new painting

White Tulip Bouquet

Finally finished & I'm happy with the painting.  

It's a commission for a wonderfully patient buyer.

The white tulips are from photos of Longwood Gardens in the spring.

I love their beds of tulips, grouped by color and jammed with flowers.

I started this one 3 times! 

First time I ruined it and started again right away.  The second time I ruined it, 

I had a very hard time starting again.  Third time was the charm for me.

Hope everyone had a lovely holiday.

Wishing all of you a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year!

Christmas card time

 I finished up my cards on Sunday.  Every year I wonder why I don't start earlier.

This year, I used my orchid painting for our cards.

The original is more pink and painted from a photo I took at Longwood Gardens.

I deepened the flowers to a more red shade through PhotoShop.

Now cards and decorating are done.

One more shopping run and a little baking to do!

new cards

in the Etsy shop

An original pastel painting by Amanda,

printed into glossy blank cards.

Only 3 sets of 3 available

We just got our 600th sale!