Story of a Poppy Field

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Title: Story of a Poppy Field
Size: 20 x 24
Medium: oil on stretched canvas
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PAINTING AND INSPIRATION:
There is something wonderful about creating a painting like this from memories of fields and pure imagination. I love layering thick paints and freely dragging and moving the paint around while it's still wet in this impasto approach. I painted plein air, outdoors, for many years and developed my own loose, painterly style using knife and brush. Plein air painters fight the elements and quickly loose light so you learn how to be expedient and work a lot from memory.
Here I try to make you feel part of the flower field and while my art is always decorative, I hope it evokes some great emotion as well.
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Violin Inspiration

Title: Violin Inspiration
Size: 12 x 24
Medium: mixed media and oil on stretched canvas

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Painted for all of those who love and appreciate great music and creative fine art!
People often ask me, "How do you decide what to paint everyday?" The answer is simply I don't think about it much. I just "feel" like painting something. The day I painted this, my daughter was practicing her violin, playing one of my favorite pieces by Bach, Gavotte in D Major, and I just had to sketch her. It's just wonderful having two beautiful teenage daughters as my models whenever I have the urge to paint a portrait! I also love working in texture and layers of different mediums, so in this case I varnished layers of her music into the canvas and glazed oils over them for a wonderful aged look. Then added many more layers of oils in the portait itself and the textured background. I love this painting and hope you enjoy it too!

Tangle of Sunflowers

Title: Tangle of Sunflowers
Size: 9 x 12
Medium: oil on stretched canvas
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PAINTING:
This is a little gem of a painting! Lots of great texture and I love the red background color that peeks through all around the canvas. I'm having trouble resisting painting these flowers lately, but this is the last one for a little while, I promise!
I'm painting a lovely series of larger Autumn landscapes with broken color everywhere and lots of reds, golds, and pops of blue. Keep checking in please and don't hesitate to email me a request!

Venice Twilight

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Title: Venice Twilight
Size: 16 x 20
Medium: oil on stretched canvas


PAINTING AND INSPIRATION:
I just love painting the Venice canals. I love the reflective light and rich tones and details of the old buildings. Everytime I sell a Venice painting that was hanging in a gallery or even in my living room! I paint another to replace it and never tire of painting this inspirational and unique city! This one has really thick oil paint and rich greens and warm ocher/gold colors! Hope you enjoy and thanks for checking in!

Victorian Pink Roses

My first bloom here in my new desert home! I was so excited I had to paint!

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Title: Victorian Pink Roses

Size: 20 x 24

Medium: oil on stretched canvas

PAINTING AND INSPIRATION:

Another garden inpired painting of large pink romantic roses. Fragrant and full, these delicate summer flowers are always elegant and sophisticated. I'm still working on my roses here in Nevada. The dry, hot climate makes it easy to grow a great rose! Hope you enjoy and thanks for checking in!

Light

Title: Light

Size: 20 x 24
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Medium: oil on stretched canvas

A new original oil abstract with rich texture and broken color! Not only is color one of the key elements in interior design, it can totally affect and change your mood. This painting is an uplifting and energizing piece!

Red brings energy, passion and warmth into your room, while the gold brings sunshine and intelect! The blue colors add loyalty, contemplation, serenity and authority to this painting. I think the combination of colors will lift your spirits and illuminate your space for sure!

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Fresh Cut Roses

the Pink roses in the back are from my beautiful Virginia garden. I'm already working on growing some great roses here in Nevada....so keep checking in!

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Title: Fresh Cut Roses

Size: 20 x 24

Medium: Oil on stretchced canvas

Beautiful pops of vivid reds, pinks and yellows in rich impasto oil!

Inspiration: Love of Roses! I love growing this flower, cutting it and arranging them. If you need any tips on growing roses, I've been growing them all over the US for the past 20 years and have become a bit of an expert.

Here are a few tips:

Roses love Sun!

They love to be cut back and after a bloom you should cut it back to the first 5 leaf you see and cut at any angle for more blooms!

Douse in soapy water to kill afids or get ladybugs!

Plant a banana peel under the roots to give your plant a potassium boost!