Market Flowers gone wild

I started off planning to do a little portrait today of a mother
and child. Then I saw the flowers on the kitchen table from
our Saturday jaunt to the Brick Works market and decided
to paint that. Here's the result.

The Market Lady's Bouquet
12" x 12"
acrylic on canvas

I went to class tonight, and was excited by everyone else's
work. My own painting was too somber for me. Maybe
I'll show it to you another day.

Tomorrow's a big teaching day, so I'm out of race track for
tonight.

Have an endless late summer day.

Getting out in the rain

For the six weeks I had my cast on it rained every day. I'm
glad we didn't get the heat we're finally getting now at the
end of August, but rain is hazardous for people on crutches,
so I didn't get out much.

Nasturtiums in the rain

Today it rained and I was so excited, because I could safely
go into the garden anyway. I have my walking cast, but it's
waterproof. I just started taking some pictures
of my flowers, and poof -- the rain stopped.

This small flower painting from a few years back expresses
the sheer joy I feel every year, when the snow leaves us,
the mud season is over and flowers start appearing everywhere.
We always have flowers in the house, but it's a whole different
thing to see their colour decorating every front yard.

Flowers at play
5" x 7"
acrylic on watercolour paper
sold

Have a flower-filled day.

Light leads the way

Here's a little painting from a few years ago. At the time
I was doing many small paintings in acrylic on watercolour
paper. I didn't know about the daily painters, and I hadn't
heard of blogs, but I did know that visitors to our shows
liked to buy something, and the prices of smaller
paintings made that possible.

Tulips in sunlight
acrylic on watercolour paper
5" x 7"
sold

I remember how much fun I had painting this
picture of my beautiful red tulips in the wonderful
vase that Carolee Cain gave me that year for my
birthday. That feeling of happiness made it easy to
catch the light coming in my kitchen window and
glowing as it splashed on the little scene. The lit
candle and the pink spoon, are just supporting
cast, adding a bit of story to what was a very small
work for me.

Have an especially well lit day.