Roses and Daisies

I painted this one today in my painting group. When I say group I mean one other friend who paints in watercolors. We meet at our church and solve all the world's problems while creating new work. What more could you ask for?


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Red Lineup

This is a large (16x20) painting that I have finished for a big art sale in November. I have to prepare about 15 paintings framed pretty soon. I think I won't have a problem having enough; the hard part will be choosing which ones!


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August Zinnias

We have had such a cool summer here so flowers are still thriving. Something about the beautiful colors of zinnias makes my heart feel the way it does when I hear a saxophone! I can't quite explain the way I feel about music. I don't play the piano or an instrument but I do love music. For our 25th anniversary this summer we have scheduled 5 concerts. We see James Taylor here in Memphis next week and then a few days later David Gray in Nashville. Fun!,



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Daisy Bucket

This is what I call a casual bouquet. Stems just dropped into the bucket are just nicer than an artfully arranged florist type bouquet. I just read with my book club a book entitled The Language of Flowers. It is a novel but references the qualities and words associated with each flower. Kind of like a horoscope for flowers. I would recommend it.



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Full Color

Sometime it is all about the color. Actually it is usually about the color! If this painting was an abstract it would still be pleasing because of the color harmony. Luckily nature does the harmony all by itself. Love my job!


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Out in the Country

I like the sunlit path with shadows. Makes us wonder where it leads to.



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Barely There

I hope someone is traveling the country photographing deteriorating barns before they collapse. I would do it but am just too busy taking pictures of old water towers!



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Violet Trio

African Violets bring up images of little old ladies and crocheted doilies but I do love them. The colors are so rich and jewel like and the leaves so fuzzy!



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Salmon Sky

I like to paint landscapes as a change of pace from my flower obsession. I look at the real scene before me but am always compelled to add extra color or shapes. I figure that it is my chance to jazz things up!


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Framed French Flower Market

I sold this painting to a customer fom Florida last year. She sent a photo of it framed. I rarely get to see the "kids" after they leave home!


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Rites of Passage

I started this painting and thought I had finished. When I took a photo of the painting I realized that it wasn't complete. The values were too close and I had some colors wrong. I worked in it some more; adding darks and lights to the mediums. I now call it complete!(8x8)



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Party of Three

This is a combination that I like- sunflowers and bottles.Three is such a good number for a composition, it is hard to go wrong with it at all.


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Red Possibility

When I painted this I kept feeling that something was just about going to happen in this scene. Sometimes a still life painting is just that- still- but this one has ants in its pants!



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Rose Parade

These roses were just breathtaking and also a challenge to paint. I wanted to show their beauty but also keep a fresh approach to the painting.minimum brush strokes!


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Duomo Doze

We are sitting in the Atlanta airport waiting on last leg of trip home. We had a wonderful time but always glad to go home. I have some great ideas for paintings and look forward to raking the palette out of the freezer in the morning and getting started. I am posting this watercolor I painted of people in the Florence Duomo on a very hot day in July because we are enjoying the people watching here in the airport. It is amazing what we see walk by us. We just saw a whole family including teenagers wearing the same 4th of July t-shirts. I am impressed that they got the teens to wear the shirts; some bribery must have been involved!




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Market Corner

I have seen some beautiful flowers this week; in yards and and in flower markets. This painting is of some flowers in a market. I liked the variety of the textures and colors.
We are waiting to go to the James Taylor concert in a few hours at Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts. The rain has held off , hopefully for the whole evening. This is probably my 15th James Taylor concert and I never tire of his music.



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Boston Doors

My favorite thing to do on vacation is to find things I would like to paint and take photos. I had a great time walking the streets of Boston looking for scenes like this. I can't wait to get home and paint!


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Quiet White

I painted this one a few weeks ago. I started with a lighter background which looked fine 5 inches from my nose but washed out a few feet away from this small(6x6) painting. The dark works much better to dramatize the whites of the flowers. That's what backgrounds are for anyway!
I am still traveling in Massachusetts. We stayed in Salem last night. There are all sorts of witch places, ttarot readings, haunted house tours. Which all seems pretty strange since the original witches probably weren't witches at all.


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Zinnias

I have seen some beautiful flowers here in Boston this week. Something I have noticed about the Northeast is that the people here don't take their flowers for granted. Maybe it is because the winters are longer here and no one wants to waste a minute of sunshine. Back home in the south , spring is the best season for flowers. By August the summer flowers are struggling against the heat there.



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The Best Seat

We are in Boston for this week and I am really enjoying everything about it.The weather is perfect although my feet hurt from walking one million miles.I have taken a lot of photos that may end up as paintings on here. Stay tuned!


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Sunshine Corner

I really like corners in my subject matter for paintings. I have now realized why; diagonal planes are much more interesting than vertical or horizontal.The best paintings have all three. Three is also a good number for objects in a composition.If a subject matter isn't interesting before I paint it, chances are it won't be an interesting painting.


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Blue Ribbon

This is a large(12x16) painting of a pot of flowers. The blue ribbon ties it all together. Sorry, I couldn't resist! Ha



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Glow Bouquet

I chose this for the changing colors of the blooms. The reds and yellows create a glow that creates a center of interest.I like to focus in on an area of a still life rather than the whole set up.
I am back home after a week's vacation. I think it is good to get away and give our brains a rest. Now I will paint until next vacation (which is end of next week!) I am a lucky girl!



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Sun and Shadow

There is something thrilling about painting light shining through glass. It seems improbable that there would be a light area in a shadow but it is true. That little spot makes the painting.


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Tulip Dance

These tulips seem to want to dance right out of the picture!



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Spread Strategy

I have been naming some paintings with business terms. There are two reasons for this; I am running out of names and also the business terms are kind of the opposite of what is I my head when I paint. In some ways they suit the paintings.this one is a little true, as if the bottles have spread out and planned their next step.



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True Blue Three

I wanted a close up view of the hydrangeas for this 5x7 format. I never tire of hydrangeas.



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Mist at Sunrise

We saw this one early morning last week when walking on the golf course near our house. We have to go early because of the heat.the fog was a challenge but I read recently that learning new thongs is good for your brain and helps put off dementia. I'm all for that!


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Texas Rose

This yellow rose has a lot of fun layers and colors. It was fun to paint. I have noticed that these rose paintings seem so much bigger than they are.This one is 8x8 but it seems bigger.I find myself having to measure to be sure before I post.






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Small Jar

As usual I am drawn to hydrangeas and mason jars.This one appealed to me because of the size of the jar and the small(5x7) format of the painting. I can just see it on a shelf or an office desk offering a piece of summer.



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