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!

blooming in the house

 

My paperwhites bloomed a bit ahead of schedule.

 I love the elegant look of these flowers, but I don't like the fragrance.

These bulbs have a milder scent.

I'm looking forward to painting them.

Also blooming, some violets

and a beautiful orchid my daughter brought for Thanksgiving.

Hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving! 

Foyer table

My foyer table decorated for Halloween.

Happy Halloween!

another lavender field

Another lovely pastel painting from Amanda!

available in the shop

5" x 7" print

also in the shop

5" x 7" print

Provence lavender field

https://www.etsy.com/listing/206867785/provence-lavender-field-5-x-7-giclee

My daughter and I visited the lavender fields in Provence

this summer.  We timed our trip perfectly to see 

the fields in bloom and hear the bees buzzing.

We both wanted to paint from the many pictures we took.

Amanda beat me to it!  Her pastel painting is so beautiful.

Available in the shop as a 5" x 7" print.

meanwhile:

I'm working on a commission that I just love

I started it three times before I was happy with it.

Still a lot of work to do.

Hope your weekend was lovely!