More in the Birds of Paradise series

I continue to be amazed by the giant flowers on the white bird of paradise plants that are in my back yard and my neighbor's front yard.   This past winter has taken its toll on those plants and we had to cut them back to almost nothing.  Even though we are just outside their hardiness zone they are now putting out new leaves and coming back strong.  This painting is from a bloom last fall so ripe with life that the red sap oozed out from the flower. 

White Bird Singing in the Light
24 x 36 Oil on Canvas
2014

Trinity Bay Newfoundland

I finished this painting for the upcoming nouveau art show at our gallery themed
"monochromatic".  In reality the rocks on this coast of Trinity Bay in Newfoundland are quite colorful in their own way.  Using only the white, black, and a blue mixed from cerulean and burnt sienna I found I could get a fairly wide variety of shades in the painting.  I am usually all about the color in my work so this was a good exercise to kind of change up my process

Marine Layer, Trinity Bay Newfoundland

Watercolor 14 x 21

2014

 

 

Commissioned Work

Tangle 2

30 x 17 Watercolor

2014  SOLD

 

 



Plumeria

Plumeria   2014

16 x 12 Oil on Canvas

 

Parrot Tulips

 

 

Parrot Tulips    2014

30 x 22 Watercolor

(Commissioned work - Sold)



Art Session at the Noble School

My sister in law and her business partner have a school for middle and high school age students with special needs and she asked me to give an art class for the group.  I have never taught anything before so this was a both challenging and fun.  I put together an introduction to watercolors with the project below. 

 

To see the students work go to the Noble School Facebook page at:  https://www.facebook.com/TheNobleSchool

Crater Lake

Blue Shade, Crater Lake Oregon

20 x 16 Oil on Canvas

2014

Cannas at the Cummer

These cannas were some of the last flowers blooming at the Cummer gardens this fall.  They looked to me as if they were reaching up for the last of warm midday sun that day.

Reaching

36 x 20 Oil on Canvas

2014  SOLD

Summer Flowers for a cold January

Another watercolor of flowers seen last summer.  These petunias were hanging on the fence around Rita's deck in Sibley's Cove Newfoundland.  With the sun shining on them they looked like velvet glowing on the post.   I spent yesterday afternoon here on the island pulling out all the flowers and other plants that were zapped by a hard freeze last week.  The cheerful look of these petunias has got me thinking of all the new possibilities for the replanting this spring.

On the Fence

21 x 15 Watercolor on 140 lb Arches

2014



Tangle

Tangle

20 x 15 Watercolor on 140lb Arches

2013

 

Magnolia time

 

 

 

 

 

From a bike ride around the island during the bloom season.  The blossom was just peeking out of the leaves.

 

 

Magnolia study 8 x 8

Oil on canvas 2013   SOLD

 

 



Blue Iris from Austin

There are a lot of flowers that I used to grow before moving to Florida that I can't seem to get working in the garden here.  Iris are probably one of the flowers I miss having the most, so I tend to photograph and paint them a lot when we travel.  This blue iris was at the botanical garden in Austin Texas.

Blue Iris 

14 x 11 Oil on Canvas  2013