Tag Archives: flowers

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Sunny Days

Another delivery of fresh seasonal flowers from Boone Fox Farm is the inspiration for this week’s painting. I decided to get out my acrylic paints this time and start a painting on a 14×11″ canvas […]

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Mid-May Flowers

This week’s flower delivery had more intense colors than the earlier ones. The bouquet made a wonderful subject for painting with a range of light to dark values and airy to bold shapes.

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More Flowers

This week brought another flower delivery from Boone Fox Farm. I took the bouquet to my Wednesday paint group and started a light pencil drawing on a watercolor journal page. I used gouache paints and […]

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Pink and Brown Irises

It’s the season for irises in the southeastern USA!  I’ve been working on other projects and haven’t had much time in the studio this week, so i’m republishing an iris painting from the spring of […]

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May Day Flowers

Happy May Day to you. Thanks for your patience while I’ve been on hiatus. I’ve been sewing and doing volunteer work for Master Gardener certification, but have taken a break from writing. Have you missed […]

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Decorations

I decorate for Christmas (and the rest of the year) with paintings.  

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Oakleaf Hydrangea

Hydrangea quercifolia, commonly known as oak leaf hydrangea, is blooming in my garden this week.  We’ve had moderate temperatures and some rain recently, so the garden is a lush tapestry of many shades of green. […]

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Iris Time

Though April showers may come your way, They bring the flowers that bloom in May. So if it’s raining, have no regrets, Because it isn’t raining rain you know, it’s raining violets.      –Songwriters: […]

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Flowers Everywhere

Among the April showers this week I delivered new paintings to Ellen Taylor Interiors on Gervais Street in preparation for Artist Vista April 20-22. I’ll be there for Art Night April 20, 5-9 pm.  Hope […]

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Remembering Wallace

Camellias are favorites in the southern garden, having glossy evergreen foliage and blooming through the winter when few other things are in bloom. Frost often turns the blooms into brown mush, but this winter has […]

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