Big Day

It is easy to pick out the center of interest in this painting- of course the large sunflower. Although there is something to be said for the bright white in the bottom of the vase. The brightest spot can also be the center too. A good painting will take the eye of the viewer on a trip all around the painting though;hopefully without an exit. Kind of like Hotel California!

Cottage Grounds

This is a landscape that I would also consider floral. Most of my landscapes end up wirh a floral element; I just can’t help it. Green is tricky. I try to not use a green straight from the tube—mixing
blue and yellow is often better. The lovely caribbean blue adds a punch to a landscape to show depth. The flowers are a suggestion in that I do not show each petal; we know they are flowers by the shapes and colors.

The Right OneComes Along

A  few weeks ago my husband and I went to my sister’s house for dinner. She has some Knock Out rose bushes and this year they have just taken off. They are just truly beautiful; I see  where the name comes from! There are more paintings to come.

Welcome Wagon 2

As always I am partial to the close up view. I painted this  and it seemed that something was
missing in the composition. I found a stencil and added a pattern to the foreground and voila
Exactly what the painting needed!One of the most important things I make sure I have whe n I finish a painting is. Tobe sure that I have a good balance of dark, medium and light values;usually in an unequal balance.

Crack the Code

Paintings like this remind me of putting together a puzzle. All of the separate colors in the flowers come together and make up the whole blooms of the flowers; they just have to be put in the right order.There are many shades of purple that equal the whole of the purple flowers- same thing for the magenta and pink blooms. The only difference is that at the end of the painting it can’t be undone and started over the way a puzzle can be .

Misty Garden

Atmosphere is one of the harder things to paint in my opinion.Mostly it is fog or mist that I am trying to create in my paintings.This painting is of a garden early in the morning shrouded in a mist with a gray sky.Hopefully I was able to portray that feeling of moisture on the flowers.

Love and Happiness

There is an Al  Green song named “ Love and Happiness” that I was reminded of after painting this painting. I love all of his music. He is from Memphis where I live and is a pastor of a church here. He still appears in concerts here occasionally and has not lost any of that spectacular voice that won him so many accolades in the 1970’s. The light high key colors of this painting seem to carry us away with thoughts of happiness , at least for a while!

Just for Kicks

White  tulips are a favorite of mine to paint. There is an automatic contrast withe the white and other values in the painting. Thee same thing occurs in nature when planting flowers. Planting white flowers in a garden guarantees a show stopper!

Shared a Moment

There  is something about the warm glowing colors of this painting that draws me in.Decorating seems to go in trends of colors. At one time mauve and blue were in style, the gold and rust, etc. I have found that I need to just paint what I want to and what appeals to me and everything will fall into place.
 I enjoyed creating the wallpaper in this painting- easier than actually putting up real wallpaper!