PERFECT MOMENT

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

This little shed was on the garden tour, with the pain rhododendron in full bloom and the sun lighting it so perfectly I just had to paint it.

BRITISH COLUMBIA BEAUTIES

6 x 6 inch
oil on 1/8th inch gesso board
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The lilacs just started blooming so a cut a couple from the garden and added them to the rhododendron bouquet....ahhhhh.

PURE BLISS

6 x 6 inch
oil on 1/8th inch gesso board
$80.00

I never tire of seeing  rhododendrons blooming, my favourites being the purples and pinks...deliciously beautiful. I find flowers a perfect subject to paint, there is so much movement and the rainbow of colours is one big garden party.

RHODODENDRON BOUQUET

6 x 6 inch
oil painting on 1/8th inch gesso board
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So the tulips were looking pretty sad after being my subject for a good week of painting, I headed out to the garden and clipped some rhodos and lilacs...they are in full bloom and amazing.  I loved the rich purples against the deep blue of the burleigh vase.

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.

FLOWERS FROM MY GARDEN

6 x 6 inch
oil on 1/8th inch gesso board
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A gloomy day here so I just had to paint flowers.  I never thought of putting a rhodo in a flower arrangement until I went to London to visit my daughter, we were out for dinner and there was a huge vase full of them...beautiful.

Rhodo bliss

6 x 8 inch
oil on panel
$65.00

Today was spent at my studio in town,  this the scene right outside of my window.  The rhodo's were so perfect that I ran out snapped a few pictures and headed back in to start painting.