Bright southern Alberta summer sunshine, pansies in an old enamel jug, and Laura’s boots & spurs…..that’s my idea of a fine “found still Life.” I “found” it on branding day at the Q last June, and Laura got married a month or so later. I think maybe this is the wedding present I’ve been trying to come up with for her and Scott.
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7 X 9″ on 200lb paper
Today I was practicing a form of denial….As the wind howled outside and the radio kept a steady stream of weather updates and heavy snowfall warnings, I painted this beautiful sunflower. I grew this guy and brought him in the house in September. Being the size of a dinner plate, brilliant and radiant in every sense of the word, he totally dominated the room.
I think it’s lovely that I can bring all that beauty and loveliness into my life on a blizzardy day in November. Now I’m passing it on to you!
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Well I nearly went cross-eyed trying to do this drawing. The reference photo had 6 cows in it and trying to figure out where one spotted cow ended and another began was some fun. Have you ever noticed in a herd of Holsteins, how individual each of their spot patterns are, and how varied? Bet you’ll be checking it out from now on, won’t you.
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This was the eastern sky on one of our fabulous mornings this past summer. One great thing about living on the prairie; there’s not much to spoil our view of the sky.
If you’d like to own this original watercolour, email Gena with your bid today! gena03@telusplanet.net Minimum bid $100 (plus gst and shipping). First bid, or highest bid wins the painting.
If you’d like to own this original watercolour, email Gena with your bid today! gena03@telusplanet.net Minimum bid $100 (plus gst and shipping). First bid, or highest bid wins the painting.
It’s so great to have a garden again, after several years without. There’s something about being out in my bare feet amongst the vegetables. This has been a fantastic tomato and pepper year, and this week I started canning both. The result was a “found still life” on my kitchen cupboard. Anybody for pickled peppers?
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Echodale Farm was my location of choice yesterday, and the flowers were in all their glory; there were even some delphiniums still in bloom. I loved how the light hit them and lit them up against the dark foliage background. Again, I tried to paint them much wetter and more directly, with no layering or glazing. It’s fun, but I’m not getting the lost edges I want, so I’ll keep trying.
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Beautiful, snake-savvy and smart, she knows my vehicle, her white blazed face following every move till I deliver the cookies, or mints or special senior horse feed (her winter treat). Or even just a good belly rub. It’s been a great summer for the horses; lots of grass, beautiful calm sunny weather and best of all….very few bugs!
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This is all you get for today…..I’ve been home so little for the past 2 weeks that today was catch-up day!! I cleaned this house from top to bottom, taught an art class, did laundry, mowed the lawn and made pickles. Amidst all of that I attempted a new approach to painting flowers…a more one-stroke calligraphic method. I did one with several flowers in it as well, but it was even worse than this!!
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Happy weekend all!