A BEAUTIFUL LIFE

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$85.00

                          This tulip was doing such a show I had to paint her delightful personality.

CAPTIVATING AUDIENCE

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$85.00

Tulips are like the flag of spring, they are always such a joy to paint.

IF I CAN DREAM

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

Fall is in the air but the sunflowers and ranunculas were doing a show at the market on Saturday

SUMMER TALK

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

These peonies are definitely working it in my very favourite turquoise vase.

TWO ROSES

6 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
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Went to dinner at a good friends house and when we arrived there were the most beautiful scented roses cascading down the front of the house, after a wonderful dinner and conversation, we said our good byes and Katherine clipped two roses for us to take home...just the best evening.

OH MY MY

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

Tulips are a definite favourite, the more I paint them, the more I get to know them. I used transparent's for the underpainting, all the colours get a little lift.

FASHIONISTAS

6 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch gesso board
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My favourite turquoise vase has been doing double duty with all the amazing flowers that I have been buying,  and then of course painting.

SUNDAY SWEETHEARTS

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

These daisies self seeded under my Japanese maple a couple of years ago, I thought they looked so lovely in my green vase.

ELSA'S LILIES

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

My friend Elsa has a stand at our Saturday market, she grows the most amazing flowers, last week her lilies were calling to me...so were the cherry tarts that my family love so much...yummy.  

GIRLS NIGHT OUT

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

More roses from Jewels garden, she just moved into her new house and was so thrilled to see all the roses. I had to make my way through a  prickly garden to get the coral rose...it was so worth  it.

SWEET SUMMER

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

These beautiful roses are from my friend Jewel's garden, the lovely orangey yellowy colours looked amazing with my turquoise vase.  I am finding that when you are painting flowers with layers of petals you just need to suggest the shape without getting too busy with your paint strokes.

WAITING

6 x 8 inch
oil on 1/8th inch gesso board
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I just loved the peony bud in this painting, just waiting to make it's full debut. 

JARS OF PRETTY

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

My son took the photo of these jars of wild roses, they were at a road stand just outside of town.

THE GALA

6 x 8 inch oil painting
on 1/8th inch gesso board
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This is a painting of another vase borrowed from my neighbour, she also filled it with some greenery from her garden and then I added the white azalea from mine...nothing like working together. 

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.

GLORIOUS

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

My neighbour lent me this beautiful vase, my tulips looked so beautiful with their bright pinks against  the dark cobalt blue of the vase.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

6 x 6 inch
oil on 1/8th inch premium canvas panel
$60.00

I started with a red under painting which in a way  gives you a head start as it automatically fills in all those spaces that you are just not sure what to do with.  I didn't use as many darks as usual, I like the whimsy of this painting.

SERENITY

6 x 6 inch
oil on 1/8th inch premium canvas panel
$60.00

I have painted these tulips several times,I love how they are spilling over the vase to put on such a show.  I started with Payne grey for the underpainting,  There is such an immediate pow when you start painting on a dark background, the direction you take is completely different.

SIMPLE PLEASURES

6 x 6 inch
oil on  1/8th premium canvas panel
$60.00

I started this painting with a transparent red canvas, I like how you can see glimpses of the colour under the blues and golds.  

SWEET SUNLIGHT

6 x 6 inch
oil on 1/8th inch gesso board
$60.00

I took this photo in the spring, I loved how just bits of the daffodils were in sunlight.  The colours are very warm and easy on the eyes.