OH HOW I LONG FOR SUMMER

12 x 16 inch
oil on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$260.00
including shipping

NATURES DANCE

18 x 18 inch
oil on 3/4 inch thick wrapped canvas
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This is my vision of what summer looks like turning to fall.  I used transparent paints to start blocking in all of the lights and darks. I find this gives me a really solid start.

DISCO PARTY

18 x 18 inch
oil on 3/4 inch thick wrapped canvas
$340.00
including shipping

I got the inspiration for this painting from one of my summer pots that I had taken a photo of.  I used different translucent colours for the underpainting.  I love the brightness and movement of this painting, when I first started I wasn't sure if it would turn out but I just kept working and adding little bits of lights and darks.

SASSY SHASTAS

6 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch gesso board
$95.00

I borrowed the photo for this painting from a friend of mine, these lovely shasta daisies had planted themselves in her yard a couple of years ago.

AFTER THE WEEKEND

6 x 6 inch
oil on 1/8th inch gesso board
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Ok, when you have spectacular tulips in an amazing blue Burleigh vase you just have to paint them over and over.

FRONT YARD VIEW

6 x 6 inch
oil on 1/8th inch gesso board
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There is nothing I enjoy more than sitting out on the deck enjoying my garden.  The rhododendrons are in full bloom and they are spectacular.

BIRD HANGOUT

6 x 6 inch
oil on 1/8th inch gesso board
$70.00

This beautiful rhodo is just outside my office window, it is the main hangout for all of the birds as the feeder is just above.

TULIP BALLET

6 x 6 inch
oil on 1/8th inch gesso board
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Another painting of the marvellous parrot tulips. Every day I take more photos as they open more and make another painting for me, I love how they just dance amongst themselves.

LOVING LIFE

6 x 6 inch
oil on 1/8th inch gesso board
$70.00

This photo is borrowed from my dear friend who was thrilled to see the first spring flowers in her area.

I SEE YOU

6 x 6 inch
oil on 1/8th inch gesso board
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I bought these tulips mainly because of the beautiful colour, painting them was a delight.

FANCY DANCY GIRLS

8 X 8 inch
oil on 1/8th inch gesso board
$100.00

Originally this canvas was a painting of red tulips which I painted a couple of years ago, never completely happy with it I decided to paint over it.  I love how the reds of the first painting peek through the daffodils. It is so rewarding to make something good out of something that for so long I was just not happy with.

ALL SMILES

6 x 6 inch
oil on 1/8th inch gesso board
$70.00

This was my third attempt at a painting today, the first two were wiped, sometimes it is best. I find painting flowers therapeutic so for my third I had to paint flowers. 

CAVORTING SUNFLOWERS

8 x 8 inch
oil on 1/8th inch canvas panel
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Another day of painting flowers, trying to resurrect the start of spring after the obscene amount of snow that fell upon us. I think it might be working, the sun is out and the snow is now melting....yippeeee.

DAFFODIL PIZZAZZ

6 x 6 inch
oil on 1/8th inch gesso board
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This is leaning towards abstract, I mostly concentrated on adding solid groups of colour and keeping it lively and bright.