New Painting!

"Jean's Hydrangeas". Watercolor on paper, 12 1/2 x 22

It's been too long! Very busy with other activities and neglecting my painting. I also broke my radius but was able to finish this painting today---one that I started weeks ago before the accident. I've always been intimidated by hydrangeas, just because of their profusion of petals. I just decided to go loose and see if I could suggest hydrangea and carry it off.

New painting!

"Quince at Dusk" 9 3/4 x 14 3/4, watercolor

I started and completed this small painting today. I adore flowering quince, and this is the season here in northern California for this exquisite bush to be blooming. To me, it's quintessentially Asian, and I tried to keep to the spare and delicate format the Japanese are known for.

New Painting!

"Quince Blossoms", 5x5, watercolor on Claybord©.

Another little flower painting to add to the growing number of 5 x 5s of just flowers! It's a lot of fun and quite relaxing to do. I realize this is not the season for Quince, but I perused some old photos I had of these gorgeous blossoms and had to paint one.

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Cow Parsley, watercolor on paper, 13 3/4 x 13

Finally, something a little new....It's inspired by some Cow Parsley I saw while my husband, dog and I were hiking by the ocean. I love how sturdy these plants are and how beautifully white they are against the darker landscape.

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Echinacea, "Big Sky Sundown"

My newest 5 x 5 flower painting. This one inspired

by a new kind of Echinacea (to me) that I have in my own garden.

A Mexican feather grass is draping itself between the petals.

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Here is my latest 5x5 flower painting: Helleborus. SOLD!

These were "discovered" in the Marin Art & Garden Center in Ross. I just love how they are some of the earliest flowers to appear (in late winter, in fact) and their droopy, large-lobed petals are gorgeous. There's something antique about these flowers. Even if they are red or pink, there's a mystery and darkness about them.

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Newest Painting "In Progress"!

This is a watercolor I started yesterday, inspired by a sunflower that grew in San Anselmo, at the corner of Lansdale and Center. I haven't painted in a while, so I knew I needed to be as loose and free as possible.
I was inspired by the sheer height and majesty of the sunflower and all the criss-crossing power lines behind the flower and the flat, blue sky. All these components together were magical to me.
I still have a bit more to work on, but I think I'll try not to over-do this piece too much!