A Painted Garden

artist blogger

  • Dance in the spring

    Actually, it’s fall and it feels like summer. I just came home from an evening stroll and spring is in the air. The day is warm and easy. I walk among colors. There are peach roses, pink daisies oh, and… Continue reading

  • 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

  • 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