Borrowed Light

This set up has light coming from more than one direction so it was a little tricky to paint . It is from one of the many photos I have of lilacs from when I lived in Pennsylvania.But I think it was worth it to try.


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Climbing Garden

I have a thing for white fences, they are the perfect backdrop for the beautiful garden colors.


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Ribbon Cutting

My husband gave me these flowers. They lasted a very long time and I was able to paint them more than once.The ribbon added just the right touch to the vase!


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Future Painting

I am on vacation in Gulf Shores, Alabama this week. It is a beautiful place and we are all having a wonderful time. All includes six adult children,3 spouses and 8 grandchildren plus one extra teenager.
This is a photo I took yesterday on an early morning walk. I am not painting this week but I am
Always painting in my head. I look forward to trying to paint this when I get back home. Stay tuned for final painting!





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Call Waiting

I have been admiring high key paintings lately; those with a good amount of light colors. Of course those light colors have to be balanced with some mid and dark values to be successful. A balancing act like juggling multiple telephone calls; thank goodness for call waiting.


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Midnight Special

I like the idea of the jars of flowers at an unexpected time of day. They seem much more mysterious; perhaps imagine them in some exotic location- maybe Casablanca!


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Clear Lake

Landscapes are harder for me to paint because there is so much to edit down to the size of the painting. I have to keep in mind what makes the most interesting composition. I always try to have some diagonals to combat boredom.


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Pink Harmony

Single blooms are not really simple. In the close- up format every shape is important to the over all design .The flower is one basic color but the lighting causes new colors to emerge.This was fun to paint!


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Exuberant Bouquet

This is my favorite type of painting to do. I seem to get into a "zone" when arranging the colors and shapes. It never looks exactly like the subject in front of me;my instincts take over. At times like these I am glad to take on the title of Artist.



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Obstacle Course

This painting looks nothing like the photo I took. The photo was pretty dull and not as colorful. I changed that!



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Mother's Quilts

This is a post Mother's Day post. My grandchildren slept here a few nights ago. They were fighting over a quilt on their bed that my mother had made years ago. She never had a chance to meet them but her presence is felt. When one of the girls was 4 she asked"Don't you miss your mom a lot?" I do.


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Garden Delight

I just realized I tend to paint landscapes as more of a close up view. Also they often end up as a darker, more mysterious image. I don't know why, there is nothing dark or mysterious about me!




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Blues Attract

I can't describe the feeling I get when I see certain color combinations. There is something about the combination of blue-green combined with other shades of blue that causes a little tingle up my spine. Of course this translates to needing to pick up a paintbrush immediately and try to paint. Caribbean Blue is one of those paint colors I can't live without.


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Capture May

May brings memories of the "Lilac Lane" at Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania. The scent was powerful even a block away. I often just stood there overwhelmed by the beauty and heady fragrance.


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Best of Spring

When painting things that are the same, I try to show some differences. That may be by a little bit different shape, lighting or position on the paper. I like to think each flower has its own personality; just waiting to break out in a solo role!


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Garden Group

I have painted geraniums many times before this one.i usually painted them in strong sunlight but chose to do this one in a muted indirect light.It really gives a totally different look to the painting.



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April Snowball

I planted a snowball bush about 5 years ago.there are always some blooms but this year it has outdone itself.I guess it took a while to reach its best self.Maybe that is a metaphor for all of us!


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Clear Blue

I am fascinated with clear glass vases. Depending on what is in the background and foreground there are thousands of possibilities of colors and shapes. When I was on the seventh grade I received a glass pendant similar to a prism . I never tired of looking at all the colors found on the facets.


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Orange Pop

I just got back from a fun weekend spent with friends from high school and college in Charleston, S.C. It is a beautiful city with lots to do.I took a lot of photos that I hope to use as reference for paintings. This is one I painted before I left. The yellow orange pop of color makes the painting.



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Next Best Thing

I don't think I will ever tire of painting lilacs. This is especially true since I no longer live where they grow. I have to depend on photographs from when I lived in Pennsylvania, the paintings turn out different every time, even when I try to paint the exact same thing.


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Convention

The combination of colors in this painting pleases me so much.I instinctively chose the colors ( still life set up was not as colorful)I am sure there is a scientific color scheme for this but i don't even want to think that much. Sometimes the heart just knows



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Pop's Garden

When mentioning a garden in the south, the reference is usually a vegetable garden. My dad always planted corn, tomatoes, beans and peas wherever possible. But he also loved flowers. They had beautiful hydrangeas around their home.Every time I see these flowers I am reminded of my parents.My obsessive love of flowers comes from them.



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Lily Decision

I love the blue and white Asian vases. They are a perfect complement to these white flowers. I am already thinking about the next bunch of flowers to pair up with one of them.Kind of like blue and white is the new black-- goes with everything!



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About Color

Sometime it is all about the color. This painting does have a good deal of neutral tones but the pinks and purples are the star


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Illusion

I haven't posted this week because Blogpress wouldn't allow me to post photos. Apparently they fixed the problem because it finally works. This type of small painting has become a favorite of mine. I like the different shapes that come together like a puzzle connected with dark values.


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Manor Blooms

This us from a photo I think is from a day spent at a place called Springton Manor in Pennsylvania. I went with my painting group when I lived there and we painted en plein air and took photos.When I finish a painting I always have a sense of accomplishing something.
I am not a compulsive housekeeper at all but in the last week I have managed to clean my ovens and reorganize my clothing drawers. I can now be at peace if I had to enter the hospital knowing I wouldn't mind someone coming to pick up clothes for me. Kind of like moms always saying wear nice underwear just in case!




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Amethyst Flowers

The colors in this painting are really exciting to me. I would like to abstract it so another painting would just be about color.
Today we booked a river cruise trip in Germany for late August and early September. We also will stay a few days in Amsterdam and Paris.we have been to Paris but didn't get to spend as much time there as I would have liked to. I also want to walk on the Champs-Elysee and not trip and fall like I did last time. A do over!





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The Vase

My husband brought me flowers last week for no reason- the best kind to get! I put them in a vase that I bought years ago. The vase has an interesting pattern of mosaic tiles.I wasn't quite sure how to approach painting it but as alway the best rule is to just paint what you see. I think it worked.


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Cool White

This was a tough one. It seemed so simple to start with but I ended up starting over a few times. I wanted to give it some life and keep the colors interesting. The most complicated pattern was in the white flowers. I think I finally got it right!



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Moonlight Porch

I was painting this from my photo and for some reason started going toward cool so it turned out more like a moonlit view than sunny. I imagine that a girl was out here sitting on the settee with her boyfriend. Her father eventually flicked the porch light off and on signaling time for said boy friend's departure.


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