Ned's Lily

"Ned's Lily"
8" x 10"
Pastel on canvas panel
I was given a photo of this lily from Friday's visit to the Garden.  It struck me as gorgeous when I saw it. I wanted to paint it immediately, but I had other subject matter in queue. So tonight when I sat down to paint, this one simply called to me. The puddle of water at the top was especially difficult to create, but I think it looks puddly, don't you?  

I appreciate when friends share their photos with me. I can't always be in the right place at the right time, but if some of us can, it helps!

Carol

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Plain Peony

"Plain Peony"
6" x 6"
Oil on hardboard
Someone had picked her close to the bloom like a dandelion in a child's bouquet, then dropped her on the ground near my house. I brought her inside, trimmed her stem and set her in a crystal bowl of water. She opened in the heat of this beautiful May day to expose a very simple center, compared to Friday's ruffled one.  


I cropped this peony to make an almost abstracted view of her center.  I liked the many colors of red that the halogen light shone on the petals.

Thank you for being here today.
Carol

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Simply Pink Dahlia

"Simply Pink Dahlia"
6" x 6"
Oil on hardboard panel
She wasn't one of the great beauties in the garden that summer.  Her whorl wasn't perfectly spaced, her face was plain, and her color was simply... pink.

This was a thirty minute painting.  I try to do one every few weeks. It's hard for a detail person such as myself to slap on paint, blend it with a mop brush, add a few hard edges and define the center of interest.  But here she is

Thank you for stopping by.
Carol

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Star Power

"Star Power"
10" x 10"
Oil on hardboard 
She had the good looks, charm, charisma and pizazz to be a star.  Miss Dahlia here was a contender in the Dahlia Daze Pageant. The lady had Star Power! 


I have some dahlia reference photos I'd like to explore. As I've stated before, I like a whorled arrangement of petals. This one seemed particularly difficult, what with all the hard-edged shadows, so I chose to paint her first.

Thank you, as always, for stopping by.
Carol

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Letter F

"Letter F"
10" x 10"
Acrylic on hardboard
Baby Fiona is soon to arrive, and a gift of art will be on her nursery wall when she gets here. Fiona's flaming F has a fishing pole, five fish, fifteen flowers, a fork, a forest, fence, faucet, flashlight, a frog, and a flamingo in fins, holding an F flag.

Welcome to the world Fiona. We've been waiting for your arrival.  

Thank you for visiting.
Carol

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