"Purple Roses" 8" x 10" Oil Painting

"Purple Roses"
8" x 10" Oil on Linen Panel

This is a small study I did of some roses with an unusual color that my husband came home with.  I worked with a pallette of three colors of Dioxazine Purple, Cad Orange, and Phthalo Green

5" x 7" Study of Fall Display

5" x 7" Oil on Linen Panel

My Artist Mentor, Kevin Macpherson, suggested I do a "still life" painting on a HUGE (for me!) canvas, 30" x 40" this month--concentrating on contrast of light/dark. This is a small study of part of the set up that I'll be painting. I think I might have to push the lights/darks on my larger piece even further than I did here.

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Shadows in the Rose Garden

Shadows in the Rose Garden
8" x 10" Oil on Canvas

I painted this out in the rose garden. It actually was more about the shadows on the ground from the surrounding trees and bushes than about the roses!

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"Just Because It's Friday" Bouquet of Flowers Painting

My husband came home with these "Just Because It's Friday!"  They were so pretty and fall-like, I just had to paint them.  Even tho I hate seeing the end of summer, fall time is also beautiful with tons of beautiful colors everywhere to paint.  I look forward to that.