Overflowing

Painted this rose that I cut from my garden.
Im very thankful this thanksgiving day for this Dailypaintworks site and all the new friends I have made an aquantance with here online. Some I have been able to have come to my class!   There is much more of course to be thankful for but this is an area of life that has been a surprise!  

I am almost completing my second year of dailypainting this December!  I'm thankful for all the encouragement that everyone has given me along the way.

Have a great thanksgiving!

Snow Drops

6"x6" oil on gesso board

I just love painting little flowers like this. I used a reference photo and so it was easy to see the values.  When I painted this I was thinking of how even in the snow these delicate beauties can still survive and grow.  So I have no excuse to not paint when my studio gets chilly this December!  Happy painting.

Hope you enjoy!

Christmas Chickadee

Let's talk birds... This is another little creature I just love!! Growing up in Canada these cuties would hang out on our back porch in the snow.  The black cap chickadee!  Hope you enjoy!

Around the World Blog Hop

So I was asked by Sunny Avocado to join the Blog Hop around the world!  Thank you Sunny!
Sunny Avocado's Blog  You can read her inspiring story and look at here fantastic work by clicking the link.
My Favorites are her Peanut butter sandwiches, birds, and dogs!

What am I working on?  

I'm working on painting flowers, and thinking of new and interesting compositions to paint.

How does my work differ from other of its genre?

I'm not sure, maybe one thing I do is try to paint flowers in a more contemporary way?

Why do I create what I do?

I love flowers!! So I create paintings out of a love for and a way of expressing the way they make me feel which is happy!  

How does my creating process work?

I setup in my studio real flowers and paint them, or I use photos I take or find.  Sometimes when I'm tired I paint something I love to paint even if I have painted it so many times before I think up new compositions or colors I can try!  I will find someone to tag for the blog around the world soon and update my blog with their links.

Thanks and happy painting!

Surrendered Beauty

Click here to buy this painting.

I've recently expanded my sales to Etsy!  You can check out my new store.  I feel like its a new adventure trying to figure out how to market your art in the internet!

How did I sell my art in Canada?

I would hang 8-12 paintings in high quality retail locations in Vancouver.  I did very well and by the third year I hardly needed to display in stores I had such a great referral system!  Then I moved!

So here in Scottsdale there was an overwhelming number of ways to sell my art but all were out of the question because they would have divided my time so I would have had to be away from my very young children.  That was not going to work.  So I decided to try selling on DailyPaintworks!  And since day one I have been so happy I did!  It has been such an amazing blessing to be  

able to do this.  So I'm very glad for unseen opportunities and new directions.

And I can hardly believe I'm saying this but it's a real online community!:)

Thanks for all your support!

Painting - Playing - Teaching - Headquaters

A little messy, I know but kids are on Fall break and as always I'm painting up a storm!!
Thought you might wan't to have an inside look at my work space.  This is where I paint and teach my classes.  I comfortably fits 3-4 students at a time, which is probably all I would dare teach at a time.  Anyhow, through the window I watch hummingbirds feed on these little orange flowers native shrubery to Arizona.   I feel very fortunate to live and work here in Arizona.  Even though I miss the fall in Vancouver! 
Hope you all have a great weekend!

Rose in Budcellatti

Place Bid Here.

My husband surprised me with this Budcellatti silver bud vase!!

I had to paint it right away! It was super challenging but you have to paint

what you love or die trying.  Anyhow,  I will be painting more

but here is my first attempt.

Thanks for reading.  And have fun in your studio today!:)