by | | Flowers, Paintings, Transparent Watercolor, Uncategorized
A small group of us gathered for years in the garret studio of a fellow artist and it was way up here that I imagined myself as the sun and tried to capture how the sunflowers were so happily reaching toward the sunlight from the darkness beneath their beautiful viridian leaves. I used transparent watercolors on 300 lb Arches acid-free paper. Sadly, this image does not show the brilliance of the original painting, especially the intense violets and bright blue cobalt. The painting sold immediately to a Collector. Share this page on:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new...
by | | Flowers, Paintings, Transparent Watercolor
Poppies Popping was just an idea swirling in my brain when I began to paint it in April at the shore. I used transparent watercolors on a full sheet of Arches 300 lb cold press 30″ x 22″ paper. My critique group voted down the black frame (which I felt really popped the poppies) that I had ordered to go with the painting and its 5″ acid-free mat in favor of a pale platinum gold frame. My daughter-in-law loves the painting with the black frame, so if it doesn’t sell from this show, I’ll give it to her, with my love, re-framed in black. Share this page on:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new...
by | | Flowers, Paintings, Transparent Watercolor
Poppies are my favorite flowers. I can’t stop painting them. I paint them as thank you notes, I paint them as hostess gifts, I paint them in landscapes and paint them into coastal gardens. All my poppies so far have been transparent watercolors which are perfect for capturing the thin luminous petals of the poppies. Share this page on:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new...
by | | Flowers, Paintings, Transparent Watercolor
Poppies and Pinks was painted in California while I stood at a window in my daughter’s house on her knoll overlooking San Francisco Bay. My new Kolinsky brush from England held much more water than I was used to, and the transparent watercolors puddled and dripped all over the paper. I just let them go. There is joy in painting so freely. Only last year was I able finally to let this half sheet (15″ x 22″) framed painting go for sale, and it is now in the home of a Collector. Share this page on:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new...
by | | Flowers, Paintings, Transparent Watercolor
This delightful lily pond lies next to Jane’s terrace where three of us set up our easels and created three very different paintings – a pastel, an oil, and this, my transparent watercolor. What fun to be painting plein air in the quiet (except for the croaking of many frogs in the lily pond) of the Chester County countryside with art friends of the French Creek Art Colony. Share this page on:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new...
