Although some of the flower shapes may stay simi...

This is a painting that I reworked from one that I just wasn’t happy with. There wasn’t anything really wrong with it; it jst didn’t have ...

Hydrangeas are often a subject of my paintings; whether growing in a garden or in pots or containers.The colors vary from white to blues a...

This past month has been the longest I have gone without posting on the blog. We have been traveling quite a bit and spending time with gr...

The summer months are the time to see hydrangeas everywhere. I have a friend who spends the summers in Maine every year.She has gorgeous h...

Looking for shells at the beach is something that the kids never grow tired of. Some days yield more than others. They are beautiful but c...

My favorite thing to paint again— mason jars. The aqua ones are especially beautiful paired with any color flowers. I just can’t resist. ...

I have painted with this color combination before.Although yellow and blue are not complementary colors the two colors together are very p...

We have been doing some remodeling and home repairs lately so I haven’t been posting much. When I say we I mean professionals are doing it...

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...