Tiger Lily Alone

I was just browsing through the suggestions that came via email from Pinterest. I came across
a saying, I wish I could credit someone, Your attitude determines your direction. How easy it is to forget we always have a choice to react with anger or let it go. I can do this or I can't do this.
Another one :): You decide. Is it really that simple?

This solitary Tiger Lily appeared in my mystery garden last week. It is painted in oil on a canvas board 6x6 inches.

Geraniums

I received some lovely geraniums on Mothers Day.....love to paint them and deadhead them. They are hardy and can take the punishment of my neglect.

This Geranium was painted on a 5x7 inch flat canvas panel in oil. I love playing with the various shades of blue.

Summer Sunflowers

Summer is here, flowers are blooming. Learning how to garden............

I painted these sunflowers in oil on an 8x10 canvas panel. I don't know why I love putting them in mason jars, I am a jar hoarder.

Changes

Changes. Inevitable and sometimes welcome. I've spent most of the past 18 months getting our home ready to sell. The process is daunting, clearing out pieces of your life you might not want to let go of, just yet. Thinking of what our family was like when we moved into this home. A lot of changes.

The house sold and we moved the end of April. I love the new house, still getting everything set up and functional. I am taking my time.

I have been away from artistic endeavors and rediscovering the ability to make time for myself.......

Apples and Pears

Not a very creative title. It has been a very long week. This was an improv. I needed something to do while waiting for a very important phone call. I just ran with this, I miss the farmers markets of summer.....

Vincent Van Gogh

I recently finished reading the book, Van Gogh The Life. I think everyone has heard a few tales about Vincent, the ear and the suicide. There was so much more to this legend, his isolation, madness, and his sense of self. His family. A very interesting look at his entire life, it leaves open the possibility that the artist was shot by someone else, not self inflicted.

I felt like painting one of my favorites. The painting below is my version of the original. I needed a painting with a warm, bright sun. I struggled with the yellow in the fields, very difficult and challenging, but, a lot of fun.

Enclosed Field with Rising Sun. 1889. Vincent Van Gogh, Saint-Remy, France. Private collection.

A Pear in Winter

We are not catching a break here. Tomorrow looks like another sub zero chill factor day and night. I am getting a lot of painting done, I should be cleaning.

This is a 5x7 inch, flat canvas panel. Done in oil and palette knife.

Please make the bitter cold go away.