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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WATERLILY REFLECTION

           DAY 28 OF THE LESLIE SAETA 30 PAINTINGS IN 30 DAYS CHALLENGE

Only 2 more days to go on the challenge after today.  The most difficult thing at this point is figuring out what to paint.  I pledged (to myself) to do flower for these 30 days and I am running out of inspiration and photos.  However, it has been interesting and beneficial.  I would highly recommend doing Leslie's next challenge for any of you who are painters.

This was from a photo that I took at one of the lily ponds at the Mission in San Juan Capistrano.  I wish it wasn't so far from my home as it always has a wealth of flowers to photograph along with the fabulous and interesting architecture.

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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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PINK GERBARAS

                     

                        DAY 21 OF THE 30 PAINTINGS IN 30 DAYS CHALLENGE

I found these Daisies at a local nursery.  Fortunately they were faring far better than the ones I found at the market the other day, but the nursery itself looked like it was going out of business.  I think I will go back tomorrow and purchase these just as I did the orange ones from the market.

Painting the 6 x 6's is really fun and the small size makes the composition more manageable.  I normally do a "pre-plan" but so far haven't had to on the floral 6 x 6's.  Does anyone out there that paints feel the same way???

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WATERLILY

            DAY 13 OF THE LESLIE SAETA 30 PAINTINGS IN 30 DAYS CHALLENGE

I used a photo I'd taken of the waterlily pond at the Mission San Juan Capistrano some time ago.  The Mission is a beautiful place to visit and is so big compared to some other Missions I have visited.  It's really a treat....

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ICELAND POPPY

                                 DAY FIVE OF  THE LESLIE SAETA 30 IN 30 CHALLENGE

This painting was done from a photo of someone else's Iceland poppies.  I've always admired them, but have had no luck growing them.  Best to just borrow someone else's!

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ROSE BOUQUET

This painting started as a "disaster" (maybe it still is?).  My husband said he liked the single rose and loved the detail.  After that it (the rose)became "precious".  I had to go back to the words of my wonderful watercolor teacher of long ago, Robert E. Wood.  "Nothing is ever precious in your painting, you have to be prepared to wipe it out if it doesn't work even though it may be the most beautiful piece of paint in your painting."  So, I didn't wipe it out but did loosen it up a lot and worked the background around it.  --Another no, no, as I should have worked it all together.  Ah well, I'm happy with it now and hope someone else will be too.


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VENICE CANAL

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Painted on Ampersand Gessoboard
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SILVER AND PINK-SOLD

A silver vase of roses from my garden. Staying loose was a challenge as the vase and flowers both had a lot of "intricacy" to them. Somehow for me it's a very soothing painting.

Rose Impression #2

We just got home from seeing the movie "Seven Days in Utopia". Really nice movie with a parallel to art. Very uplifting.

This painting is of a rose named after Lady Dianna. It's been a beautiful strong rose with lots of blooms. I don't know if it was named after her before or after her death, but I love it. The vase is from a collection I inherited from my Mother. I've tried incorporating it in my paintings before but haven't been happy with the result until now. It's not 100% accurate, but is fairly representative.

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Teacup from Mom

This is another of the teacups I inherited from my Mom.  I realize my elipses are a little "off", but liked it anyway.  The actual cup has a tiny chip in the lip, but the cup is never put to "practical" use so hopefully it will hang on.  I handled it carefully while bringing it into the studio to paint.

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