Robin in the Rain

So it was a rare, rainy day in Scottsdale today.  And as I sat and thought about what I was going to paint suddenly a robin came to mind!  Nothing to deep.. 

But then I thought about all the rainy days I looked out my window in Vancouver, Canada where rain is as common as Sunshine is here, I thought wow so many memories.  Robins in my yard pulling up worms in the rain!  Funny but I guess sometimes birds remind us of places or even people.  

P.S.

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.

C.S. Lewis

Radishes

Finally got around to painting this beautiful veggie!  I love the colors and the variety of textures.  And then when your done painting them you eat them.

Happy Sunday!

Peonies

Well it's the last day before school gets out for summer!  Oh boy,  I'm so glad.  No more rushing out early in the morning

I'll be glad to spend time painting, and playing with my kids for a change.  So here are some peonies I found at TraderJoe's what a welcome site that was to me!  They used to grow in my garden not here in AZ though.  So I paint them and they always remind my of my old garden in Canada.   Flowers are apart of our memories I feel everyone could tell me a story like mine.  Hope you have a great weekend!

Daffodils on Phthalo Background

This painting started with a Phthalo Tourquoise wash.  It was a bit of an experiment but I liked how it works with the warmer insides of the daffodils.  It was fun and ill try it with other colors soon.

P.S.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

Scott Adams

Sunflowers & Oranges

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Today I wasn't feeling so great, but I had bought these sunflowers and I finally had to get up and paint them.  I love painting sunflowers so much oranges on the other hand I haven't practiced as much.

It's good to try new subjects to stretch yourself.  Painting still life helps you learn to see color. 

Just keep painting.. Embrace the Journey!

Hope you have a great Mother's Day!

Forever in my Heart

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These are roses from my garden here in Arizona!  But my memories go back to places when I was young like my mothers roses in her garden.  Or the Rose gardens in Stanley Park in Vancouver in July / Aug.  Roses are I think one of the most dramatic of the flowers and I will keep painting them till I can express them accurately!

Hope you enjoy!

Lemons & Daisies

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Painted this from a real life setup in my studio last night.  I really enjoy setting the flowers on the table without the case in the still life.  I will be working in a series of these because I find them fun and exiting to paint.  I hope this week is a super week of successful painting for all my painting friends and if not maybe a great time "learning" through painting.

P.S.

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

Vincent Van Gogh