It's All About The WHIMSY!

Mother Nature at work in the garden

How can you not LOVE spring

when the magic begins anew with a burst of color and texture.

Amazing!!

 

 

 

 

Spectacular!!

Now go outside and PLAY!

Just a pretty picture

I've been working to complete unfinished projects sitting in the studio. We all have them, right?

I bet you do too...

be honest now...

These canvases were started over a year ago, Artfest project not quite finished.  My own photographs incorporated into a painting.  Well now they are done.  

It's such a nice feeling.

Now on to the three large canvases began in "Bloom True",

Flora Bowleys on line class; put on hold because of foot surgery.

It's going to be a very colorful day!

 

Magic!

 

Twins!  Sort of...

Occasionally I am fortunate and can encourage

two orchids into bloom at the same time! 

They reside in a small green house all winter under lighting and usually bloom one at a time...as these came out two more went in to rest until the magic happens again.  

 

Lovely!

More Playtime with Paint!

Another painting day with Flora Bowley

in her "Bloom True" on line class.  

 

Three canvases in various stages of layering...I admit I am jumping ahead in the class.  I had the pleasure of doing a workshop with Flora last fall so the process is fresh in my mind.  I am really enjoying this class and working in my own studio provides so much more time to pause and reflect as well as an infinite supply of resources.  And I have a deadline looming.  Surgery this friday will keep me out of the studio for a few weeks....no standing for hours playing.

 

 

Paint, paint, more paint...bubble wrap, great for mark making..

 

 A happy accident with drips!  I am learning.

Adding imagery in detail.

I hope you find time to play today.

This is what I am doing today.....

 

Nice messy apron, right?  You should see my hands!

 

 

Blooming True with Flora Bowley!  Loads of fun!

 

 

Messy?  You bet!

 

 

Fabulous!  Did I mention the messy part?

 

 

Three canvases in the process! Trust me more fun than should be allowed!  Definately all about the 

WHIMSY!

journaling on a cold winter day

Copying a master~Charles Van Sandwyk

and some lovely shadows as the sun begins to set...

His drawings are magical!

It may be January but spring will be here before we know it and these beauties will be busy at work...too early to start a spring count down??

Self Portrait

Silly self portrait with new IPAD app

Noteshelf

 

Oh my goodness such fun!  I predict hours of playtime with this one.

Ho! Ho! Ho!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!

 

Fa La La La La

La La La La!

Pieces of a whole and painting BIG

In the beginning...

after a weekend of playtime..

Most of the work on this large canvas was done with finger painting!

 Such fun but my nails will never be clean again!

Pieces of a whole...

and a thank you to Flora Bowley for the inspiration!

 

Now this is ALL about the WHIMSY!!

Painting in layers

 

Beginning...

and end..

after layers and layers and layers of paints..

I'm liking this style more than I thought I would..pure play time!