Mixed Berry

30 x 30"

oil

sold

This painting has an overcast light which is not something I use often, but it was great to pull out the purples.

Thanks for the title suggestions everybody. I got some good ones that gave me ideas for future paintings. I went with "Mixed Berry." I even made raspberry/blackberry jam the same day I finished this painting, so it was even more fitting. Thanks Liz for the title suggestion.

I was very happy to throw that palette away.

Butterscotch

16 x 20" oils

sold

I love the golds and the overhead light in this piece.I am happy with the way the petals feel, like you could reach out and touch the lit edges.

a detail

Taking the Stage

20 x 30"

oils

sold

I named this piece Taking the Stage because the tulips look like they are all crowding forward for a curtain call, the spotlight hitting some but missing others. I have so much fun personifying tulips through my artwork and titles.

I spent the longest on the bright yellow-orange tulip in the foreground, probably an hour and a half. It was a challenge to portray the reflective and transparent light. I love the zoomed in cropping and the peekaboo of the bottom red tulip's center.

June Brides

34 x 34"

oil

sold 

Today I finally finished this painting. It was a lot of hard work and concentration and a lot of color mixing. As you can see below, I used 4 palettes to hold all of my paint. I named it June Brides because the blossoms are standing figures in warm colors, reminding me of a beautiful bride posing in the summertime for her picture. For prints, e-mail me at paintergirl@byu.net.

This painting was part of the Logan Fine Art juried salon in October 2011 and it will be for sale at my show November 2nd.

June Brides: part I

34 x 34"

oil - in progress

I began this piece today; it is the first of 8 to hit the easel that I have planned out for future shows by year's end.  I am tired just thinking about finishing it. It took me all day to do just this. I haven't arrived at that magic moment of the painting where it flies out of my brush. I am concentrating a great deal on just where I am in the leaves/stems that I can't yet see color. Paintings of this size and subject are started like a hard jigsaw puzzle: one piece at a time. But you just wait until it's done - I can see it and it's a beaut!