FLOWERS
Flowers in these paintings are either from my garden, community garden I belong to, or collected from the wild. I love their many forms and colors. L
Lemon and Lime
Oil on canvas, 24” by 36” $2160.00
Lemon and Lime still life was set up on my kitchen counter. It took over two weeks to paint. nI continually changed multiple flowers to maintain the original still life. The last details of the light were executed in 10 min sessions, over three days when the morning light temporarily peaked through the north facing window.
Luke's Clematis
Oil on Canvas, 14” x 12” Not Available
“Luke’s Clematis” is named after Luke, for allowing me to pick flowers from his community plot:. A lot of thought went into the choices of color for the background. The aim was to have a visual conflict in the color pattern while maintaining harmony in the entire piece. My favorite part of the painting? Of course the colors and how they relate to each other.
Back Eyed Susans
Oil on Canvas, 12” x 9” $270.00
Black Eyed Susans, strange name for a beautiful flower. I pick them by the rail road tracks near my home. Wild flowers have so much character. Don’t you think so? I particularly love this painting because it is a successful study in color. I am a self taught artist and many of my paintings are self taught lessons. This, like “Luke’s Clematis” was a lesson in color harmony.
Peeking Through The Sunflowers, oil on canvas, 9"x12" $270.00
Yes, I am peeking through the sunflowers! Can you see the stalks and leaves? This painting was executed in one day. Every brush stroke was made with a super clean brush! That just worked like magic!
Pick Cocktail
Oil on Canvas, 20” x 24” $1,400.00
Do you see another painting done at the same location? Again, my kitchen counter. I do have to say, I prefer, sometimes to make up the back ground rather than painting what I see. .The Sweet Peas make up for it though.
Anthuriums, 2017. Oil on canvas, 30" by 24" $1,800
A house plant turned still life. A shy experiment in abstract art. I changed the position of the easel multiple times, viewing each flower from prime viewing point. Colors are all that came from within me. A digression. This was the last year that my Anthurium bloomed so beautifully!
Paperwhites, 2015. Oil on canvas, 16" by 24" $960
One day, Raymond Ercoli (You should look him up) stopped in. A day that I was a little down. He immediately left and returned with a plant of Paper Whites. In a few weeks, they started blooming, still seated on the floor of my studio as I worked around them. .They were too beautiful not to notice and the shadow they cast on my studio wall enhanced their beauty. So here it is. In fact I wrote a poem for them.
Amaryllis, 2015. Oil on canvas, 40" by 30" $2,500.00
And here is an Amaryllis that does not belong to me. I don’t own one …. but then, does anyone really own another living thing? I hope not. This is again, Raymond Ercoli’s plant. (You should look up Raymond Ercoli) By now you must have guessed that we are close. Yes, we are. In fact we share a wall.
To Have Flowers That Bloom In The Winter, Be May It Indoors. oil on canvas, 16" x 20" $800.00