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Do you feel like a tree? Today is a fine day for a tree. Here are the leaves of a Linden:
Linden, oil on canvas, 8 x 10"
This flower brightened up the drudgery of grocery shopping for me today. I saw it behind the glass in the flower section on my way to produce and it stopped me in my tracks. I paused, leaning on the handle of my shopping cart and just admired it for a while. I thought about how the center of my wedding bouquet was also a Gerbera daisy. After a few moments I snapped out of it and took two more steps towards the produce section but paused again and looked back. Then there was an audible sigh. Then I walked back, plucked the peach flower from the vase of Gerberas, laid it on top of my carton of organic eggs and carried on my merry way.
And for those of you who know me, it was also a unique day in that I felt extra zing and actually bought a bottle of grey/brown/purple nail polish (pictured here). That makes two non-essentials in one shopping trip! What extravagance!
What simple joy.
Gerbera Daisy, watercolour on board, 4 x 4"
I spent my morning weeding the yard before it got too scorching. I now have green leafy plants on the mind… except the one I painted is a bit more pleasing to the eye than the ones I was yanking out of the dry earth…
Blossoming, ink on paper, 5 x 7"
Unlike yesterday’s post there is no guessing which direction today’s painting hangs.
I am feeling cheerful… does it show?
Tulips, watercolour on paper, 4 x 6"
I had a lot of fun making this floral study and enjoy the versatility of hanging options. Usually for me there is one way only to hang a piece but not today folks. This one seems to appeal in three of four possible orientations. Which is your favourite? Or for fun… which direction did I actually paint it in?
1. Floral Study, watercolour on paper, 4 x 6
2. Another orientation of Floral Study
3. Another orientation of Floral Study
I decided to try a new surface: aquabord! (That is the correct spelling.) It kind of sounds like a superhero.
I really enjoyed being able to work on a watercolour painting by adding and subtracting detail, back and forth like I might with oil. You couldn’t do that on paper or it would surely disintegrate under the brush. I will definitely try to work more on this surface in the future.
Wasp on a Weed, watercolour on board, 5 x 5"
Theresa the Tree, oil on canvas, 10 x 10", SOLD
In my world amazing women get giant statues built to honour them in beautiful cities where tourists stroll with umbrellas to appreciate the simple things in the fountain-mist. The simple things like a garden well tended, a tea perfectly steeped, the gift of a good book, and the precision and beauty of a moment caught in a photograph.
This is a portrait-of-sorts of my aunt, who can appreciate all those things she does so well (along with so many other things), and whose presence is a gift to all who know her.
Homage to the Nurturing Gardener, oil on board, 10 x 10"
I did this as part of a painting challenge: paint one object 8 times, giving yourself no more than 10 minutes per mini-painting. My surface for painting that day happened to be a square board so I divided the space into 9 and gave it a shot! I was so intensely focussed that I jumped and screamed when my boyfriend knocked on the studio door. Ooops! Must remember to warn him if I try speed-painting again so we can both avoid heart-attacks.
Gerbera Conversations, oil on board, 12 x 12"
Happy New Year! My blog stats reported that I posted on average 2 posts a week during 2010. I aim to double that in 2011. So, here we go:
This afternoon I began working on three small oil paintings inspired by the drawing below. They are still in the beginning stages though, so you won’t see them for a while. Today you get a drawing from yesterday’s laboring.
I’m headed off tomorrow on a week-long trip during which it is my goal to post one wee drawing a day (depending on my internet access of course). So stay tuned for some fun sketches of the following week’s adventures!
Leafy Goodness, watercolour and ink on paper, 5 x 7"
