Exotic Bird, pastel painting $100 / BUY at Daily PaintWorks I broke out my pastels today. Watercolors can be challenging and I needed a day to feel satisfied with my work! The reference for this painting was a royalty-free image that I downloaded a while ago. Because of this, I can not tell you what […]
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Two Sunflowers Watercolor 8″ x 8″ SOLD I tried to keep my strokes loose on these two sunflowers. It looks like I’ll be going from flowers to butterflies until the next subject strikes me. I’m learning more about watercolors as the days go by. It’s such a fun medium. I’m addicted to adding the small […]
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8.5″ x 5.5″ Monarch Butterfly watercolor $50 / BUY at Daily PaintWorks The Monarch butterfly has always been among my favorites. I’m still experimenting with watercolors. I start out wanting to paint looser and more abstracted but I naturally go for more detail. Maybe I’ll try a looser style on the next one. I wasn’t […]
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Adonis Blue butterfly / watercolor painting $50 BUY at Daily PaintWorks I’ve never painted a butterfly. Although I think they are beautiful, I always thought that paintings of butterflies were tacky and too cute. Today I came across an old book of my mothers with photographs of butterflies. My thought was to give it a […]
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8″ x 8″ Orange flowers watercolor $50 / BUY at Daily PaintWorks I’m fairly sure that these orange flowers are coneflowers but I could be wrong. I’ve had a photo of them on my pc for some time and I frequently don’t rename the files. I’ve been working on the watercolor flower series for a […]
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8″ x 8″ Coneflower / watercolor and gouache painting SOLD Happy spring! I’m making the most of it by painting flowers. The coneflower was always one of my favorites. Years ago I had so many in my garden but over time they disappeared. I think I’ll be growing more this year.
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Last week I had a painting giveaway on my Facebook page. The winner receives an 8×8 watercolor painting of their favorite flower. Through a random selection app a woman named Michele was the winner. It turns out that I know her. Michele worked in the memory care unit of the nursing home my mother was […]
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8″ x 8″ Amaryllis flower / watercolor $50 – BUY at ETSY This Amaryllis flower is a copy of Pierre-Joseph Redouté‘s watercolor painting. I recently purchased a book of his botanical illustrations. Since I’m relatively new to watercolor I’m learning from one of the great botanical painters. I have a tendency to lean towards painting […]
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A taste of hope. “Statue Of Hope” 8″ by 17″ framed pastel painting Contact me to purchase. Statue of Hope was hiding in the studio and although it was painted in 2010, it seems appropriate to share now. It is of a local landmark in Hopedale, MA. which was created in 1904. The sculpture stands […]
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8″ x 8″ Foxglove watercolor painting / $50 BUY at Daily Paintworks This foxglove watercolor painting turned into an experiment. The beginning of this painting was much different. Somewhere along the way I lost my intention and almost gave up. I outlined the flowers and leaves in black and still, I wasn’t happy. My […]
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8″ x 8″ Lotus flower watercolor painting SOLD The lotus flower is among my favorites. This is the fourth in my flower series. The reference photo is of a white flower but I saw a lot of color in this one. It’s painted mostly in watercolor and I added some gouache paint to bring out […]
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Crown Imperial Flower 8″ x 8″ watercolor painting, unframed $50 / BUY at DailyPaintworks Third in my watercolor flower series. I used a painting of Pierre-Joseph Redoute for a reference. Some information about the original artist: Pierre-Joseph Redouté (10 July 1759 – 19 June 1840), was a painter and botanist from Belgium, known for his […]
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