A Painted Garden

art journal

the art journal blog of an expressionistic artist who paints the way nature makes her feel.

  • Life Is A Fiesta- Paper Flowers

    Step out In your color, in your dress no doubt Knock on the door without your face to the floor Greet with a smile Choose to listen to whoever for a while Move to the beat Be merry and eat… Continue reading

  • Doodle With You Collage Flowers

    I have been getting my shop ready for holiday shoppers. What I really want is to clarify what I’m painting and why? I paint because of how it makes me feel. It’s my self-love and meditation. I’ve been going through… Continue reading

  • In a Blue Moon Sunflower

    Interesting story. I wasn’t sure where this was going. I started painting and the circle made me think of the moon. I worked with one shade of blue. It was too light. Then the color was too dark. I blended… Continue reading

  • Pretty in Fall

    Doesn’t this color palette hug you, making you smile? My warm browns and oranges are pretty. I’m ready for fall. It’s been 100 degrees of humid weather. I’m ready for sweaters, boots and flowers. Ok, so I want pumpkin pie… Continue reading

  • A Burst of Sunshine Collage Flower

    You’re a star and you shine. The morning after it rains, the skies are clean. At the first glimpse of sunshine you are in love. Oh and I sat letting the ideas live, for hours, for days. These are my… Continue reading

  • Do I Have Creative Block?

    I think I do. It feels like I’ve been painting with no particular place to go. I haven’t painted anything for the shop. I was working on sunflowers. The color and the brush were all wrong but I did practice… Continue reading