Together we shine

6 x 8
oil on board
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I am really enjoying painting on a black panel  At first I had a lot of trouble figuring how to start the paintings, now I look forward to it.   

Hint of spring

6 x 6
oil on board

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So I truly do have an addiction to tulips...buying them and painting them, can't have them in my yard though because they are also a big favourite of the deer.  As I have said many times they are such a simple flower but so perfect and  there is nothing better than a vase full of gently opened tulips and their dancing leaves...perfection.

Turquoise vase

6 x 8
oil on board
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For my birthday my girlfriend got me a beautiful clear glass turquoise vase,  she also tried to get some pink tulips but it was just a little to early in the year.  I spotted my first pink tulips last week and bought them, headed right home and put them in my new vase which I then painted.

Paradise

6 x 8
oil on board
$50.00

In this painting I added a couple of leaves and stems to give just a little more definition to the greenery.  The pink was an afterthought, I am pleased with how it compliments the green and turquoise.

Cone flower jungle

SOLD
oil on board
$50.00

This is one of many paintings I will be doing starting with a black gesso board.  I really enjoy the depth of this painting and how the colours just jump out against the hints of black.

Triple beauty

6 x 8
oil on board
$50.00

I am definitely on a role with flowers.  I can't seem to get enough of painting them.  Because I paint so loosely and quickly(alla prima), they are the perfect study.  I have been playing around with colour and think I have turned a little corner,  usually I go to colours that are my old faithfuls, but I have been stepping just a little outside the box and am really enjoying myself.   Nothing ventured nothing gained shall be my mantra for the next little while.

Free to be me

6 x 8
oil on board
$50.00

I am really enjoying painting flowers lately, this one seems a little abstract, layering more colour and adding tiny hints of something extra just seem to give a little more zing.