A Painted Garden

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  • Painting with a cup of tea

    It was a rainy day and it felt good to paint flowers with various tones of blue. I said the focus of this post should be why. Off the top of my head here goes. Why do I paint? What else would I do with my time? Art is my form of expression. Art doesn’t bring…

  • My dream job is ARTIST

    I want a blog, a studio space where I can make a mess and live unstressed.

  • Be a gentle Friend

    There are a lot of elements in this world that I wish didn’t exist. Yet they do.  I can’t think of anything that I want to un-invent. How about fear or the inner critic? I have been thinking about my inner critic. I have been reading posts filled with the words, be a gentle friend,…

  • Paint to declutter your mind

    Or is it clear your mind so you can paint? Sometimes my mind is full of clutter. Then there are times when I paint like this. I post these expressive flowers a lot. In fact, this flower arrangement is featured on my About page and home page! The colors are my dream palette. The yellow-green…

  • Corita Kent Rules

    Here is a list of some of Corita’s words that speak to me. What a difference these ideas make. I should write them in my art journal. 1 Find a trusting place and trust it for a while 2 Consider everything an experiment 3 The only rule is work. 4 There is no win and…

  • Art Quote

    I will answer today’s prompt with a beautiful quote from one of my favorite artists. I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for. Georgia O’Keeffe I communicate how nature makes me feel with color. I paint the peaches and grays…