IRIS VISION

I did this painting earlier in the summer.  I saw this iris a few years ago while on a workshop in Valyermo, CA. The workshop was held at St. Andrews Abby which is where Benedictine Monks live and worship.  The Abbey was like a small oasis in the desert, with a beautiful pond at its center and a large grove of trees off to the eastside.  We were expected to follow the rules of the Monks and were not supposed to speak during certain evening hours and we could not talk at meals.  Quite different, but interesting!  The reason I told you all this is because they had beautiful iris plantings and a few were blooming while we were there and of course this was one of them.  It was a nice experience...

Thanks for looking!

Lori

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EPIPHYLLUM

This palette knife painting was done during the summer while I was doing Art A Fair in Laguna Beach, CA.  I really enjoyed doing it and working at getting the warms and cools right.  The flowers of an epiphyllum plant are so pretty, but the plant itself is rather awkward and ungainly (at least mine are).  We only have two left, but my father-in-law had many of them.  They were all out sitting on top of his block wall that lined the property in their backyard.  They were quite a sight to see when they were all blooming.

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ODE TO JOY

This painting is for Day 30 of the Leslie Saeta Challenge.  The little girl is my Grand Daughter and she loves the water.  As you can see she is running for all she's worth to get there.  After doing flowers for 29 of the 30 days of the challenge, I wanted to try something different.  I haven't really done figures except for a drawing class years ago so this was a challenge.  

The 30-day challenge was fun, but I have to admit I am ready to kick back a little bit and maybe sleep in a time or two.  I did a wonderful workshop with Tom Balderas last Friday.  He is very helpful and caring and is great with color.  He really opened my eyes so now I have to go practice what I learned.

Happy Painting to those of you who are painters!!!

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WALTZING MATILDA- SOLD

           
                   DAY 27 OF THE LESLIE SAETA 30 PAITINGS IN 30 DAYS CHALLENGE

I don't know why I named this Waltzing Matilda except that the name came to me as I was doing the painting.  The lovely "falls" on the iris seemed like an old-fashioned gown swirling around and I envisioned the iris as a dancer.

This painting was labor intensive but enjoyable to do.  I feel that this challenge has really helped me break through some painting blocks (in other words I've learned a few things).  They say that to really get good you have to cover 10,000 feet of canvas (along with learning the principles).  I may get there before it's all over! ........THAT'S A "MAY", but the journey is half the fun!

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JUST THE TWO OF US

            DAY 26 OF THE LESLIE SAETA 30 PAINTINGS IN 30 DAYS CHALLENGE

For me, composition seems always to be a challenge (along with all the other challenges of painting!).  I remember one of my first teachers (in watercolor), Robert E. Wood, saying "Big, Middle and tiny (or tiny, tiny, tiny).  He was talking about values and shapes.  It's so difficult to follow that concept as I tend to place too many lights in the darks or darks in the middle values and then the whole concept is blown!  Hopefully I did OK here.  

These two Gerbara Daisies seemed to make such a sweet couple thus the name "Just the Two of Us"

Have a great day and thanks for looking..

Lori
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