Garden Closeups
Pink Amaryllis
9x12 pastel
February 2008
calendar. Painted on site at Buffalo Botanical Gardens during their annual
Amaryllis show.
It's a perfect place to go all winter to paint with Sharon, Peg,
and the others.
Pond Plant-Pump's Broken
16x12 pastel
The large North Dome at the Botanical Gardens is noisy with a tall waterfall.
The pump was being repaired & the surface was smooth, allowing me to see underwater & reflections in the still water.
Pteradactyl Apple
Still fascinated by apples, the shadow on this one is truly prehistoric.
I did not see it until the painting was finished & Carl brought the outlined image to my attention.
Crocus & Snow
10X14 oil
My business card contains a similar image in pastel. Many people admired that tiny painting, I used the same reference for this oil painting.
The crocus are abundant along my sidewalk in late winter.
Not Ripe at Warm Lake
20X30 oil
After plein air
painting the Warm Lake winery in Niagara County last August, I walked the
vineyard.
The subject of this oil is unripe Pinot Noir grapes.
I started the
painting for the taping of my 5th appearance on the TV series 'Music is Art
Live'.
Pipe Lily
9X12 pastel
Buffalo Botanical Gardens has a new Florida Rain
Forest.
This aquatic beauty was anchored in the stream under the path bridge.
Carnation Reflections
9X12 pastel
Leftover flowers in a glass cylinder anchored with black
stones sat on my
work table until I finally had a rainy day to paint them.
Luscious!
Amaryllis in the Dining Room
12x18 mixed media
This
traditional winter flower was on the dining room table after Christmas dinner.
As the dishwasher cleaned the third load, I found the double flower shape
irresistible, and painted late into the night with lamplight.
Empire of 7 Leaves
19x21 pastel
Joan Shaw's art
studio is surrounded by farms & barns.
The elegant old apple trees in her
orchard still fruit, this painting is September 2008 on my calendar.
The Gate to the Garden at CW Post
8x10 oil
A plein air from the Post cereal family estate on Long Island, it shows the entrance to the formal gardens.
Hollyberries
16x20 oil
December 2008 on the desk calendar, it was painted from a
branch of our front yard bush.
Iced Berries
24x12 oil
The devastation of
the 'Arborgeddon' October 2006 ice storm was tempered by the beauty of iced
everything.
This was painted outside my garage door, this branch is normally
horizontal. The ground was a sheet of ice as well.