Blessing

We are back home from Europe. I woke up at 2:30 a.m so I got up like it was normal and packaged paintings to be shipped. I know I will pass out later.
Our trip was wonderful! I took so many photos and I can't wait to start painting. Maybe after a nap.


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Dutch Treat

We just left the River cruise on the Rhine in Germany and are now in Amsterdam. It is a beautiful bustling city. The Architecture is so unique. We had the treat of going to the Van Gogh museum this afternoon.of course it is raining; apparently they have over 200 days of rain.


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All Aboard

These geraniums are ready to board the flower train, stadium seating. Silly, I know- but I am a little giddy. We are in Atlanta airport waiting to board flight heading to our river cruise in Germany. Hopefully many paintings will emerge from this trip. Stay tuned!


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Sublime

For some reason the colors in this painting reminds me of those "Nickel Nip" wax candy in the shape of soda bottles. You were supposed to bite off the top of the bottle , drink the colored juice inside and then you could chew the wax. Actually that last part wasn't so great to do but we did it anyway. That was over 50 years ago. I have seen them recently at places like Cracker Barrel or vintage candy stores but the price has gone up from a nickel to close to $2!


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Boston Proper

I saw this sunlit scene when walking in Boston. There are so many things to paint there, as I can see when looking at how many photos I took.


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Garden Chorus

These pots seem to stand on risers awaiting direction from their choir director.The tulips are the altos, daffodils are sopranos. If only I could carry a tune in real life!


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Good Humor

Sometime simple is best. I paint hydrangeas a lot. I try to show the light source. In this particular painting the light source is above the flowers.I keep being drawn back to the lovely shapes.


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Blissful

It is little tricky to paint a subject with a lot of colors represented. I have to be conscious of keeping harmony in the composition.This is hopefully done by repeating colors and placing the to make the eye move around the picture plane; but not exit!



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Dawn Illumination

I like the early morning light for painting. It makes ordinary objects have a glow. The late afternoon has a similar effect but it also shows up the dust in my house so I have a love/hate
relationship there.


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Dress Code

This is a watercolor that I painted a while ago. I have been away from watercolor for a while but will take a workshop in early August. The artist Paul Jackson is coming to Memphis and I am looking forward to attending the workshop. Visiting watercolor again will be like seeing an old friend. I have come to realize that painting in oil or watercolor is still just making art, no matter which medium.
#hopirememberhow





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Room to Grow

This painting is partially from a photo and partially from my mind. It was fun to just paint shapes that I felt were important to the composition. I am happy to call myself an artist and to have the freedom to paint what I want to paint!





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Take a Chance

This is precisely my favorite kind of painting to do. I enjoy the negative spaces and the contrast of the darks and lights. It is ALMOST better than chocolate.


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Illuminated

A goal of painted is to be able to create atmosphere. Sometimes it is a happy accident; often it is a struggle. I have painted mist on a pond and early morning fog. This sunshine was a delight to paint!


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Marblehead Float

Last year at this time we spent a week in Boston.Marblehead is a beautiful coastal town nearby. The harbor had all kinds of boats but this small one all alone caught my eye. The colors were a little dull but I took care of that!




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Sweet Soul Music

A friend brought me these flowers when she came for dinner last week. They came from her own yard and they are beautiful.
I painted this the next morning after the dinner and plan to paint some more versions of this same vase. Maybe it will end up as many as Monet's haystack so!


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Group Policy

Zinnias are one of the flower types that fascinate me. It is not easy for me to paint the layers of petals and make them become a solid form. For some reason I keep coming back for more punishment willingly.


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Free Spirit

These flowers seem ready to escape the picture plane if possible. I tried to show the exuberance the blooms- a free spirit.



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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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