Catch Them If You Can

"Catch Them If You Can" 10" x 20" Oil on hardboard

I found these girls casting a demure gaze toward the drawing board in my studio and thought someone might enjoy their less than stellar beauty. They were healthy, and just as enthusiastic and fragrant as the more perky blossoms in the vase, but their flaw was that they weren't looking up at ... anyone. 

I continue to get mileage from my bouquet of cheap roses from the grocery store.  Lucky me for seeing them and bringing them home.

Carol

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Heavenly Scented

"Heavenly Scented" 16" x 20" Oil on wrapped canvas

The fragrance wafting from these small roses was delicious, considering they had traveled some distance to get to me in the dead of winter. They were not fresh when they arrived in my home, but I embraced them and loved them for what they were about to do for me -- strike beautiful poses, cast seductive shadows and smell wonderful every time I buried my nose in their delicate petals.  

No sponges were used in the making of this painting.  I'm learning to use different Rosemary & Company brushes to accomplish the same things I do with a sponge.  It does not mean I've abandoned my darling sponges, I'm just learning new ... tricks.

Carol

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