A Painted Garden

Creative Exploration

  • Three Roses and a Smile

    The sketch on the left is drawn with a highlighter and blue marker. The dark blue marker was going in the trash, but I added it to my toolbox. I have a collection of tools. Simple tools make beautiful art.… Continue reading

  • Lessons I’ve learned as an artist

    I have worked on a variety of projects and painted numerous flowers. Each one is a lesson and part of the process. Flowers for the spirit My summer painting has led me to these powerful words. To get to the… Continue reading

  • Bouquet of happy hope

    I stopped right here for this session. It’s been a few hours since I painted these flowers. The deep magenta centers complement the blue vase. I should give the magenta centers a blue dot border. I will. Those colored line… Continue reading

  • Let the mistakes be part of the piece

    I was mixing colors on the palette. Some of the purple blended into the yellow petals. Totally fine! I started dropping color. I found myself in a world of no mistakes. It was amazing. I must make more art. JUST… Continue reading

  • Blooms of Magic and Whimsy

    I dedicate these abstract expressive flowers to all the blooms who encourage me to dream, wander and love. Of course, I mean my dear flowers. All of you have been wonderful too! I forgot about this painting and a few… Continue reading

  • Chances are you’ve already done the work

    There I was looking at my calendar, realizing August is here. My first thought was, have I been painting enough? Summer is halfway over. Am I going to reach my goal? One of my summer projects is an expressive flower… Continue reading