White Christmas Lily

I'll take a break from all of the animals (there are many, many more to come from the Christmas collection!) to show off this flower. This was a Christmas gift for my Aunt Sandy, and was in danger of being stolen by my Mom :) I'm in love with the blue color in the background, and I love how this one turned out (and my Mom wants more white lilies on blue too :) )

Fall Flowers

I've had these done for a little while, just haven't had a chance to post them yet. They will all be up for sale this weekend, at the Lucas County Art Festival in Chariton, Iowa. I'll have them posted to Etsy shortly after this weekend if they are still around.

New flowers for Grassroots Gallery

New paintings- they will be heading to Grassroots Gallery in Humeston, Iowa shortly.

New stuff in the Etsy shop!

Just thought I would let everyone know that I've got a couple of new items in the shop- My print of Days of Rain, and packs of cards with my flower paintings on them.

Enjoy!

Brucemore Garden Art Show

Hey Everyone!  

It's been awhile since I've updated, because my life has become crazy busy as of late!

I want you all to know that I have a show coming up this weekend, the 22nd of August, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

It's the Brucemore Garden Art Show, and I would love to see you all there!

I will have original paintings, prints, and some greeting cards with my artwork for sale.

See you there!

... Oh, I posted a painting too! It's 12" X 12", and it will be available at the show.

New small flower paintings

All 5" X 4" on chunky canvases- pink geraniums, gloriosa daisy, and baby's breath (yes, that is a very, very up close shot of baby's breath flowers. This type looks like fluffy little daisies, they're very cute!)

All will be up for sale at Market Day on the 25th of July.

More paintings for a new gallery

These five are all 5" X 5", and are all going to Grass Roots Gallery in Humeston, Iowa. 

Mini Paintings for sale

Hi Everyone!

So I was at the art store the other day and started looking at the canvas options, and I decided to try picking up some smaller than usual canvases. These are all much less thick than the ones I usually paint- about 3/4 inch deep. They could stand on their own, as the sides are wrapped, or they could be framed... you know, if  you've got a very tiny frame around or something. 

Anyway, I'll be posting these to Etsy in a little while here if anyone is interested.

Oh, update on my own flowers- I've been over- watering them for the past few days to try getting some of the fertilizer out of the soil. I think they're doing better- I might lose one nemesia plant, but that's small compared to losing all of them. I'm happy they're doing better.

floral life

Got some more paintings done yesterday, I really like these two, especially the orchid. They will both be up on Etsy later tonight.

In other flower news, I'm sad to say that the flower boxes on my deck have taken quite a hit. Between strong storms, blazing heat, and the fact that I may have over fertilized them, they're looking really tough these days. I really hope that they can make it, it's still so early in the summer, I'd hate to lose them all now. We'll see what happens.

Bit of Blue

Kelly suggested that my gallery could use some more blue in it. So here's some Siberian Squill. I remember taking the photo in early spring, 2006. I had to lay on my stomach in the middle of central campus at Iowa State University, on muddy ground. It was really windy, I remember having a heck of a time getting an in-focus photo. Oh yeah, and it was about noon, so TONS of people were walking past, looking at me funny.

This was one of those times when I could have used the shirt that some of us discussed making from time to time- 'Art Student. Don't ask.'

I'm going to have a hard time getting an accurate picture of this one because of all the blue- the photo gets too saturated and tough to correct. This is a tiny bit blurry, but it's the closest I can get to true color. I'll try getting a better shot to replace it with soon. 6" X 6".

Poppy!

I love these flowers. My Grandma has a large patch of them at her house, they've been there for years. They're a very elegant and unique plant.

I wanted to paint something red, and didn't want to paint a ubiquitous rose. I love the way this one turned out. 

10" X 10", will be in the Etsy shop later today.

Spring Flowers

Can I just say that I'm so pumped that it's finally spring? I get to go home to my parent's house next week, and I get to GARDEN! One of my favorite things EVER! 

Expect more flowers in the near future. SOOOOOO excited!

These are both for sale in the etsy shop.

Hey everyone! Did you miss me?

My poor, neglected blog, how have you been?

Hi everyone, my life became about ten types of crazy for the remainder of March, so the Etsy is being put off, hopefully now to open in April.

As I mentioned, I got a part time job, at the JoAnn Fabrics in Clive, Iowa.  I've been getting a TON of hours there, almost forty a week.  Between that and some other side projects, I've been pretty much swamped for awhile now.  On the bright side, I've made some great contacts recently, which I'll elaborate on later as more details emerge.

I'm kind of sad about the weather right now- It was so nice and warm and sunny there for a little while, and today it's cold and windy, and there's snow in the area. Boo.  Therefore my art today is me thinking about spring and summer.  I like the seashell- I've always liked seashells, my parents can attest to this, I've got hundreds of the things at home.  I found a couple of seashells in a closet earlier today, so I decided to paint one.

I'm not so sure about the pansy painting. I started with the background, which was going to have a bunny painted on it, and then lost interest.  I ended up going with this Etain viola flower. I had them in my garden 3 years ago, they're very lovely, but they are a rather minimalist flower.  I think I havn't used enough contrast in the painting, I should darken up that background at least. I'll probably do some more work on this one. and re-post it when I do.

Have a happy week!