Taking Root

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8.5 x 11.5 cold wax oil painting on  Arches 100% pure cotton oil paper.  

Here the painting appears flat and cold; in life it is very organic and alive.  Photography can only do so much.  This piece would be suited for matting and framing.

First Lily

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Spring time pure and white full of fragrance and sunshine.  This was painted last year and never posted not sure how it got missed.   Crocus ,Daffodil, Tulips and Lily, start the season for me. Hyacinth's use to have some they have disappeared...hmmm need to plant some.

From the Garden

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The garden seemed to take forever this year.  Once it started producing it has been a great crop.  Our cucumbers are 18 inches long, no kidding.  There are two tomatoes plants .  When they started ripening there were so many tomatoes it made 8 quarts of spaghetti sauce.   We have been so busy eating everything this is the first painting of my vegetables.  

Rose challenge

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Could not pass up a pretty rose this is a DPW Challenge painting.  After losing my studio for 10 days for some wall work then running out of hard board my first attempt was on a linen panel that was purchased to try ...hmmm, didn't like it so after painting on it for two days it went in the garbage.   Located one 8 x 8 inch gessoed hardboard to start over on.  Originally the background was part of the painting it seemed to busy and distracting from the rose for my liking.

Purple power

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The finished painting after my return.  

This plant has been living with me for about a decade without ever blooming. If the purple ceramic pot wasn't so cute the plant would have been garbage material long ago.  It must like all this snow and extreme cold.  It is so beautiful the colors are amazing.

 

Radiant in yellow

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Looking back into the summer photographs from the garden for this one.  This was a new purchase and it did good in my yard, yeah!  This bloom was about six inches wide and the plant had lot's of blooms.   This became a negative painting as those shapes were grabbing my attention.  It was a technique taught for watercolors and it works with oils.

Black eyed susan

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This caught my eye at the nursery it is huge spans about 6 inches it's a super bloomer. I just had to have it for my garden.  You may see this again as the other buds bloom.