A Painted Garden

flowers

  • Blue Roses

    I did not know what I was doing as I painted these flowers. I know what happens when I move the brush a certain way. If I don’t like the petals I’ve painted, I can flatten the colors with my… Continue reading

  • A Flower Garden Quote

    Have you been to a flower garden? There is so much wisdom, peace, and calmness in a garden. Today I sat in the sun, wearing my hat and in my view was a tree filled with pink flowers. That tree… Continue reading

  • Paint Big Flower Patterns

    I have been seeing lots of big flower patterns. I bought a yellow skirt with a white flower pattern. Anthropologie has summer dresses with flower patterns. There have been random cold thunderstorm days but the birds are singing, the breeze… Continue reading

  • Process is king

    I have been working on this flower painting for days. It was too orange. Then it was too red. I wanted pink. I wanted to stamp the center with the bottom of a dime-sized circle brush handle. I don’t have… Continue reading

  • Listen to Me

    I was about ready to throw this out. I kept layering the background and suddenly I have the moon and the stars. The moon and the stars, flowers, everything in nature speaks of truth. Continue reading

  • World Needs Love Flower

    Wow! I love the color and the stamp texture. I need to find more objects to stamp with. There’s this artist on Instagram. She stamps with all kinds of objects. I love love my candle lid. It’s rusting because I… Continue reading