Taking Root

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8.5 x 11.5 cold wax oil painting on  Arches 100% pure cotton oil paper.  

Here the painting appears flat and cold; in life it is very organic and alive.  Photography can only do so much.  This piece would be suited for matting and framing.

White Peonies

Just completed a 20 x 16 original oil on hardboard.  A still life looks good with any decor and never goes out of style.  

Flower keeper

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This flower is a new addition to my garden this year and the name escapes me, they were planted from a seed package.  If you know please comment.  They grow 3-4 feet tall and produce lots of blooms.    This vase was a great keeper for the flowers and added complementing shapes.

U of M Peony Garden

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This is a beautiful peony garden tucked away on campus. Met up with a local art group to paint the scene.   Many families came for a stroll and loved the kids who walked right up and wanted to see the painting on my easel.  The parents would apologized for the intrusion as the kids dragged them over to have a look.  How wonderful to be an artist and encouraging children.

Rose challenge

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Could not pass up a pretty rose this is a DPW Challenge painting.  After losing my studio for 10 days for some wall work then running out of hard board my first attempt was on a linen panel that was purchased to try ...hmmm, didn't like it so after painting on it for two days it went in the garbage.   Located one 8 x 8 inch gessoed hardboard to start over on.  Originally the background was part of the painting it seemed to busy and distracting from the rose for my liking.

Crocus

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The first day of spring and no sign of crocus.  These were photographed last spring and never made it to the easel.   We rolled right into summer and lost the window of opportunity to paint them.   The lilac/blue flowers look great as they pop up through the leaves.   We can rejoice when they start appearing.

Stand up

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What a rough winter remembering warm sunny days and flowers.  If anything my appreciation will increase this summer.

It's a busy time lining up adventures for summer and working on other paintings.

Hopefully my artist residency application to the Porcupine Mountains in the Upper Peninsula for two weeks of painting will come to fruition or my stay as a lighthouse keeper in Tawas will happen.  Actually I want to do both.

In my studio is a 24 x 48 inch painting of trees and a still life 20 x 24 that have been getting my attention lately so you aren't seeing as many daily paintings this month.