First Lily

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 This is a left over plant from Easter that was purchased after returning from a trip up-north.  It was cold up there what was I thinking?   The Great Lakes were still frozen. Three ice breakers were out trying to get the shipping channel opened ... there was a boat jam at the Locks. Next year the direction will be South and hopefully warmer.

The plant is still blooming and doing very well.

Two tulips

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The idea of this painting was to capture realism and fade into more of an impression.  One this one I left some hard edges the soft edges were faded with brush strokes.  Another method is to use pure color in the focal area then use varying degrees of grayed colors to fade away.

Red tulips

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We have a local coffee shop that keeps fresh flowers on their tables supplied by the florist a few doors down.  The trade, unlimited coffee for the flowers, love this deal everyone wins.  Last week every table had miniature tulips in coffee cups, so lovely, made me want some.

This painting was in progress for a week to much distraction.

We had a major dilemma our well quit working.  No water for 10 days.  We weren't the only one's these cold temperatures have caused many problems with wells in the area.  It took heavy duty snow removal equipment to access the ground to work.  We have 3 feet of snow in our yard this reminds me of winters from my childhood.

Early bloomer color fields

This is the first layer of color over the burnt umber layer. Once again it will need to completely dry before the next layer of paint is applied.  Using this technique to apply paint adds depth and intensity to the color fields.