Outrageous Color 1 and Outrageous Color 2

What a glorious day it was to paint this outrageous color with my art friend, Lori.  This was my last painting trip in Wisconsin this year and it was a blast.  The next day it rained with high winds blowing the rest of the leaves off the trees.  Autumn is fantastic but short in Wisconsin.

Empty

I have entered this painting into the Easter Challenge on the Daily Paint Works site.   The artist's who wanted to take up this latest challenge, were asked to paint what made them think of Easter.  At this time of the year I think about the empty tomb.  To see the other entries go to www.dailypaintworks.com.

Nestled

Several years ago I was able to go to the Britex Fabric Store in San Francisco, CA.  What a thrill this was for me since I love fabric.  Three floors of fabric!  Each floor had every wall stacked with fabric from the floor to the almost thirty foot ceilings.  Library ladders propelled the clerks to the fabric you picked out. The fabric bolts were in every color of the rainbow and every type.  Wool, silk, satin, linen, and cotton fabrics, ribbons, sequins, buttons, and thread.  What a treat!  You can now buy the fabric online, but if you are in San Francisco you should go into the store; it is stunning to see all that fabric in one place. Located right by the trolley turn around at 146 Geary Street.
Today I painted these three eggs nestled in some fantastic fabric I purchased when I visited the Britex Fabric Store. 

Don't Worry Be Happy

Eggs are not only wonderful to paint but they are also very nutritious.   10% of the profits from the sale of this painting will go to Heifer International.  This organization helps alleviate hunger by giving chickens to those in need to raise for their eggs.

So be happy - buy a painting through www.dailypaintworks.com - and feed the hungry.

Sweet William

Sweet William

It snowed on Friday, Saturday and again on Sunday.  Now the Sweet William are all tucked in for the winter with their blanket of snow.  This was painted during a warmer time after the Royal Wedding.  Kate had Sweet William flowers in her wedding bouquet in honor of her soon to be husband, Prince William. 

These compact little flowers come in many colors (mostly in the pink range) and are planted in my wild flower garden in the side yard.  I pass the wild flower garden when I walk to my studio cottage (a one minute walk from the cottage were we live in Northeastern Wisconsin.)       

Tiger Lilies in the Wind

This painting was so much fun to paint. I really enjoyed mixing the various colors to achieve the look of these orange flowers with purple slash like stripes. Not having cadmium orange on my palette may have been a disadvantage but it was exciting to mix away and paint these moving targets in the wind.