These little Canvas Boards are 4x4in.
As a break from painting a larger canvas I painted my smallest canvas boards with a small series of very loosly painted apricot roses. I love this colour of flowers there is so many different tones and colours to be found in them. These little Canvas Boards are 4x4in.
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I painted this one over the past week. Sometimes I will paint all day and complete a painting in a couple of days. Other times a painting will be an on going project continuing on for a week or more. This one was a little like that. I would get an hour or two in most days and finally....finished.
I painted this one at the start of the summer to brighten up our patio area. We no longer have a huge blank wall facing us when we sit for a break in the afternoon. Our patio has large pots full of different hostas and ferns, its a leafy space.
There was a tv series that ran from the mid 80's till early 90's, Golden girls......the story was set in Florida with a house full of ladies living out their golden years. They had bold tropical paper on the walls with flowers and palm leaves. Thats what this space reminds me of, a warm memory of a tropical location where you can relax and share a laugh. Even though I have a small mountain of tomatoes that need to be roasted, my husband and I played hookie and it was just as much fun as ever. We went on a long drive on some of the areas back roads. I have a fondness for swamps and lily filled ponds. Sure the lakes are nice but my heart belongs with the frogs, minnows and plant filled wet spots that are teeming with life. So I thought my Lily Pond painting would be todays post, it seemed fitting.
I have painted this image in various sizes and they all are such a reminder of spring. As summer is starting to fade I find myself bringing up memories of spring, I think its my way of prolonging this beautiful time of year.
In mid March, on a particularly sunny afternoon, we took folding lawn chairs and sat out in the driveway on a small patch of gravel that was clear of snow to catch the first real warm spring sun. The wonderful feeling of that afternoon is still bright in my memory. It really is the simple things that mean so much, a cliche' but it is so true. |
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