nan's peonies

16x12

oil on linen

 

so after golf on Tuesday I went to my friend nan's house to pick a few of these gorgeous deep rose peonies!...I was unfamiliar with this type..i'm mostly used to white and pink but these are fantastical!!..I had them set up by Wednesday but haven't had a chance to get up there to paint til after we got the yard done...getting close!...so this afternoon I found them almost fading.. petals falling.. .. so i painted them fallen petals and all...wanted to post this ..but I may revisit it and work on the petals a bit more.. but all in all I think I'm happy with it!!

so here's my first peony painting

so this is 18x18...I fiddled so much getting this set up.. pears?.. no pears?..leaves?...this first one I turned the vase lengthwise..if that makes sense...I just filled the vase to the brim and also stuck one pink peony from my own yard in there!...these are so gorgeous.. I did these on Thursday and by now the blossoms are really falling apart.. it's just a shame that peony season is so damn short!!

"Meme's Peonies"

24x24 oil on gallery wrap canvas

 

so here's a commission for my good tennis pal jan...this was done from a couple photographs she gave me of her grandmother's peonies...she has been patiently waiting for this for months..but i wanted to wait til after I took this wonderful workshop with Nancy Franke in st. simons..I have yet to post stuff from that workshop..but I loved every minute of it..so much fun and wonderful to watch this woman work her magic!!..so I incorporated a few of her tricks of the trade in this piece...jan wanted me to add a little lady bug on one of the petals..can you find it?

Been working...

40x30 oil on gallery wrap canvas

 

this is today's effort..i spent a lot of time working...finished up another poppy painting...i'll post a pic of that tomorrow...

day five...abstract...

24x24 acrylic on gallery wrap canvas

so today is day five..my gallery owner in indy wanted some abstract pieces for january..this is a flower..sort of abstract..i may revisit this tomorrow and add some ink or gold leaf for fun..

6x6 oil on panel

here's another little floral I did the other day..starting to get excited about my show at the southern Indiana center for the arts.  the people there are lovely and seem to be excited to have my work...

white flower

6x6 oil on panel

this is a little ditty i did today..looking toward my show at the southern Indiana center for the arts in Seymour..i went today to check out the space..found a lovely painted gourd by Martha sechler that I just had to have!..her show closes on friday and mine goes up on Tuesday...