baseball spring training

shown larger than actual painting
5x5 inches / oil on panel
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We're all looking forward to Spring again, and for most of us that means flowers and birdsong! But for many dedicated fans, it means one thing, BASEBALL'S SPRING TRAINING!

bundle of spring asparagus

5x5 inches / oil on panel
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An old world ambience is evident with this unexpected color variation of warm earth tones providing a backdrop for this tight bundle of Spring asparagus.

cheerful cherry flan dessert

4x4 inches / oil on panel
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Glistening cherries, tender and plump with juices, top this delicate flan with it’s rich, drizzled glaze pooling gently on the plate. Ahhh . . . now where’s my fork?

my easel: multi-tasking

MY EASEL: MULTI-TASKING (click image to enlarge & click links highlighted below)

While recently browsing through the thousands of photos I've taken of my gardens and paintings, I came across this one of my easel last Summer, which I thought I'd share with you. It's a perfect example of my constant multi-tasking efforts, with several "Little Gems" paintings shown in progress. Those of you who purchased these paintings will recognize them. The lilies on the left is a detailed image of a 24x36 inch commissioned painting entitled "Basket of Roses & Lilies" which served as inspiration for the smaller 6x6 inch painting, "Butterflies & Lilies" in progress next to it. One of three 4x4 inch fawn paintings is underway, and a Spode teacup with black cherries precariously balanced, was reference for the painting on the right. Several sketchy ink layouts on notebook paper became two commissioned book paintings, with another image behind it which was a composite for a commissioned 20x24 inch fruit & floral painting entitled "Exuberance" featured in the recently published Daily Painters book. The iris is a photo I took in my garden; the 8x8 inch painting (not shown) is underway and expected to be offerred for sale on ebay this Spring . . . if I can bear to part with it. Framed in the background is "Cottage Blooms". Perhaps the state of my easel and the condition of the strip of paper glued to the front, reveals my endeavors to achieve that which is written upon it, "Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." Henry David Thoreau

miniature floral spring bouquet classical

4x4 inches / oil on panel
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miniature classical floral old fashioned roses

2-3/4 x 1-7/8 inches / oil on panel
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Here, the old world ambience of this painting is comforting as it recalls the nostalgic scenes of abundant Victorian gardens and long walks through Grandmother’s Old Rose borders.

deeply cupped pink peony #8

4x4 inches / oil on panel

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from my nothin' but pink blog

classical miniature floral hollyhocks

approx. 2.5 x 1.5 inches / oil on canvas panel

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As many of you know, I often create these miniature paintings as if I were taking visual “notes” on an image / idea that comes to mind, thus recording it for future reference and inspiration when producing my larger paintings. Here, the old world ambience of this painting is what strikes me most. It has a misty quality. The deliberately muted blue and white porcelain vase almost fades into the background putting further emphasis on the blossoms.